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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1922
Page
9
An illustrated overview highlights electric washers, dryers, dishwashers, ice cream freezers, sewing machines and cleaners as time saving health aids. It extols electric ranges, refrigerators, floor care devices and heating elements, noting broad use in households and added comfort for women.
Butte asserts its title as the electrical capital of Montana with three wholesale electrical supply houses and offices of two of the nation's largest electrical concerns. The city hosts more electrical stores than any other Mining city in the state.
A new type of magnetic wave radio, 15 inches square and seven pounds, is exhibited in the East. It claims to send sound through steel or concrete enabling use by entombed miners or from inside a bank vault. No aerial or ground is needed and it supports one station or interroom house communication.
KFAP will start a new schedule next week broadcasting market reports daily at 5 PM. Two evening concerts will be held each week on Tuesdays and Fridays to allow listeners with distant stations to tune in.
A conference to aid the standardizing of radio apparatus is called by the Bureau of Standards for January 12 1923 in New York City. The call comes at the request of the Institute of Radio Engineers National Radio Chamber of Commerce Associated Manufacturers of Electrical Supplies American Radio Relay League Radio Corporation of America and National Retail and Dry Goods Association.
Lefax Inc publishes a free map showing all broadcasting stations in the United States and Canada. Stations are listed by call letters and by location, helping readers find stations quickly. The map and station list can be requested free from Lefax through The Standard.
Old Kris Kringle adds a new line to his Christmas gift factory radio sets. This is the first year Santa will distribute radio outfits as the radio craze has firmed up in the past 16 months as a means of conveying news and entertainment. Reports from manufacturers and local stores indicate many radio sets will be given this Christmas.
Radios become a social standard with clubs forming radio committees and camps relaying world series games. The New York Mail notes Democrats plan Wilson broadcasts while an eastern blind institution equips boys with radio lessons and headphone beds at Homestead sanatorium in Saratoga county. Parsley, an Egyptian, is cited among the reporting voices.
Butte residents plan to say Merry Christmas electrically as local electric supply houses report heavy purchases and reservations. Nine shopping days remain before Christmas and most of the rush business is yet to come. Electrical appliance window displays show many possible gifts.
Officials urge using electric lights and safe decorations for the holidays. People planning Christmas trees should avoid burning candles and prefer electrical illumination to reduce fire risk.
The United States produces millions of vacuum cleaners yearly with one major plant manufacturing over 2,000,000 electric cleaners per year. Over 50 standard vacuum cleaner models are available on the market.
The Standard reported 200 radio owners followed the Miles City versus Great Falls game by radio. In Butte and Anaconda electric window displays drew attention, and Butte led the state in electric ranges in use. Fifty four U.S. newspapers run radio stations. Los Angeles tops for stations.
Hearing before Justice ONeill continued with the case of W Grant Hoage on a charge of making a defective audit of the school district accounts. After more testimony the court adjourned proceedings until Monday as the record rond figures from school accounts form the testimony.
Coroner Carey announced an inquest this afternoon into the death of Oliver Conrad the old prospector who collapsed on the courthouse steps near Feeleys.
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