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TUESDAY, iLSMiss Tele voxWOn-lU-Feature At Fairier Ies.Electrical tlobot Turns On Va-Highest on Lowest omheTelephoneersHighest evLowest evtIrs,at‘SSa-Miss Katrina Van Televox. an ingenious electrical robot of the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing company, isnow on display at the South DakotaState Fair.tTotal for tTotal for ISun ri„es I•ara«mts-n-ta-*wedair-n-ty.tooxrm)tatryrs.TS.issnkik-la.awThis is an opportunity for the women of the state to see a member of the race of electrically actuated dummies perform her startling feats. With no other assistance than a command from her master. Mr. Kirkpatrick, who accompanies her here, she turns on lights, starts vacuum sweepers, electric fans.and many other electrical appliances. As a climax to her performance here, she will address her audience.This extremely modern mechanical girl comes here in the guise of a demure Dutch lass.Televox robots are capable of answering telephone calls, receiving directions, and replacing the receiver when the conversation is over. Hoy Wensley, Westing-house Electric engineer, conceived the idea of a vase of electric automatons.In practical use. robots are not clothed in the body of a dummy, but are intricate machines constructed to perform certain functions in the operation and control of sub-stations, power olants. airport lights and water reservoirs. Three such automatons are watching three reservoirs in Washington, D. C., and when caUed by telephone from the war department, make accurate reports as tothe height of the water.Miss Televox has been for some timeXT.FoiPartly cl W ednesdaypar ture.iD\TA SStation —Bismarck .Huron____North Plat R .pid City Saint Paul Shei idan .Williston .Pierre ____HOI7 a9 a.1SOUTH night and tcmperaturIOW£-Iers tonighteast andMINNES3X,la.to/aseh.beiiron a national tour, which has taken her to many cities in the United States. About 60.000 people are said to have witnessed her performances in Minneapolis last week. She is said to represent a cost of 522.000 and is a “sister” to “Herbert Tele vox, metal man who has been shown before many scientific gatherings.She is at the rural exhibit of thely showers day; sligf northeast1Sioux Flt; 07: roads Huron lt;Northwestern Public Service company.none; roac Mitchell
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Huron Evening Huronite
Huron, South Dakota, US
Tue, Sep 09, 1930
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