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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1923
Page
11
A radio column explains keeping all leads short and direct to prevent feedback between adjacent wires. It covers socket layout, wiring, and using hard or amplifier tubes with 43 to 106 volt battery. It advises tuning inductance taps and condenser slowly, adjusting filament voltage, and setting the variable meter to approach oscillation for best reception.
Radio schedules from WGY WEAF KDKA and others show a dense lineup of talks, poems, music, and weather, with programs directed by Emerson Yorke and Hoxie Fairhila. Reports include stock and produce market updates, naval signals, and orchestra performances across Pittsburgh and New York stations.
A sprawling tale follows Rufus Kayne and his son through Wall Street finagling and a glamorous Gotham set, as a Victorian matriarch endures social machines and a daughter’s clandestine heartbreak. A later thread shows Claudia seeking solace in faith after a ruinous family crisis, amid a prairie munitions factory and industrial fortunes.
Mrs Cornelius Beeckman explains proper wedding gift acknowledgments. The bride writes timely gracious notes to each friend, thanking them first for the thought and then for the gift. Sample wording suggests a warm tone, inviting the guest to attend the wedding and offering a follow up to share how the gift fits the couple’s home.
Readable fragments describe a day’s radio program lineup with soprano performances, orchestral pieces, lectures, and musical events. Notable names include Victoria, Mairy EKivalbuto, Margaret Zerpoll, Dolla Riordan, and Jer ome Green. Also mentions ensembles, committees, and public notices.
The article reports two prominent spiritualists Sir Vincentino Futiori and his wife dying by their own hands to demonstrate life after death, issuing a statement to newspapers beforehand. The torn text also cites a Washington dispatch noting U.S. petroleum output and global production figures as context.
The piece discusses how a book's physical size affects a child's appeal and reading likelihood. It notes teachers' tests revealing primary grade children prefer books about seven and a half inches by five inches by one inch thick with bright covers in blue red or yellow. It mentions hooks and margins influencing reading interest and cautions about content.
A reader shares a Christmas fruit cake recipe from the Efficient Housekeeping column. The article outlines ingredients and steps for a Dark Fruit Cake, with detailed measurements, mixing method, baking times, cooling, and storage. It also notes inquiries should be addressed to Mr. Kirkman in care of the column.
Phoenix dispatch reports Apache Indians, once feared, now civilized and employed in public works. They helped build Roosevelt Dam and, since then, have shifted to road and valting work, adapting to nomadic lifeways and frequent changes of habitation.
A fragment notes Rhode Island Red Bullet trained to lay two eggs at once signaling progress in poultry breeding. It mentions Broadivey and an 58 item and a perfect egg inside, implying a notable discovery or method in egg production.
A lighthearted article praises a comfortable couch as a reliable home feature. The piece envisions the couch transforming living rooms and easing social rituals, noting wall space and a console table as elements for stylish seating and hosting.
A reader asks if cretonne can cover an old sofa and match cretonne grapes for the doorway to the ballroom. The columnist suggests door drapes should relate to window drapes and questions using cretonne drapes for all.
By George McManus, fashion notes describe double jointed acrobats and Ife influence shaping a brundinath day. The piece mocks voters and higher education while detailing Mitel and Adelaide in stylish gowns. Mitzi resists rows of buttons choosing a gown with mixed rows for a chic, tube silhouette. Clever cuffs and a fur trimmed velvet gown with left hip hook and eye finish the scene.
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