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Show WHO CAN BEAT THIS RECORD Ravenna, Nebraska, with 1,700 people, peo-ple, claims a record for the use. of modern comforts and utilities, for towns of its class, if not for all classes. In the average town, 75 per cent cf the homes have telephones; Ravenna Raven-na has 1)3 per cent. In the average town, 62 per cent have electrict irons and 2 8per cent vacuum cleaners; Ravenna homes have S3 per cent irons and G4 per cent cleaners. The average aver-age is 69 per cent of the homes owning own-ing automobiles; Ravenna has 91 j per cent of its homes awheel. Seventy-four pe rcent of the Ravenna homes have electric washers; 96 per cent of the home are electrically lighted, and the town uses more electricity el-ectricity per capita than any other town in the state. |