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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1922
Page
7
Firemen at the Mason Street station build a crystal receiving set to join three city fireboats equipped with radio phones, aiming to keep pace with their brothers in the fleet.
Fire Chief Taber plans to outfit Engine 6 with a complete radio network linking HQ at Bristol street to boats along the waterfront. Engine 26’s Hosemann Collett nicknamed Marconi among firefighters demonstrates wireless gear while other stations may follow New York’s lead in installing radiophone receivers.
The piece notes Mars will be closest to Earth this month and could boost Marconi’s investigations into mysterious sounds heard recently. He expects to be in America next month to listen in as officials at Amrad in Medford Hills consider suspending operations briefly each evening to gauge public support.
The most crucial element in a vacuum tube is the grid, which controls tube action and releases energy from B batteries. For proper operation the grid circuit requires a grid condenser and a grid leak, with the condenser being the smallest radio component.
A girl alighting from a New York registered car asks if they can have a "Baby Hippo" when the little lady visits again and jokes about a large thing being as big as their 700.
Edwin F. Goodwin of Newton Centre testified that he visited Benjamin Fitch's home once and was asked to leave after about 20 minutes. Arthur Fitch contests the will stating his father was not of sound mind, amid a over $400000 estate. Dr L Vernon Briggs testified of cerebral hemorrhage and senile dementia, noting extreme mental impairment in October 1917.
Paris declares fall fashions will feature longer dresses and Merry Widow hats. American girls with bobbed hair face a problem as milliners seek solutions like a small crown and wide brim. Boston hat shops report mixed reaction with elderly customers buying big picture hats while younger shoppers stay with bobbed hair friendly styles.
Berlin report by the Associated Press states Premier Lenine of Soviet Russia is suffering a general nervous breakdown with an acute gastroenteritis attack. Foreign Minister Tchitcherin in Berlin said there is no serious organic trouble and that a complete rest for several months would likely bring a cure.
Louis R. Wagner aged 60 of 1216 Commonwealth Avenue Allston was taken seriously ill yesterday afternoon. The report notes no further details on his condition or the circumstances.
Somerville Mayor John M. Webster seeks to abolish the Park street grade crossing, the city’s only main track crossing. The project would be funded by state county and city shares as conditions return to normal after the war.
Mrs Frank Bugdon resisted firemen today to save her trunk containing money and valuables from a burning Central Falls tenement. She lost consciousness but was carried out by rescuers who later retrieved the trunk. Fire damage totaled about $900.
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