Electric signs light up China and cities worldwide
Businessmen praise electric outdoor advertising as a prosperity booster with signs visible from streets to department store fronts. Five watt lamps cut operating costs by over 75 percent, making signs affordable. highways and storefronts show varied sizes due to local rules, with New York Newark Chicago and other cities enforcing height limits and curb extensions.
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New York
Newark
Benton
New Haven
Chicago
Windy City
Weather display at Louisville drug firm features festive forecast
A Louisville based drug company uses a Christmas weather sign outside its door. A shield shaped display shows the company name drugs in bold illuminated letters. Below it, a three by two layout lists fair colder wind and other terms alongside Indianapolis data from the census.
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Louisville
Unit of electric power gets its name from James Watt
Japan's bureau of electricity at Tokyo reports that at the end of May the combined capitalization of the 615 electric enterprises in the empire stood at 300,000,000 dollars, up 541,475 from 1914. Electric utilities increased fourteen since last year, with 524 power companies leading the list at about 155,000,000. About four electric railway companies total over 2,000,000 in capitalization, while 47 other electric enterprises total just over 123,000,000. The total rating of 727,783 kilowatts is an increase over last year.
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Japan
Bureau of Electricity
Tokyo
Mist
Inventor of the Steam Engine Honored by Electrical Industry
Henry Doherty, president of the Society for Electrical Development, lauds James Watt as the inventor whose steam engine principle underpins electricity as a motive power. Watt’s early experiments, Newcome model, separate condenser, and partnership with Roebuck and Boulton and Watt are recounted, linking his work to the watt unit and kilowatt hours.
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Henry’ix Doherty
Society For Electrical Development
Doherty
James Watt
Watt
John Robinson
Robinson
Glasgow
John Gardiner
Kingstreet
Dr. Roebuck
Boulton and Watt
How to care for your storage battery in cold weather
The Willard Storage Battery Company urges car owners to keep storage batteries in good condition during winter. Ensure distilled water fill and full charge, prime motors to avoid prolonged cranking, and avoid draining the battery by excessive lights or misuse. Regular inspections at Willard service stations help determine needs and prevent freezing risks.
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Willard Storage Battery Company
Willard
Farmer Uses Simple Farm Interphone System
A farmer adopts a two handset interphone wired with a dry battery, enabling messaging from hayfields and ice stations without trips to the main house. This rural telephone boosts efficiency by relaying calls from barns and other buildings directly to the farmer.
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Agriculturista
Haa
Lifting Power with One Cent of Electricity
A claim that one hundred gallons of water can be lifted one hundred feet by using one cent’s worth of electricity. The note presents a curious energy efficiency idea without detailed experimental support or context.
Electric ranges transform domestic work in new apartments
A New York housewife notes electric cooking advancement from domestic science and manufacturers. Builders and architects push electric ranges in new apartments. Tudor Arms in Portland recently opened with seventy five ranges, the largest order for one building.
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New York
Tudor Arms
Portland
Ore
Electric heating wires for German soldiers in trenches
German soldiers in flooded trenches could be kept warm by weaving electric heating wires into their trousers and coats and linking them to a battery up to 500 meters away. An electrical engineer devised the method claiming regulateable current and simultaneous warmth for many men. Electric carpets and bed warmers are cited as practical, though trench flooding complicates deployment.
Portable telephones aid Eastern railroad conductors
Freight and passenger conductors on the Eastern railroad now have portable telephones in their kits. In case of accident or delay, help may be summoned by attaching the device to overhead wires using a long jointed fish pole. The system includes a compact transmitter and receiver in a small box that folds away when not in use.
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Eastern
Electric cooker praised by Bay Area homemaker
Mrs. Good Housekeeper of San Francisco tests an automatic electric cooker over thirty days. She notes it saves time and labor at the exposition era, reduces food bills by about one dollar monthly, and proves efficient with steam chambers and a shutoff at 250 degrees.
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San Francisco
Exposition Grounds
Iyo
Curling Iron Heats Fourteen Times For One Cent
The Society for Electrical Development reports an electric curling iron can be heated fourteen times for a penny's worth of electricity. This efficiency finding highlights low operating costs for home hair styling devices and reflects ongoing energy use studies.
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Society For Electrical Development
Percolating Costs: One Cent Makes Four Cups of Coffee
Figures from the Society for Electrical Development show one cent's worth of electricity will percolate four cups of coffee, illustrating surprisingly efficient power use. This detail highlights advancements in electrical efficiency and consumer implications.
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The
Society For Electrical Development
Planned national golf association to be formed
A meeting will be called shortly after the holidays to form the national association of professional golfers. A three man committee of prominent golfers will draft the constitution and rules and serve in an advisory capacity.
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National Association of Professional Golfers
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Shanghai
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Ind
Welch-Smith Electric CO
Court St
Clarksburg
Tran
Eastern Railroad
America
Waseda University of Japan
United States
Pacific Coast
Middle West
East
Land of Nippon
Orient
Simmons Plumbing and Electrical Co
Pike Street
Bell
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