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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1924
Page
5
A cluttered sale ad lists numerous goods including table covers sheets cotton comforts and sweaters with prices ranging from 49 cents to $5.00 plus toy sets dolls trains and linens. The fragment appears to be an advertised sale from a department store or catalog with numerous product lines and discount signals.
Eastern Standard Time listings show WJZ New York with a range of programs from musical talks to orchestras, alongside WIVY WEAF WN Y and many other stations. The dense schedule includes ensembles, opera, orchestras, choirs, talk segments, weather and market notes, and various special broadcasts across major cities and networks.
A New York newspaper reports an experimental device on Inchkeith Island near the Firth of Forth harnessing wireless energy into a beam. As the beam passes, flickers are visible on a bridge via a small apparatus, guiding a navigation officer by its medium, with reverent notes about the coast.
Cortland N Y December 18 Mrs Tielen BD Cowan was sentenced to three to six years in Auburn prison after pleading guilty to perjury in County Court. Her testimony in June’s Eugene Graham trial, who was charged with operating a motor vehicle while drunk, proved pivotal as Graham was acquitted. Graham later faced murder charges. he was convicted and is serving life in Auburn.
Albany N Y Dec 15 The cause of a decided increase in typhoid fever in New York City remains undetermined but the water and milk supplies are under suspicion says Dr Matthais Nicoll state health commissioner He notes that outside the city the typhoid rate is very low and mentions increases in Rochester and Nassau counties within the commuting zone
The article notes loops do not work well in rooms with metal lath where shields absorb energy. Large steel framed buildings, especially those facing side rooms, hinder loop reception unless pointed oddly to the steel. Mountainous, iron mine near districts also reduce loop reliability though remote mineral masses may allow operation. Car installations fail under large steel remains overhead.
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