Telephone’s 75th Birthday Marks Vast Growth in Communications
The piece traces Bell’s 1876 birth of the telephone from a Boston attic to a global system. It notes 70.3 million telephones worldwide, 35 million in the U.S. with 140 million daily two way conversations, and 43 million Bell lines in America. It highlights coaxial cables, microwave relays, toll dialing, and sustained growth in the past decade and century.
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Telephone
Boston
Massachusetts
Alexander Graham Bell
Bell
United States
America
Wiro
Bell System
Jellied Chicken Loaf for Spring Mingling
A molded chicken loaf recipe combines unflavored gelatine, lemon juice, pineapple syrup, and cold chicken stock to create a light spring dish. The mixture folds in diced chicken, celery, and pineapple, then sets in loaf pans and serves with mayonnaise or salad dressing, with optional toasted almonds and a side of boiled potatoes and peas for six servings.
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Walter Wricht appointed to Carstin county School Board
Walter XL Wricht of Preston is named a member of the Carstin county School Board, replacing resignations of Mr. 2 Ro and Cha Ifinch. The note also mentions timber losses from fires near Waits Creek and several local community updates including a move to Ocean City by Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Porter and a Denton Community Club officer slate.
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Walter XL Wricht
Preston
Carstin County
2. Ro
Cha Ifinch
Charles R. Porter
Ocean City
J. H. Summerfield
J. Virgil Moore
Myrtle Dukes
J. Alda Jackson
Louise Dukes
Henry W. Hughes
Dawson O. George
G. H. Wilson
Mary Adeline Fisher
T. Pliny Fisher
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Alexander Bells
Jed
Financial Counsel
Denton
Carolines Friendly Bank
The
Journal of
West
Deaton
Waits’ Creek
Willian J. Ind
Ley
Baltimore
G . Jyale
Kindler
Leon M. Pearson
Burn Mawr
George F. Kindley
Louise Fisher
Charlotte Kindley
Equitable Life Assurance Society of the
Thomas J. Parkinson
Seventh Avenue
New York
J. Kemp Stevens
Newspapreeae
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