Plains Life and Youth Empower Scouts and Girls
An essay extols Western Plains life as simple and free, praising Boy Scouts and Camp Fire Girls for education through nature. It highlights Texas regions from Crockett County to Davis Mountains, Guadalupe Mountains, Bankhead Highway, and Palo Duro Canyon as ideal training grounds, urging statewide camp development and youth programs led by Baptists and others.
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West Texas
Plains of
Texas
Plains
Camp Fire
West
Davis Mountains
The
Baptista of Texas
Baptist
Guadalupe Mountains
Guadalupe
Carlsbad
New Mexico
Citi
Bankhead
Texas Pacific Railroad
Weatherford
Ranger
Eastland
Cisco
Abilene
Sweetwater
Colorado
Midland
Big Spring
Pecos
Fl Paso
State of
Growth of the Early Church in Acts Lessons
The article outlines nearly fifteen years from Jesus ascent to Cornelius baptism, tracing Pentecost events, Saul's conversion, and the spread from Jerusalem to Antioch. It lists twelve quarterly lessons with topics and golden texts from Acts, detailing early church growth, persecution, and key figures like Peter, Paul, and Barnabas.
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Jesus
Cornelius
Luke
Jerusalem
Saul
Tarsus
Orer
Barnabas
Antioch
Jesus Christ
Peter
Jehovah
Lemons Advertise Skin Whitening Lotion
An old advertisement touts a lemon based lotion for whitening the face neck arms and hands. It claims to brighten the skin reduce freckles sunburn and tan and to be most effective immediately after preparation. It warns the lotion must be mixed at home and not sold ready to use.
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Thom
West Texas Women Polo Team Treks for San Antonio Games
A small cadre of San Angelo’s Fort Concho Riding Club women train for three polo matches in San Antonio on July 12, 14 and 16 against the Blue Bonnets, a unit formed from Fort Sam Houston officers wives and daughters. Led by captain Audrey Appelt, the team includes Sadie Bishop, Mallie Ransom, Louise Lee, and Lydian Hall, wearing green shirts with 112 on back.
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San Angelo
United States
San Antonio
Blue Bonnets
Fort Sam Houston
Fort Concho
Mary Lee
Len Mertz
Louise Lee
Jack Ransom
Lydian Hall
Audrey Appelt
Rock Barracks
Radio to be part of Oakland school curriculum
Oakland California June 20. The city school system ends a year of radio experiments and will introduce radio instruction in 20 schools next term. Two lessons weekly will be broadcast, aiming for broader educational use. Dr Virgil Dickson sanctioning the program supports centralized receivers in principals offices with classroom loudspeakers to limit pupils to instructional rather than entertainment use. Lesson schedules will be issued so others may tune in concurrently.
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Okland
Calif
Oakland Public
Oakland
Virgil Dickson
Radio's Future As Seen by a Leader
General James G. Harbord, former AEF supply chief and head of a large radio firm, offers a conservative forecast for radio's future. He envisions long distance radio photographs, telegraphing a newspaper page across oceans in minutes, and two way telephone talks between a mid ocean passenger and land lines, among other advances.
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New York
James G. Harbord
Radio Corporation
Harbord
Definition of international broadcasting ticker service
A universal radio ticker service prints daily information in words on paper from a central point at set intervals. It mirrors the wire stock and news ticker concept but operates nationwide rather than locally and is not readily accessible by some means.
First complete South Africa to South America radio chat
The first full transmission linked South Africa to South America via short wave radio with J. S. Streeter of Cape Town and Carlos Braggio of Buenos Aires exchanging a message directly.
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South Atlantic
South Africa
South America
J. S. Streeter
Cape Town
Carlos Braggio
Buenos Aires
Jim Corbett to Host Weekly Show on WBOQ Richmond Hill
Jim Corbett, veteran of the ring, will be a regular weekly entertainer on station WBOQ at Richmond Hill L I. He is known nationwide for his entertaining recollections and amiable showmanship.
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Jim Corbett
WBOQ
Richmond Hill
L. I
Funeral by Radio in Shenandoah Draws Fans
Fans listening via radio gathered at the Mest church reading memorials as funeral services for Mrs Henry Field wife of the local broadcasting station owner were held. A microphone set near L P Goodwin captured the broadcast.
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Shenandoah
Henry Field
L. P. Goodwin
Mest
CKAC Broadcasts Self-Repeating Watch Bells To Signal Time
Montreal radio station CKAC, unhappy with Arlington time signals, partners with a local watchmaker to transmit a self repeating watch bell system that rings the hours quarters and minutes. This marks a novel method to announce time locally.
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Arlington
CKAC
Montreal
London to Borneo hears Big Ben through BBC link
Report from London indicates Borneo listeners 8000 miles away heard Big Ben via a broadcasting station near London. The anecdote highlights the reach of British radio as a connection between distant regions.
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London
Borneo
House of Parliament Tower
British Broadcasting Station
Radio exposition moves from New York to Chicago for second showing
The fourth annual radio exposition scheduled for Grand Central Palace in New York September 12 to 19 will be moved to Chicago for a second big showing. The patent office issues about a dozen patents weekly on radio inventions. A British expert identifies the most offensive soot form as that from homes. An automobile fire extinguishing system has been devised for airplanes.
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New York
Chicago
Grand Central Palace
Patent Office
Gadio
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Palo Duro Canyon
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Wercie
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Paul W. Taylor
Woman's Auxiliary
Dick Nasworthy
R. Nasworthy
Sorge
William Bettis
Thomas Mather
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Polo Club
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