Wireless Comes of Age in Navy and World News Era
A long feature traces wireless history from early spark experiments to the Titanic and Republic rescues. It notes the widening spread of wireless across the British empire, trans Pacific links, and American coast to Hawaii and China. It describes training at Brooklyn and Arlington, the science of Hertzian waves, and common call signs C Q D and SOS.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ther
Shipa Republic
Florida
Republic
la Bourgogne
Jack ‘Binny
Jack Binns
International
Harold S. Bride
Mar
Harold T. Cottam
Cardinal Farley
England
British Empire
Cyprus
Aden
Ceylon
Straits Settlements
Western Australia
New Zealand
Marconi
Marconi Company
New York
Cuba
Panatoa
Arlington
Tts Opersticn
Amos Dolbear
Tufts College
Arlington Station
Potomac
Washington
Ort Myer
North Atlantic Ocean
Naval Base
Guantanamo
San Francisco
Canal Zone
Pacific Coast
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Doctor Hertz
Hertz
Sir Oliver Lodge
William Marconi
Incidents Before the Republican Contest at Chicago Coliseum
Chicago June 10. Hotel clerks guide visitors to political celebrities amid photographers, as Sen Dixon and Col Lyon entertain with stories. Delegates, reporters, and bell boys fill the Coliseum annex, with Roosevelt Taft factions clashing and joking amid a lively convention atmosphere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
John Burk
Annex
J. M. Dixon
Montana
Roosevelt
Michigan Avenue
Panama
Senator Dixon
A. B. Butler
Washington
Taft
Boston
Texas
Cecil Lyon
Yoakum County
Wilson
Charles Hilles
Colonel Lyon
Blackstone Hotel
William H. Taft
Dick—Taft
National Committee
Colliseum Annex
Mr. Dixon
Mr. Dick
Hostle Camps
Joe
Charley
Joseph Kealing
Indiana
Lucius C. Littauer
New York
Fragmented Odds and Ends From a Silly Column
Reading maketh a full man. So does the wine when it's red. For years Garfield Tea has been on the market. This must mean a remedy worth while. It is possible for a man to be straight and make both ends meet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Borah
Senator Borah
Idaho
Jonah K. Kalanianaole
Cupid
Congress
Page
State House
Alabama
Twenty-third District
Blank
Rules Committee
National Committee
America
Garfield
Thinking of Summer Travel Destinations
A dialogue about summer plans names England Norway and Scotland as options but notes a likely trip to Punk Beach, reflecting casual travel talk and preference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Norway
Scotland
What She Wants Modern Home Design Exchange
A Detroit Free Press excerpt features a dialog where a client asks for a fashionable modern home. The client desires a living room large enough to feel airy yet a kitchen too small to cook in, and seeks guidance on a house style from an architect.
Fogs Lift Then Crew Plunges Into Sea In Tale
In a San Francisco Chronicle reminiscence, mariners recall thick fogs at sea off Newfoundland. One veteran says fogs were so dense crews leaned on deck rails and fell over when the mist unexpectedly lifted, a humorous if hazardous image from seaport tavern storytelling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newfoundland
San Francisco Chronicle
The Worms Way and Coleridge’s Mock Debate
English anti vivisectionist Stephen Coleridge applauds a British report promising to end live bait in fishing. In Philadelphia he argued about worm cruelty, countering a rival claim that a worm writhing on a hook proves pain with Coleridge’s quip that the worm laughs at being tickled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen Coleridge
Philadelphia
Coleridge
Mr. Coleridge
Nice Man Quarrel Sparks Softly and Miss Charming
Characters Nice Man Softly and Miss Charming spar over chances amid a quarrel with Miss Lovely as the apparent focal point. The exchange hints at ongoing romantic tension and social games within a small circle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Softly
Miss Charming
Mr. Softly
Miss Lovely
California Doctor Praises Grape-Nuts For Health Benefits
A Los Angeles physician with forty years of experience endorses Grape-Nuts and Postum as digestible brain and nerve foods. He cites brain function, digestion, and daily use with cream, noting he travels with the products and recommends them in dietary instructions. The letter, attributed to Postum Co, promotes the brand and the slogan There’s a reason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rorth Pole
Naval Electrician
Navy Yard
Berlin
Montreal
Istate
Clus
Tenerif RE
POLO
Mradh
Africa
Coliseum
the Treasury
Judson Lyon
Georgia
Urey Woodson
Democratic National Committee
Mr. Woodson
Gunfire
Teddy
Sherman
Franklin Murphy
New Jersey
Murphy
Ben
Seseich
Roosevelt Press Bureau
Casey Jones
Abe Lincoln
Washington Town
A. M. Stevenson
Colorado
Denver
Stevenson
Hawaii
Congresa Hotel
Prince Kalanionaole
Prince Cupid
C. A. Rice
H. L. Holstein
A. Horner
S. Parker
Mark Hanna
Prince
Stacy
Cordelia
California
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