Moving 41000 Telephone Lines In Four States Last Year
Officials with the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company report that over 41 000 telephones were moved last year across Maryland Virginia West Virginia and the District of Columbia. They urge advance notice for moves to minimize service interruptions and ensure connections at new locations.
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Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
District of Columbia
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Associated Companies
Tme
Telephone Operators Voice Please Public
A note extols cheerful operators as essential to customer service and likens them to fraternal societies keeping a friendly outside wicket, urging operators to maintain a pleasant, welcoming voice in public relations.
Washington Service Protected by Cable
A report extols Washington area telephone protection with 99.3 percent of its 635000 miles of wire in cable. In a severe snow storm the city kept phone service, only 11 of 144000 lines went out, while calls spiked to about 690000 for the day. The region including Maryland Virginia West Virginia and D C uses over 2.95 million miles of wire, with 91.6 percent in cable.
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Washington
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
District of Columbia
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Associated Companies
Stata
Repairing Plaster of Paris Advantages and Limits
For repairing plaster in the home milk can substitute water for mixing. Fresh milk improves damp resistance but does not harden as quickly, providing more working time to complete repairs.
How Great Men Differ from Others In Knowledge Power
Quote reflecting on how great men differ by intense knowledge of a single thing and use that knowledge with greater confidence and power. Sourced from American Magazine with a note on EMEP at rays bare rate.
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American ‘Magazine
Medals Awarded for Public Service to Three Officers
Frederick W. Scheller, Baxter M. Davidson, and James E. Witherite of the Washington Telephone Company receive bronze Vall medals for lifesaving acts. Scheller stopped arterial bleeding after a car crash on June 27, 1927, saving a severely injured man who later died. Davidson and Witherite saved a subscriber by preventing gas exposure and performing CPR after detecting gas, reviving the man before hospital care.
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Frederick W. Scheller
Baltimore
Baxter M. Davidson
James E. Wicherite
Washington
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Scheller
Davidson and Whitherbe
Washington, D. C
Davidson
Tele
Out of Town Telephone Calls Era Ends in 1927 Report
A 1927 Baltimore era report by Albert E. Berry notes that 98.5 percent of 10,520,000 toll calls were completed while users stayed on the line. The Chesapeake and Potomac Companies outlined maintenance gains, fewer outages, quicker toll call completion from 2 minutes to 1.6, and ongoing personal service to subscribers. The group operated 560,909 telephones at year end with Maryland 191,872, Virginia 122,200, West Virginia 103,250, and DC 113,588. capital outlays exceeded 13.5 million with net 8.18 million.
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Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
District of Columbia
Albert E. Berry
Berry
Chesapeake and Potomac Companies
Baltimore City
Fountain Pens Through Time in Brief History
Fountain pens have a long history dating back to 1600 with travelers noted using them. By 1788 they appear in advertisements and began to be called fountain pens. A 1754 Dictionary of Arts and Sciences defined them as metal pens that held little ink and controlled flow.
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London
Various Gases Used in City Gas Supply
The bureau notes water gas enriched with oil is the principal gas used for city supply in the United States. Natural gas has higher heating value but commands lower price due to abundant supply. OH aus designates several gases from oil with differences in constituent proportions.
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Bureau of Standmas
United States
Ohaus
Light and heat as electromagnetic vibrations
The Bureau of Standards notes that light and heat are electromagnetic vibrations carrying energy. Light comprises visible and invisible waves like ultraviolet and infrared, while heat is the energy aspect of all electromagnetic waves.
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Bureau of Standards
A Useful Baby In New Indianapalls Home
A new use for the baby in the one-bedroom Indianapalls home pairs with a new radio set. The baby wakes at four, a.m., for night feeding, and the father asks his wife to wake him at the same time so he can listen to programs believed to be visually good at that hour.
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Ino One Indianmpalls
Indianapalls News
Maryland May Day Meet At College Park Highlights
One of the year’s biggest athletic days at the University of Maryland College Park occurs May 4 with interscholastic field events, a Maryland George Washington dual track meet, and Navy lacrosse on the home field. County schools compete for medals and a designer cup. Towson High last year won the county trophy. A tennis match Hopkins versus the varsity courts adds a day of events.
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University of Maryland At
College Park
University of Maryland
George Washington
Navy
Towson High School
Charlotte Ingh
North Carolina
Gainlul
Ergent
Maryland
Light on Gir Labor Conditions in Ancient Sardis
An ancient Sardis building guild document from Asia Minor reveals early labor rules. It states workers will complete tasks if paid promptly, and if a worker refuses to work a fine is paid to city public works. All members pledge their property to secure the fine.
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Sardis
Asia Minor
Alectrical Workers Journal
Genius Accorded to Old Southern Mammy
An analysis in Farm and Fireside credits the southern mammy as America’s first woman artist in culinary craft. The piece recalls George Washington’s named colored cook and Mount Vernon’s famed hospitality shaping colonial life and the nation’s early history.
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America
Farm and Fireside
George Washington
Washington
South
Mount Vernon
Greatest men in history as cited by H.G. Wells
The text lists figures Wells admired across eras. Jesus is praised for divine fatherhood and universal love. Buddha is noted for self-forgetfulness. Aristotle for foundational science. Da Vinci for new thinking. Ashoka for ending warfare after victory. Lincoln for opportunity and the ideal American home.
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G. Wells
Jesus
Vaddina
Ind
Dacon
Asoka
Lincoln
America
Snow on Mountain Peaks Varies by Temperature and Snowfall
The article explains why some mountain peaks remain snow covered year round while others of similar height and latitude do not. It notes that temperature, precipitation, and regional climate along parallels of latitude drive snow duration and coverage.
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Inslimee
Thountain
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Ineman Witherite
Wither
Daviason
Witherlte
Ufe
James E. Witherite
Chlairis & Lowing
Frederick W. Scheiler
Uiughes
Buster M
A. E. Berry
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Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Companies
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Chesapeake and Potomac
Durlnng
Marris and
Ying
Newnam’s
the Home of Service
Reed the
Sellers
Axminster
Brussells
Deltox
Victrolas
Atwater
RADIO
Atwater Kent Radios
M. K. Newnam, Denton
Simmons
Simmons Company
Coty Special
Coty Perfume
Breeding’s Drug Store
Denton
Hillsboro
Carl S. Goslee Roofing Co
Salisbury, Md
Lyonore Metal Products
James J. Ross
Cecil C. Fulton
Sec’y-Treas
Kent County Mutual Insurance Co
Dover
J. T. Carter & Son
Agis
L. Irving Jones
Agt
Denotes
Greessboro
Clare N. Payne, Agi. Preston, Md
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