Transmission line petition for Des Moines Electric Co. Iowa
The Des Moines Electric Company petitions the Iowa Board of Railroad Commissioners for leave to construct equip and operate a transmission line across Marion County Iowa from the north line through Otley to Knoxville with rights of way along railways roads streams and private lands. A detailed route description and maps are on file. A hearing before the board is set for August 5 1914 at Des Moines at 10 a m. Secretary Geo L McCoughan signs the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion County
Iowa
Board of Railroad Commissioners
State of
Des Moines Electric Company, (Incorporated
Marion
Towa
Otley
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co
N. E
Main Street
Union Street
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway. Co
Pella
Said
Knoxville
S. W
Ferry Landing
Des Moines River
Rosseau Bridge
N. R
Board of Railroad Commission
Board of Railroad Commissions
Des Moines
Counting in French and the oddities of numbers
A fragment discusses how French counting differs from the decimal system. It notes common assumptions about uniform counting among civilized nations and hints at a circular influence in French numbering, mentioning sixty nine and sixty ten as examples.
The French Counting System as a Curious Barbarism
The Rocky Mountain News comments on the French numeral tradition of counting past eighty using a four-twenty style. It notes the reformer’s clever reuse of seventy and the resulting phrases such as four-twenties, with references to Hugo’s Quatre Vingt Treize. The piece calls this habit a Gallicism and, by courtesy, a barbarism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Hugo
Rocky Mountain News
Dawn at Rangoon from The Color of the Hast by Elizabeth Washburn
A lyrical early morning scene in Rangoon opens with slow riverboats and sleeping sampans. A brown oared crew moves a swift craft to sea as bells and mist frame a gold-topped temple, then a sudden gunshot shatters light and shadows. The narrator laments the sun’s intrusion on the dusty town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rangoon
Elizabeth Washburn
Flywheels in Warfare Projectiles Endanger All
Strange report describes flywheels used in warfare as dangerous spinning devices. Text notes their potential to mow down everything in their path with force described as greater than a pea could contain.
The Dreaded Loose Flywheel as a Mobile Cannonball
A New York American piece imagines a loose rotating flywheel forty feet around hitting one thousand eight hundred RPM, turning into a blazing projectile with speeds near 800 miles per hour. It would slice through obstacles, mow down ground, and resist curving from terrain. Defense against such a weapon would be difficult.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York American
Pretty Uaseful Shoes for Klompen Use
In a humorous note from Wide World Magazine the Frieslander relies on his klompen or wooden slides for many tasks. They bail his boat dry a user friendly tool for chores, fishing, water fetches, tree battles and more. Cheap at about fifteen pence a pair, they suit Dutch feet well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wide World Magazine
Thackeray in America and a Robbed Quiet Journey
The passage recalls Thackeray’s American discomforts recounted to Mrs Brookfield and Carlyle after his return to London. A railway moment in Concord shows a silent Yankee quip about Emerson, illustrating the era’s social tensions and humor during his travels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thackeray
United States
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Board OF Railroad Commissioners OF the
Geo. L. McCoughan
Oskaloosa College
Byrne
Gregg
Oskaloosa. College
Red River
Acre
Timothy
Gilby
Bank OF
Gilby, N. Dak. Or
R. KR. Hamilton
Pella, Iowa
Florence
Ove
L. Wielaard & Co
Oakaloosa St
Central Oil & Gas Stove CO
Gardner, Mass
Cafe Fy Bina
ownioe _ sures Agente
Tay
Wilson Chemical
Tyrese
State Fair
Fis
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