Auto Company Awards Big Electrical Contract
The Willys-Overland company of Toledo secures what is described as the largest natural contract for electric power in the nation. The Central Station will supply 40,000 horsepower via high voltage underground cables, supporting rapid growth and the adoption of electric heating furnaces by major automakers. The project features multiple 29,000 volt underground cables and stringent moisture-proof joint tests, underscoring industrial foresight and efficiency.
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Wil Jam Company
Toledo
Willys- Overland Company
The
Overland
Apie
General Electric Company
Electrical
Hunter Mistaken Identity Shoots Milesburg Man in Bellefonte
John Meese of Milesburg is hospitalized with gunshot wounds believed caused by an unknown hunter who mistook him for a wild turkey. Meese, struck as he fell, saw the shooter about twenty yards away and cried for help as the assailant fled. A nearby girl who heard the cries brought aid.
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Bellefonts
John Meese
Milesburg
Meese
Color for Kitchen 16 A New Theme at Experimental Station
At the colonial experimental station in N. Ji two kitchen experiments explore electric color schemes for a modern kitchen. Sirs. B A Patti notes the sunlit blend of yellow walls and draperies, with scrim curtains featuring fire and light motifs. a laurel frieze crowns the decorative band, highlighting the esteem for kitchen work while debating window seating and wall cabinets' fit in an electrically equipped space.
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Coloniay N. Ji
B.A. Pattisa
Watering and lighting waste with improperly used hoses
The passage compares wasting water with inefficient lighting. It argues for nozzle-like controls on lighting to direct illumination, reduce waste, and maximize useful light, stressing you pay for light not current and highlighting the need to conserve through proper directing devices.
Electricity Brings Comfort For Ten Old People
A nostalgic reminiscence describes daily care for elderly grandparents using home electricity. Details include bedside electric shaving mirror, hot water at bedside, electric percolator, toaster, egg boiler, electric grill, radiator warmth, electric foot warmers, and an electrically powered phonograph with room control for evening music.
Electric iron and appliances for the modern home
An anxious note discusses using an electric iron to press trousers with a steam system and the appeal of automatic massagers. It weighs time and money against expert service in a small town. The speaker considers buying a flatiron, toaster, stove, and grill to simplify daily tasks.
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Greas
Cuba
Ekeers
Electric lighting in Oregon sheep pens fattens stock for market
Samuel Galland, Spokane financier, reports Oregon ranchers use electric lighting to feed sheep at odd hours. Lights stay on from 4 PM to 9 PM in winter and reappear at 4 AM, keeping sheep feeding and fattening. Frequent feedings increase intake and accelerate fattening for sale.
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Orégonyby
Samuel Galland
Spokane
Oregon
Mehta
Porch Light Protection Promises Safe Nightly Reach
A fragmented 1900s style note describes porch light and glass pane door security to identify visitors at midnight. It emphasizes nervous fear of prowlers and uses garbled phrases about a doorbell, keyhole checks, and a flashlight panel to reveal who is there.
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Omaha
Glaas
Electric lights boost egg output for hens in coop study
Mrs George Newell of Chicago used artificial tungsten lighting in her chicken house to simulate lengthened days. After two weeks the daily egg yield rose from 26 to 63 per day, supporting a theory that hens lay more eggs with extended light even in winter.
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George ©. Newell
Chicago
Heri
News
New Assistant Chief of the U S Children’s Bureau Named
Miss Helen L. Sumner is appointed assistant chief of the United States Children's Bureau. An expert on child welfare laws she will compile a reference index of legislation affecting children. Born in Sheboygan Wisconsin she graduated from Wellesley College and holds honorary degrees. An advocate of equal suffrage she has written several books on economic problems.
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Helen L. Sumner
U.S. Children’s Bureau
Sumner
Miss Sumner
Shetouban
Wisconsin
Wellesey College
Electrical Appliance Runs Sewing Machine on Ship
On board the American ship Milla a floating electrical system powers a sewing machine setup. Nets and feeding conveyors process fish pulp for steaming and pressing into storage tanks of 20,000 barrels capacity. A foot pedal and lighted controls enable smooth operation with minimal jerks.
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Milla
Audi
Mills
Gonyeyora
Custody Battle Over Child Born During Divorced Wife’s Remarriage
Boston news item details Victor Papineau of Webster pursuing custody of a son born to Elisabeth Papineau-Emery while she lived with her second husband. The son, named Frederick Chase Emery on the birth certificate, is at the center of a legal fight as Papineau seeks custody from the Worcester probate court amid family history of elopement and past marriages.
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D. Pape Mneau
Papineau
Papineau Sovenbe
Emery
Huery
Frederick ‘Chase Emery
Papineau-Emery
Frederick Chase
Webster
Victor’. Papineau
Elisabeth F. Chass Apie
Elizabeth E Ory
Woalain Ore
Liza Swhio
Art Bach Einen
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Ani
Ubrederick
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Hrederick
Jung
Webster Amt
Medford
Ray
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