Electric industry growth cited in early 20th century report
A historical overview notes rapid electric industry expansion from its 19th century roots to 1905. It highlights key milestones including Edison’s lamp, the Taompon-Houston street lighting system, and the rise of dynamos and electric traction. The piece emphasizes broad applications in manufacturing, heating, irrigation, and transportation, with figures on establishments, wages, and output.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appleton
Wis
Beil
Senorat Electric Company
Thomas A. Edison
Sprague
Soo Yanning
Richmond
Kimall
National Irrigation Congress To Be Great Sacramento Rally
The National Irrigation Congress in Sacramento aims to be the greatest rally of irrigation and allied interests. Cabinet members, senators, representatives, governors, scientists, and experienced farmers will attend with extensive ditch systems nearby and side trips planned. An Interstate forestry exposition and a Fresno raisin harvest festival are part of the program. prizes and trophies will honor top irrigation and forestry exhibits. The event anticipates a large crowd, with ample accommodations and comfort for all visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Irrigation Congress
Sacramento
United States
Congress
Fresno
Ntional
Avoravento
Alniy
A Wonderful Industry and Early Electrical Progress
A fragmentary account traces early electrical development from telegraph origins to electroplating and motor discovery. It notes Maraen, Conianies, and Michael Paraday as figures in mid nineteenth century progress, describing gradual move from experimental work to commercial use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tanganal
Maraen
Mhuwing Javenport
Michael Paraday
Thread Trust and Price Disparity Across the Atlantic
The Textile World reports an investigation into the thread trust and confirms Americans pay the same price for 200 yard spools as Britons pay for a reel, plus extra yards, with English and American firms linked through the American Thread Company. It argues higher U S prices stem from production costs and labor, notably low wages for mostly female workers, while English rivals with branches here help maintain price control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Hough
Thalr
Amerina
Hysteria in Public Mind Across Nations and History
An editorial notes that hysteria has appeared in the French Revolution as a mass phenomenon and argues that true public hysteria is rare under popular government. It contrasts panics in privileged states with the calm of reformist societies and warns that stagnation feeds privilege and shocks progress. It cites the term hysteria used by critics and defends steady progress against alarm.
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Tation Globe
Pbc
London Bridge
Westmingter Bridge
Wardaworth
Blackbriurg
Tipo
Government accuses Standard Oil in extortion clash
The Atlante Journal reports the government accuses Standard Oil of extortion while the company planned to charge the government with the same crime, signaling a mutual accusation amid legal friction.
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Atlante Journal
Standard Ol Company
We shall not pass this way again in sorrow
Fragmented elegy from the Memphis News-Selmtar laments a failed political prophecy. The verse voice speaks of love, parting, and a shared burden as the crowd contemplates future paths. The text shows misspellings and archaic phrasing, hinting at a cultural moment of public doubt.
Journey to Kashgaria and odd notes from periodicals
A collage of fragments describes travel routes to Kashgaria in Chinese Turkestan and notes on railways and mountain passes. It shifts to satirical court gossip, a justice of the peace tale over a seven dollar-and-a-half oasis, and a mishmash of brief items including golf hazards, a Maltese cat nursing a rat, a dental-like verse, and various small news blurbs about bridges, balloons, and mineral uses.
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Kashgaria
Blackwood's Magazine
Pekin
Wmvam
India
Ighest
Seevel
Ruswan
Central Asia
Page
Justice of the Peace
New York
Amarican
Ashland Fire Company
Orenge
Fragments From Ailing Times Across The World
A scattered, quotable miscellany cites 22 deaths in London streets last year and medical memes about mercury use in Japan and China. It notes St Giles Mission feeds breakfasts to discharged prisoners, finds work for thousands, and shelters destitute women. Figures on age in England include Mrs Homer Coleman at 107, with lineage of centenarians. Also mentions Dr Woaking and a failed Bible translation funding.
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St. Giles' Christian Mission
London
Japan
China
Homer Coleman
Little Cottage
Cleeve
Cowsty
Somerset
England
Hedai
Henry Thomas Spindler
Brentford
Old London Sun
Charles Dicking
T. W. Falmer
Orange River
Bloemfontein
Englands
Foreign Missions
Woaking
Beirut
Byrla
Beestsa
American Bibe Society
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Tisauw
Chicago
Techune
Liano Iil
Fistine
San. Antonio
Canfield
Stratega
Pennsylvania
Muldoon
Root
Mexico
Taft
St Louis
Hallettsville
Southwear
TRE National Irrigation Congress
Memphis Newe-Selmtar
Hushbone
Waninegor
Pitz
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Coxey
Nsw
Cossy
Newstein
Milwaukee Sentinel
Doc
New York Times
Aringas
Lily
New York Press
Los Angeles Examiner
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James W. Price
Aero Club of America
Upper
Michigan
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Old London Bridge
Thames
Rennie
Blackfriars
Westminster Bridge
Pompeii
West Texas Bank and Trust CO
Eo Capital Gronke
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Dils Iy
Kcamo National Bank
Ban Antonio
Chas. Zollen
Paul Ingenhuth
H.R. Schmeltzer
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