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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1906
Page
4
The text congratulates a new weather man on his hit percentage before a fall. It mentions the 25 000 club staying with the movement and hints at various World War I era references and satirical lines about consular reports and Russia.
A Pittsburg Dispatch writer comments on wireless telegraphy showing it is simple to set up at home with a banjo and guitar or two dishpans. He explains how a condenser discharges waves and makes vibrations travel to a receiving instrument using the same Morse code as ordinary telegraphy. The speed of sound waves is noted as 186,000 miles per second.
The passage describes radio waves traveling around the world seven times between clock ticks and passing through solids. Inland stations pick up distant signals, ships at sea near the mast receive them, and even Pike's Peak is crossed. The forestalled interference occurs around sunrise and sunset, and scientists worldwide expect to uncover the underlying cause.
A Washington Herald report cites Tillman as earning more from paid lectures than any American this year with $25,000 so far. Bryan reportedly never matched that annual figure. Tillman nets about $250 per talk and remains in demand year round, with about $60,000 in four years of lecture receipts.
In a season of plenty, organizers remind readers no home should miss Santa. Notify Rev. Thomas Priddy with names. he will coordinate visits and ensure timely delivery to distressed and poverty-stricken recipients.
A city ordinance in Blue field bans shooting fireworks near homes within three hundred feet. Enforcement will be strict through the holidays. Mayor G R Newkirk and the Chief of Police caution residents to comply within city limits.
In Northwestern New York including Monroe and Orleans counties farmers using careful fruit selection and separating fan g from ordinary apples and evaporator cider methods report profits of 25 to 40 cents per 100 for higher grades. Northwestern Pennsylvania employing old fashioned wasteful methods yields about 0 cents per 100. The contrast between modern and traditional practices shows rising rewards for updated fruit handling and grading.
The public is invited to attend a lecture under B nai B rith Lodze delivered by Rabbi Edward N Calisch of Richmond Va at Elks Opera House on Sunday December 16 at 4 pm No admission charge. kh A Heller NN Sameth Co 8 Catzen
Scientific report by Prof Anna declares dandruff stems from scalp parasites harming the hair bulb. Newbro's Terpicide claims to kill the dandruff germ and restore hair softness and abundance. Sold by druggists with samples available via 10 cent stamps to The Herpicide Co. Detroit Mich. John L. Crockett Special Agent.
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