Standard time was an invention of the railroads. Before that it was sun time. High noon was when the sun was straight overhead, wherever you were.
I grew up just a few miles from the 90th meridian, high noon central time didn't make any difference there, but Chicago, for instance had to adjust, so did Des Moines.
THE ARGUMENT FOR 365 DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME
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