Interest Aroused By Ocean Flights
widespread public curiosity fuels a surge of telephone inquiries to newspapers as transoceanic hops captivate the nation. From Lindbergh to Byrd and Maitland Hegenberger to the Woolac and Aloha flyers, readers seek updates on flight status and crew safety beyond local areas.
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Coli
Nungesser
Lindbergh
Byrd
France
Chamberlain
Lavine
Germany
Maitland
Hegenberger
Honolulu
Dole
Woolrac
Aloha
Wheeler Field
Trans Ocean Service to Be Improved Soon
Trans atlantic telephone service will be improved and made private for conversations from outside. Walter S. Gifford notes progress in development and expects operation in months, with expansion similar to the trans continental service growth in 1915. The service is not yet self sustaining but anticipated call increases justify future investments.
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American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Walter S. Gifford
Gifford
England
New York
San Francisco
Operator Keeps Phones Open Amid Jennings Fire
Mrs Sarah Sauncy night operator at Jennings Louisiana stayed at a switchboard twenty feet from roaring flames as smoke filled the room. She kept communications open while firemen battled to save the business district. Joined by chief operator Aliss Earl Johnson they remained at the board despite smoke and danger from falling timbers.
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Sarah Sauncy
Jennings
Aliss Earl Johnson
Telegraph Ties and Telephone Milestones Across States
The report notes 420 291 stockholders for Graph Company as of June 20 1927 with an average holding of 26 shares. For year ending March 31 1927 daily toll and local calls in the United States averaged 71 580 000. Mrs Sarah Crolder 78 of Sterling Illinois claims elder telephone operator rank in the state. Ravenna Nebraska reports 93 percent of homes with telephones and seeks any rival town with a higher share.
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American Telephone and Telegraph Company
United States
Sarah Crolder
Sterling
I11
Ravenna
Neb
Medicine bottle belief questioned by Professor Wynn
The London Answers piece notes Professor Wynn decrying medicine habit as superstition and medieval fetish. It observes widespread belief in the doctor's bottle, yet acknowledges people seek cures, with many acting as their own doctors before age forty and heeding familiar prescriptions.
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Wynn
London
Inscription Rock and the growth of American communications
The piece traces Inscription Rock near Wingate New Mexico as a symbol of early communications, noting 1606 inscriptions and the shift from wagon trains to stages pony express telegraph and telephone. It highlights Morse telegraph work 1844 and the 1876 advent of direct person to person calls and a vast modern network enabling 72 million daily calls.
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Whitate
New Mexico
Wingate
Durango
Zuni
America
New World
Samuel F. B. Morse
Baltimore
Washington
Whms
Zunt
Inscription Rock
Georgia adopts hit and run hot line improves auto theft chase
The Georgia Motor Vehicle Department launches day and night telephone service in Atlanta to aid law enforcement in catching hit and run drivers. Callers report license numbers and receive owner names within minutes, aiding recovery of stolen cars and verification of suspicious vehicles. Officials anticipate fewer thefts and a reduction in ruthless driving as the system proves its usefulness.
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Georgia
State Motor Vehicle Department
Secretary of State
Atlanta
Shrew Needs Much Food From Smithsonian Statement
Smithsonian Institution notes that the shrew of its size consumes a large share of concentrated foods for its weight. It can die of starvation within about half a day if deprived of sustenance.
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Smithsonian Institution
Early Insurance Company of North America Founded in 1702
The Insurance Company of North America formed in Philadelphia was the first joint stock company in the United States with a capital stock of 600000 dollars. р
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the Insurance Company of North America
Philadelphia
United States
Oh Man Sighing for Peace Amid Tumult In Life
A reflective note from the Boston Transcript on how people seek calm after upheaval and how even during ease there is a sense of unease. The piece uses a poetic cadence to contrast disturbance with serenity.
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Boston Transcript
How to Recognize One A Philosopher
A Baltimore Evening Sun remark defines a philosopher as a fellow who is never quite sure of the things he tries to prove to you. The quip surveys the philosopher’s certainty and style with a dry newspaper tone.
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Baltimore Evening Sun
Platforms and the Knotty Farm and Fire Problem
Readable fragments discuss political platforms and a stubborn issue facing farms and fire safety. Mentions key concerns without full context, highlighting confusion over policies and potential impacts on rural communities.
Telegraph hotels in London provide direct numbers home
Americans visiting London discover leading hotels offer direct telephone connections to the United States via the transatlantic radio line. Guests can dial the correct out country code and number without extra steps, simplifying calls home.
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London
Directo
Therok
Bell System central offices nationwide in 1927
In March 1927 the Bell System owned and operated 8 central offices, there were 13 320 central offices of connecting and 784 central offices of non connecting companies, reflecting the extensive telecommunication network.
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Bell System
Josephine Born in Martinique First Wife of Napoleon
Josephine, Napoleon Bonaparte's first wife, hailed from Martinique, a French West Indies possession. Her first husband Viscount Beaubarnois produced Eugene, viceroy of Italy, and Hortense, who married Napoleon's brother and mothered Louis Napoleon. Napoleon divorced Josephine in 1809 so he could wed Maria Louisa, daughter of Austria's emperor. she died in 1814.
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Josephine
Napoleon Bonaparte
Martinique
West Indies
Viscount Beaubarnois
Eugene
Italy
Flortense
Napoleon
Louis Napoleon
Napoleon II
Maria Louisa
Austria
Judges Latitude on Punishing for Contempt in Court
London Tit-Bits notes that contempt extends beyond mocking the court. It covers disrupting witnesses, threatening them, or destroying letters tied to writs. Punishment typically involves costs, with purging requiring payment of motion costs.
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James Bacon
London
Cow Occupies Folkestone Shop Counter During Breakfast
A Folkestone feed and grain store owner found a cow in his shop calmly eating from a corn bin while an anxious woman explained the animal had chased her inside. The owner, amused, fed the cow with a halter and returned it to its owner after the unexpected breakfast interruption.
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Folkestone
England
Degrees of Latitude and Meridians on the Globe
The article explains that degrees of latitude vary with latitude, being greatest at the equator and decreasing toward the poles. It notes meridians are parallel at the equator but converge toward the poles, causing distance between meridians to shrink to zero at the poles.
Happy Hero and Cow In Moonlit Womans Home Companion Tale
A cynical columnist questions whether the story’s cheerful hero who felt he would spatter himself against the moon is happier than the cow whose nodding over the field is described with a lighter tone. The piece weighs tone and fate in a whimsical comparison drawn from the magazine’s narrative.
How old are you Inquired the visitor of his host
A visitor asks a host's young son about age. The boy, removing his spectacles, explains his ages across psychological, moral, anatomical, and physiological scales, then asserts his chronological age is eight and quips that the question is old fashioned. The quotation is attributed to Successa Mucnzine.
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Hts
Avallile
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