Ross Moore, an engineer friend who works for Indiana Public Works, passed along a page from an old newspaper that had an ad for the Kewanee Boiler Company. An architect friend of his had sent it his way. It made all three of us smile.
The newspaper was The Indianapolis Sunday Star, and the date was June 4, 1922, a time when all was well with the world. Opposite the Kewanee ad was this news item: “City’s transportation agent has changed from easy-going mule to busy little kilowatt and ohm.” It was big news when the streetcars went from horses to electricity. Much less mess to clean up.