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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1924
Page
4
An advertisement touts Joint-Ease as a big discovery for stiff inflamed joints. It claims nightly spine massage aids overall health and that many people buy it daily from Hindles Dragmore and other chemists. The ad promises quick relief for joint agony at a price of 60 cents.
Circuit Court Judge S C Stough in Ottawa Illinois orders Illinois Central railroad to pay hundreds of thousands in state taxes for 1906 and 1908. He finds earnings credited to non charter lines misallocated under seven percent Illinois tax on charter lines, after years of accounting and testimony with extensive state inquiry and large lawyering effort.
Dickie Loeb, imprisoned for life for the kidnapping murder of Robert Franks, met his mother Mrs Albert H Loeb in Joliet state penitentiary. She urged obedience and cheerfulness and said the family prayed for him. Loeb replied that his viewpoint had changed and he aimed to make progress in prison.
Lee Fo Yam, an 18 year old Chinese student in Nutley New Jersey, died by gas in his boarding house room after expressing inability to master English and geometry. Police reports quote him saying he could not do it all. Miss Ida King, his boarding mistress, notified authorities. He came to Nutley eight months ago through Miss Helen Heath who knows his parents in China.
A dense schedule lists WNYC New York, WJZ Newark, WIP Philadelphia, KWK Chicago and others with hourly programs from 10:00 a.m. to late evening. Includes music by various orchestras, weather forecasts, market reports, talks, and world series updates featuring named hosts and performers. Details specify times for health talks, education segments, dramatic readings, and instrumental recitals across multiple stations and cities.
Radio guidance urges careful tuning to avoid squealing receivers that disrupt neighbors. Do not increase detector tube brightness or force the set, and replace degenerating gear with better, noninterfering models. Avoid rapid station switching. choose neutrodyne or similar receivers to minimize noise.
Chicago mayor William Dever and famed lawyer Clarence Darrow sparked a surprise banter on the eighteenth amendment at a banquet. Darrow argued repeal unlikely but enforceable measures depend on courageous citizens, while Dever defended strict enforcement and bootlegger crackdown as he seeks safe streets for Chicago.
Radio Engineer Carlton Fe Butler describes a small variable condenser used as a versatile tuning aid. It can be wired across a larger condenser to act as a governor control and is constructed by mounting two plates on a dial and panel with a shaft cutout. A stiff shaft spring prevents setting drift when the dial is moved.
A fragmented radio schedule lists musical acts and programs across several stations. It mentions Tony Cor coran baritone, Marie Kelly reader, Nick Lucas dance selections, Werther and River Forecast segments, market quotations, weather reports, sports and stock updates, and a luncheon program. Various station tags include WOC-DAV EMPORT-484, CKAC-MONTREAL-428, KGO-OAKLAND-312, WDAF-KANSAS CITY, and others with times and program notes.
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