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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1922
Page
2
A speaker argues that party lines are fading, voters seek independent choices, and the women’s franchise will increasingly influence government. He cites Indiana and Pennsylvania results, Minnesota trends, and praises the League of Women Voters for civic guidance without party ties.
The author argues for giving the House equal power with the Senate in treaty ratification. Citing international practice, he warns the current system lets the House withhold funds to block treaties. He notes repeated efforts to amend the Constitution and urges broader participation by the House in treaty making.
A retrospective piece argues that three generations from pioneers the exodus begins and urban life pulls descendants away from farms. It cites Chicago and Who's Who data showing high farm origins among leaders and professionals, warning of a split into landowners and propertyless workers and a failed American heritage.
The amended national defense act of 1921 creates one army via merging regulars, National Guard, and reserves. It envisions citizen soldiers trained in peacetime and ready for battle, urging communities to support citizens' military training camps for young men.
The article explains grid leak resistance in a three electrode vacuum tube with no C battery on the grid. It discusses how grid leakage and impedance affect plate current, and how grid potential builds negative charge to reduce current. It defines internal plate impedance and its role in determining optimal telephone impedance in radio detectors.
Dr Frank J L Jewett of Western Electric demonstrates a new electrical filter that lets radio telephone and telegraph messages be transmitted together and later separated at the receiver. The device splits bands of frequencies rather than single tones, isolating telephone and telegraph bands and even distinguishing one telephone message from another.
The article advises using a ground antenna with a long insulated wire run in a shallow trench or on the ground. Position the ground wire toward the station with the strongest signals and extend it for several hundred feet to improve reception.
A variable condenser in the antenna circuit can lengthen or shorten the wave length range. Regulation is finer since a loading coil tunes only within a single turn when using a tuning coil type coil.
The article notes railroads broadcast safety warnings about trespass injuries and deaths, reports a method to record and read incoming signals, and describes long distance wireless listening from a ship near Iquique. It also mentions teaching records for telegraph code and American and Canadian amateur radio plans for spark and continuous wave wavelengths.
The article recounts Washakie of the Wind River Shoshone, friend to whites, who received a gift from President Grant. It details his rise to power, his betrayal threat by younger warriors, his demonstration with six scalps, his ban on his son’s war party, his role as a scout in Crook’s 1876 campaign, and his death on February 21, 1900, buried with full military honors at Fort Washakie.
The Nez Perce leader Joseph led a 2000 mile retreat through Idaho and Montana with up to 300 warriors. After eleven engagements and heavy losses on both sides he surrendered near Bear Paw in 1877 proclaiming I fight no more forever. He died at Colville in 1904 on the Colville reservation in Washington.
An excited acquaintance brings news to Gap Johnson that Bearcat, his son, fell into mill machinery while exploring the works. The miller threatens damages after the mill’s machinery is ruined, though Bearcat suffers no serious injuries.
The ad touts Stearns Electric Paste as a long standing exterminator for rats mice cockroaches waterbugs and ants with a quick one night effect. It notes multilingual directions and a money back guarantee with 2 oz and 15 oz sizes priced at 35c and 1.50 respectively. It also includes stray international notes about Denmark cutting its army and Switzerland importing Swiss cheese from the United States.
The military attache of the American embassy in London is acknowledged to be England's best amateur dancer. A distinguished embassy role is anticipated as a result.
The quotation poses a paradox about humor asking whether it is something we laugh at or something the other fellow laughs at. It highlights the social aspect of humor and the internal debate over who derives amusement and why.
The remark suggests that the radio is celebrated as the baby of inventions, though many relatives want to hold or control it, reflecting a lively debate about ownership and prestige surrounding early wireless technology.
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