Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 June 1894 — How It Was Done. [ARTICLE]

How It Was Done.

The flute took its name from the fluta, an eel caught in Italian waters, which has seven spots like finger holes on its sides. Aurora, 111, was the first city in the world to illuminate its streets with electricity. The wires were placed in position in 1881.