Compandor Improves Transatlantic Radio Telephone Service
Bell Labs reports a compandor, a compressor and expandor, used in long wave radio telephone links between New York and London. It reduces crosstalk and static, improves voice volume balance, and preserves strong and weak sounds. Over 19,000 transocean calls were made last year, with more than 12,000 between the two continents.
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Bell Telephone Laboratories
New York
London
Atlantic
Telephone networks expand across nations in early reports
London reports successful ultra short wave link between Great Britain and Ireland gains nine more channels to fifteen total. Montevideo notes new dial system modernizes service, with government operation and German installation. India plans extend long distance lines and carrier systems at rupees five million. Vancouver records net gain of 1,245 telephones, continuing high saturation. Shanghai notes long distance service opens between Landow and Ninghsia City, enhancing provincial connectivity.
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London
Great Britain
Ireland
Post Office Department
London Electrical Review
Montevideo
Calcutta
India
Legislative Assembly
United States
Foreign Communications News
Shanghai
Landow
Ninghsia
Kansu
Urbana Named After Champaign County Roots
Urbana in Champaign county and its county seat Urbana Ohio inspired naming. Urbana Texas also adopted the Urbana Ohio name.
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Urbana
Champaign County
Illinois
Ohio
Texas
Banana Tree Called Herb Despite Size
A banana tree is described as an herb rather than a tree because it has no wooden stem. The trunk is formed from clustered leaf stalks, not a true woody trunk, according to the explanation.
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Fisher
Finest Opal Unearthed in Lightning Ridge Gemfield
An opal described as the finest in the world, measuring about 4% by 2 inches when roughly dressed, was discovered in the Lightning Ridge gemfield in Australia.
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Lightning Ridge
Australia
First Balloon Voyage in the United States 1703
A fragment notes Blanchard of France made the first balloon voyage in the United States, in Philadelphia before George Washington, on January 9, 1703, detailing the historic ascent and its setting in colonial Philadelphia.
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U. 5
United States
Blanchard
France
George Washington
Philadelphia
May Party Menu for a Joyful May Day
A cheerful May Day feature praises May as a perfect party month and offers a complete outdoor party menu. It includes Chilled Prune Juice Chicken and Celery in Cream Sauce, Tomato Jelly Salad, Whole Wheat Sandwiches, and Ambrosia, with step by step recipes for white sauce, tomato jelly salad, and dessert. The plan emphasizes a carefree, healthful meal for children after games or dancing around a Maypole.
Sauerkraut Celebration Recipes From Old Time Cookery
A quirkypiece of culinary nostalgia offers sauerkraut based party ideas and recipe riffs. It presents a playful headline style and multiple old fashioned preparations including sauerkraut juice cocktails, Shephard pie, and fruit garnished dishes with apples and cinnamon, plus pork and sausage pairings and gelatin salads. The tone favours lively, period food-writing.
Veal Birds and Vegetables en Casserole and Fritters
A vintage recipe item presents Veal Birds and Vegetables en Casserole with a prepared batter including bananas and a banana fritter variant. The dish combines veal, lima beans, tomatoes, and milk with a banana batter and a sugar cinnamon syrup for dipping or serving, baked at 375 degrees.
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Crete
Better Breakfasts RUITS and Fruit Appetizer Cereal
A vintage breakfast feature promotes fruit rich meals and fresh coffee. It outlines a Fruit Appetizer recipe with pineapple grapes and orange juice and warns that vacuum packed coffee preserves freshness. The piece urges doctors' approval of fruit and coffee for health and steady mornings.
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British Columbia Telephone Company
British Columbia
Geoffrey Chancer
England
Enelish
Richard Barnfield
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Alfred Tennyson
Helen Hunt Jackson
June
Louise Chandler Moulton
Arcady
Carmen
The
Denton Journal
Nncr
Nandina
Easton
Eastern Shore Nurseries, Inc
Dover Road
Maryland
General Motors
Pontiac
Michigan
Denton Motor Sales
Ood
Delicious Foods
Meeda Bakers
Legrande
Prunes
Ig. Bot
Calif
Mokay Coffee
J. P. Fowler
Denton
G. C. Cohee
Narvey Fleetwood
T. L. Trice, Jr
Preston
A. K. Wrightson
Preston Arnie’s Cash Grocery
Preston Milford Kline
Hillsboro
C. Biger
Ridgely
I. Calvin Butler
Greensboro
J. W. Sylvester
Goldsboro
J. F. Lane
H. A. Porter
Burraville
W. W. Griffin
Henderson
R. H. Gibson
Queen Anne
Legrande Food Store
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