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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1922
Page
8
A detailed guide explains assembling a simple shortwave radio receiver. It describes antenna height, ground connections, and coil tuner construction with common parts. Costs range from four to fifteen dollars for a novice builder, with buyable off-shelf tuners available for about four dollars.
British researchers report limited success in transferring motion pictures by wireless communication. Earlier tests showed a photograph sent from Copenhagen to England and England to a ship, suggesting future linking of cinema with radio. If perfected, receiving devices could display distant events as they occur.
A vintage note on radio practice explains that a crystal detector cannot be fully emptied and that aerial wires should be insulated at ends and run at right angles to power lines. It warns gas piping as a poor ground while cold water piping is preferable, and states a crystal detector remains less efficient than a vacuum tube detector. It adds that within three to five miles of a station indoor 40 foot aerials from room to room are usually adequate for crystal detectors.
An interview with Pope Pius XI highlights his support for the Knights of Columbus plan to introduce baseball and youth welfare programs in Italy. He designates a Rome site for the project, praises American ideals, and blesses all Knights and their families as the Venerable Pope eyes closer US Italy ties through civic sport and welfare work.
Foster's Weekly Weather Bulletin reports a forthcoming European drought exceeding 100-year records, with June to August the most destructive. Forecasts warn of crop losses across Europe and parts of North America, Australia, and the Indies, predicting wheat above 2 dollars per bushel and severe agricultural disruption into 1922–23. The writer claims prior accurate forecasts and urges public notice.
Notice to all interested parties to appear at the Atlantic Cass county courthouse on June 15 1922 at 9 AM to attend the probate of the last will of Leah B Butler deceased of Cass county Mtawa and to show cause why the will should not be admitted to probate filed May 19 1922 by A A Emigh Clerk of the District Court with official seal.
Mayors proclamation announces a special election in Marne Cass County Iowa on June 20 1922 to decide granting the Iowa Service Company franchise rights to erect operate and maintain an electric light heat and power system for 25 years including pole line and equipment rights and associated penalties with the vote set for June 20 1923 proclamation dated May 16 1922 signed by Mayor D Polkinghorn and town clerk A Gill
A citizen rebukes a local newspaper for misstatements about his candidacy in the eighteenth senatorial district. He defends the signatures backing him, asserts no knowledge of the endorsement, criticizes the paper's accuracy, and reiterates support for political equality.
The fragment discusses personal matters, suggesting an individual might have benefited from advice and questioning the handling of private business during a period of ash. It references a reported profit of over thirty thousand dollars from the repurchase of the Atlantic News-Telegraph and touches on interests in parking and railroads, with a stray note about a Ford Truck priced at 430 dollars FOB Detroit.
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