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According to this article, the dust storms that swept through Kansas during the "dirty thirties" generated high levels of electricity. Fred Ellis, a Western Union telegraph operator who was interviewed for this article, contributes this rise in electricity to the friction caused by dust particles swirling together into dust storms.
Creator: Kansas City Times
Date: February 20, 1937
This interesting article would be particularly fascinating for students who enjoy science; it could also be grouped with other documents selected for this standard that discuss the effects of these storms on the Kansas population.
KS:11th:2.1:Dust Bowl Experiences (2005)
Item Number: 210981
Call Number: K551.51 Dust Bowl Clippings
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 210981
Business and Industry - Media/Communications - Telegraph
Collections - Library
Curriculum - 11th Grade Standards - Kansas History Standards - 1930-1945 (Kansas_Benchmark 2) - Dust Bowl experiences (Indicator 1) - Dust storms
Date - 1930s - 1937
Environment - Weather - Storms - Dust
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Newspaper - clipping
Places - Cities and towns - Dodge City
Places - Counties - Ford
Thematic Time Period - Great Depression and Dust Bowl, 1929 - 1941
Type of Material - Newspapers - Clippings
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/210981