Batavia Enacts Ten Year Electric Franchise Ordinance
The Batavia Village adopts Ordinance 187 granting Batavia Light & Power Co. a ten year franchise to occupy streets with lines and equipment to supply electricity. It sets voltage standards, repair duties, street restoration, abandonment consequences, and rates for public and private use plus dedicated lighting for streets and water works.
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Batavia Light & Power Co
Batavia
Batavia Lig & Power Co
CIO Bowe Peices Caret
Suvete
Batavian Light & Power Co
Batavia Ante Power Co
Tavia
Max Moore
Wd Lar
Ordinance 188 Authorizes Sale of Batavia Electrical Property
Village of Batavia Ohio to sell poles wires transformers meters and lights used for street lighting and related chattel after franchise granted to Batavia Light and Power Company. Board of Public Affairs empowered to auction to highest bidder at minimum price of 13000 dollars with bill of sale. Friends and trustees certify passage of resolution approving sale.
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Batavia
Clermont County
Ohio
Batavia Light and Power Company
Board of Trustees of Public Affairs
Board of Trustees of Pubic Affairs
Julian R
Fishback
N. G. Cover
C. N. Young A
J. Koeble
H. F. Bubrkle
Wildcat Encounter Sparks Fear and Friendliness in Woods
Sam and Peter, wandering toward buried treasure, fear a wildcat in the woods at dusk. The creature nears, then reveals itself as a friendly cat named Pussy. They retreat to sleep, wake to sunshine, and resume travel with breakfast and meals, reflecting on their unusual adventure.
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Sam
Peter
Blood volume findings in healthy men
Experiments show total blood volume averaging 4.9 per cent of body weight in healthy men, about one twentieth. Individual results ranged from 4.2 per cent to 6.9 per cent.
Richard Plays With His Father's Field Glasses
Four year old Richard watched his dad adjust field glasses and then tried turning them to his own age. His mother asked what he was doing and he explained he wanted to look through them at his own age.
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Richard
Head-Hunters Life Described by Dr Dickey in South America
Dr and Mrs Herbert Dickey after a nine month jungle tour in South America returned to New York with a mummified head. They crossed the Andes on foot and traveled 800 miles to the Amazon then 2000 miles to Para Brazil. He observed head-hunters live in small tribes and use crude methods to prepare trophies.
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New York
Herbert
Dickey
South America
Guayaquil
Ecuador
Andes
Napa River
Doctor Dickey
Amazon
Para
Brazil
Anguashi
Hamburg
Germany
Paris cafe discussion on marriage hinges on mono
After dinner in a Paris cafe a Turk and enthusiastic reformer argued marriage in Christian lands provides a solid social basis. He declared his belief in monogamy, but the dialogue was cut off mid thought as the speaker paused.
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Paris
Cross of Sacrifice Monument Proposed in Arlington
A Canadian delegation from Ottawa began selecting a site in Arlington National Cemetery for a monument to Americans who died serving with Canadian units in World War I. The Cross of Sacrifice will be presented to the United States government. The group, led by Col. H. O. Osborn and Ernest H. Scammell, met War Department officials and toured the cemetery with Mahoney of the Canadian legation.
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Washington
Arlington Cemetery
Canada
Ottawa
Col. H. O. Osborn
Department of National Defense
Ernest H. Scammell
Department of Soldiers
War Department
Merchant Mahoney
Canadian Legation
Barefoot Pupil Returns to School After Protest
A boy eleven named Robert Anderson was expelled from Harrison grammar school for attending classes in overalls. Public protests in San Francisco led to his recall and readmission, as authorities pledged equal access to education. His father is a World War I veteran in a government hospital and his mother works to support the family on $50.8 a month.
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San Francisco
Harrison Grammar School
Robert Anderson
Robert
French With Facility Sparks Word Recall Nap
A speaker struggling in French cannot find the word until his host offers the term monotony, highlighting a moment of linguistic frustration and timely assistance.
May Be True Plisa and Her Ocean Park Visit
A hired girl named Plisa, living in Kansas and never having seen the ocean, finally travels with her mistress to Ocean Park. They arrive at the sunlit beach and proceed to explore the seaside setting.
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Plisa
Kansas
Ocean Park
School dress clash spurs protest over overalls policy
Mrs. Alice R Norton says her son Bobby must stay home until dressed suitably for school. Leaders from city to state denounced the action as un American. Three hours later Superintendent Gwinn ordered Bobby back in school in his overalls. He proclaimed no aristocracy of dress at his school.
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Alice R. Norton
Gwinn
Bobby Anderson
Bobby
Kenosha Group Backs Curbs on Overhead Flights
The Kenosha Advancement association voted to curb airplane flights over the city citing public safety concerns as planes become common. It urged higher altitudes to enable a safe glide to open country if engines fail, noting many pilots fly too low.
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Kenosha
Wis
Kenosha Advancement Association
Association
Love of Wireless Lands Man in Prison
Clifford Roberts was found guilty of stealing radio apparatus worth about 200 dollars in Wolverhampton England. His defense blamed love of wireless, but the magistrate sentenced him to three months hard labor.
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London
Clifford Roberts
Wolverhampton
England
Roberts
Worcester man offers to cover fiancee expenses after missed altar
Square It Chicopee Mass. Wilfred Martel of Worcester writes to her parents after failing to keep an altar appointment with his fiancee. He offers to reimburse any expenses she incurred in preparation for the event. The letter gave no reason for his departure.
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Chicopee
Mass
Wilfred Martel
Worcester
Five Million in Oil Sets Woman Oil King in Petticoats
Mrs. Charles Murray, Tulsa based president of a $15,000,000 oil concern, is titled Oil King in Petticoats. She earned five million in six months after entering oil, left the field for two years, then returned as head of Murray Oil Company as geologist, financial manager and drilling superintendent.
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Tulsa
Okla
Charles Murray
Oklahoma
Murray
Murray Oil Company
Sea Scene Sparks Curiosity in Elisa and Hilsa
A mistress guides Elisa and Hilsa toward the sea describing the vast, windy waters with white sails and circling gulls. Hilsa notes the sea smells of oysters, reacting with a simple exclamation.
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Mistress
Elisa
Hilsa
Zero and its origins in mathematical numerals
The Greeks and Romans lacked a zero in their numerals. Our modern system with zero derives from Arab contributions shaping arithmetic today.
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Batavia Light & Power Company
Batavia Water Works
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Yale
Yale University
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