Word: keokuk
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...Keokuk, la., a vast power dam sprawls across the Mississippi River. Before it was built, many an engineer scratched his head ruefully, doubted that it could be done because of the vagaries of the banks of the Father of Waters...
...James Cox Davis, not to be confused with either of the last two Democratic candidates for the Presidency, is a native of Keokuk, la. Once he was mayor of that city; later became general attorney for Iowa of the Chicago and Northwestern Railway. When the Government took over the railroads, he became first General Solicitor of the "Northwestern" and then general counsel of the Railroad Administration. In March, 1921, he was appointed Director General of the railways to settle the controversies arising out of returning the roads to private ownership. Now in his 60's, bald, white fringed, quizzical...
...bulk of the current would be produced by waterpower from such projects, as the Roosevelt (Ariz.) and Keokuk (la.) dams, supplanting the steam-power system which now furnishes five-sixths of the nation's horse power at tremendous waste of coal, oil, human labor and rapidly replaced machinery. There is available in North America 65,000,000 h.p. from water alone, which would be supplanted by steam power only in extreme drought. Hoover's plan, while looking to large future development, contemplates at first only the interconnection of existing utility systems and common action in the erection...
...Keokuk, Ia., a dog named Prince chased his tail for 20 minutes and dropped panting on the floor...
...Lampoon has announced the election of the following men: Charles Bedell Monro '23 of Pittsburgh, Pa., to the Writing and Drawing Department; Samuel Hammond Jr. '23 of Boston, Henry Pratt Upham Harris '23 of New York City, and Benjamin Woodson Huiskamp '23 of Keokuk, Ia., to the Business Department...