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Newspaper
Pendleton Eagle Valley News
Location
Pendleton, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1920
Page
10
The article traces horsepower to James Watt who used a direct comparison to horses to sell his steam engine for stationary use. It explains the term derived from work of 33,000 pounds lifted one foot in a minute, and describes brake horsepower as the practical measure obtained by testing an engine under load with a dynamometer.
United States motor car numbers rise despite wartime stagnation. Oregon on January 1, 1926 reports 3,360 cars, 19.66 people per car, or about one car for every 10.65 residents, placing it 15th in the country. Registration figures show slow growth but steady expansion in the postwar period.
The text lists motor vehicle counts by state with percentages and totals for 1912 and a projected January 1 2426 total. It includes state by state figures for Alabama California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Idaho Indiana Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Missouri Montana Nebraska New Hampshire New Jersey New York North Carolina Ohio Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina Tennessee Texas Virginia and Vermont, plus scattered notes on church disapproval of pranks in Stirling Scotland and related details.
The report notes General Foch received a distinction at a ceremony in Albert. It mentions strikes and French Army and Navy concerns, a London fall, and a birth rite influencing directors to invite 10,000 strikers to the German attack decision. It also cites Kirtiver Lodge avoiding political topics during occult lectures.
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