New Wireless Telephone Uses Ordinary Lamp Socket
Dr. Lee de Forest announces a postwar breakthrough letting wireless calls run over standard 60 cycle AC lighting circuits. The system eliminates power-hungry transmitters and hum, letting people talk house to house using a pony wireless panel plugged into any lamp socket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee de Forest
de Forest Laboratories
Highbridge
Westchester
Downtown
New York
Dr. de Forest
Central
Pony Wireless
New York Evening Post
Poisoned Fire Water Haunts Chicago Saloons
A chemist hired by a jurist reports lethal liquor sold in Chicago saloons. The fire water contains wood alcohol fusel oil creosote and water. Some gin uses juniper oil or berries while bitters rely on cinchona tincture. The beverages often leave drinkers sick or dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Prince of Wales visits Canada and royal naming traditions
The passage explains how royal figures bear long multi part names similar to common names. It notes the prince of Wales visiting Canada and compares naming customs across royal families such as the Habsburgs Bourbons Romanoffs Braganzas and Guelphs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David
Edward Albert Christian George Andrew David
Prince of Wales
Canada
Joseph of Austria
Portugal
Braganzas
Napoleon
France
Austria
Pittsburgh mine safety labs dedicated in three day ceremony
The interior department bureau of mines opened new laboratories in Pittsburgh costing over a million dollars. The event featured a national first aid and mine rescue contest with about 100 teams, with prizes and Holmes Safety Association awards. Officials including Lane and Manning spoke on life saved and safety progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interior Department
Bureau of Mines
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce
Joseph A. Holmes Safety Association
van H. Manning
Association
Committee On Awards
Bureau
United States
S. B. McCormick
University of Pittsburgh
E. V. Babcock
Franklin K. Lane
the Interior
Horace B. Winchell
American Institute of Mining and Electrical Engineers
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
William C. Sproul
Pennsylvania
Lane
Manning
Bruceton
Carnegie Music Hall
Charles Heinroth
National Coal Association
Forbesfield
Chamber of Commerce
Carnegie Institute of Technology
Forbes Field
J. A. Holmes Safety Association
Pittsburgh Station
George 8. Oliver
John F. Herron
City Council of Pittsburgh
Harry N. Taylor
National Coal Operators’ Association
Secretary of the Interior
8. B. McCormick
Arthur A. Hammerschlag
8. W. Stratton
Bureau of Standards
BR. F. Bacon
Mellon Institute
Seward E. Button
Department of Mines
State of Pennsylvania
D. van Schaack
National Safety Council
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Duluth
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