Change In Methods Of Reporting Notes Change In Methods
The Philadelphia journalist Harry Proctor reflects on shifts in news gathering over 40 years. He cites better access to hospitals and police as primary spot news sources, widespread use of mechanical aids, faster telephones, condensed writing, and improved accuracy. He recalls early burdens like heavy portable typewriters and reporters who wrote longhand.
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Harry Proctor
Evening Bulletin
Philadelphia
Proctor
Mr. Proctor
The
Philadelphian
Bulletin
John R. Parsons
Arrivals on Both Coasts Debark Ships Today
Nearly 2,800 service personnel are due to debark from three transports today at New York and San Francisco. Ships arriving include the Stevens Victory from Le Havre and Acadia from Balboa in New York, and the Dane from Kwajalein in San Francisco. Visitors in Bridgeman home at 2409 Buchanan include Mr and Mrs Swan Williams and Jim Bridgeman of Dallas.
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Associated Press
New York
San Francisco
Stevens Victory
le Havre
Acadia
Balboa
Canal Zone
Dane
Kwajalein
S. W. Bridgeman
Buchanan
Mrs. Swan Williams
Jim Bridgeman
Dallas
Printer Meets Shadow Induction Coincidence record set
Amarillo readers recall Gil LaResche a Chicago Sun linotype operator and James Kahoun a Detroit worker who shared a striking Army fate. Inducted the same day at Fort Sheridan they joined Camp Wheeler and barracks beside each other. They later served in different divisions in France were wounded the same day in the same arm endured hospital treatment and were discharged together.
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Amarillo
Gil LaResche
Chicago Sun Linotype
James Kahoun
Detroit
Army
Fort Sheridan
Camp Wheeler
France
United States
Return from Memphis by Mr and Mrs Regnal Greenhaw
Mr and Mrs Regnal Greenhaw of 1402 West Twelfth have returned from Memphis where they visited his parents Mr and Mrs George Greenhaw.
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Memphis
Regnal Greenhaw
West Twelfth
George Greenhaw
Moone's Emerald Oil Promises Quick Skin Relief
An advertisement touts Moone's Emerald Oil as a stainless, economical remedy for intense itching. It claims the first application provides relief and a few treatments prove the product cures distress, with a money back guarantee from druggists like Cretney Drug Co.
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Moone
Cretney Drug CO
Mrs Jewel Stevens Party Returns from Amherst Visit
Mrs Jewel Stevens and Mr and Mrs George C Stevens report return from Amherst. They visited Mrs Jewel Stevens daughter Miss Clay Bus sanmas at 213 B East Fifteenth.
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Jewel Stevens
George C. Stevens
East Fighteenth
Amherst
Miss Clay Bussanmas
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