Shoppers Endure Fatigue and Turn to Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound
Louisa Van Dyke a Baltimore department store worker describes years of fatigue from busy shifts. She credits Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound with restoring her strength after only a few doses and says it helped her mother three children. She urges fellow workers to try the tonic for improved health and energy.
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Louisa
Ashe
Lydia BD. Pinkham
L. G. van Dyke
Spring St
Morrell Park
Baltimore
Pinkham
Pup Worth Owning
Automobilists near New Orleans were startled as a tiny dog darted to a car and lay by the roadside. A boy explained the dog plays dead when a car nears and the driver suspected the boy had likely collected many dollars from well meaning passersby.
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New Orleans
Staton
Money From the Water Lost Bill Recovered on Ferry Reach
A mother’s purse on Memorial Bridge in Portsmouth New Hampshire carried a ten dollar bill that blew into the water. Four days later a marine orderly aboard the navy yard ferry retrieved five ten dollar bills from the water near Stage End and returned them to the owner. The article ends with unrelated moralizing lines about accomplishments and beauty.
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Memorial Bridge
Wortsmouth
N. H
Navy Yard
Lab circuit for toroid coil in Radio Broadcast Lab
A detailed summary of toroid coil use in radio circuits from Keith Henney. The piece outlines advantages such as compactness and reduced interstage coupling, notes on proper coil tapping and turn ratios, neutralization methods, tube impedance data, and practical component values for the Lab circuit including tuning condensers and a regen control condenser. It also mentions practical recommendations for starting with a 199 tube and describes assembly hints like center-tapped antenna coils and a Sampson choke coil option.
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Radio Broadcast Magazine
Lab
Keith Henney
C Battery Adds Value in Radio Receivers
An old radio piece extols the C battery as essential in receivers. It argues the C battery extends B battery life, enables higher plate voltage, and reduces distortion while boosting sensitivity and volume, with a small 75 cent cost yielding large savings.
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Economica
Battery helper promises better audio with correct C cell use
A New York Herald Tribune article explains that using a properly adjusted C battery with sufficient plate voltage greatly improves loud speaker quality. Without the C battery tubes overload, causing harsh sound. with correct setup, volume and purity of tone are achieved.
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New York Herald-Tribune
What Will Be Found Inside Dry Battery
A dry cell consists briefly of a zinc cylinder with a carbon rod inside. Between the carbon and cylinder is a mixture of crushed coke graphite and manganese saturated with zinc chloride and sal ammoniac. The top is sealed with asphaltum and external connections attach to the carbon rod and zinc. The cell is in a cardboard cylinder and provides about LS volts open circuit. It cannot sustain continuous current but can deliver small intermittent currents.
Nickel-in-Slot Radio Invented After Long Work
Joseph Pinto completes a unique radio slot machine after sixteen months of effort. Drop a nickel to start and tune in on any broadcasting station for a limited time. A red warning light flashes one minute before the session ends. The receiver works on batteries or house current.
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Joseph Pinto
Aerial Lead-In Part of Serial Cited in Length Rule
The antenna lead in is described as part of the serial and must be counted when determining the definite length of ons.
Bald Eagles Learn Freedom In A Family Tale
A mother eagle warns Eddy and Idith about growing up while recounting why the Bald Eagle is the United States emblem. She explains that Golden Eagles are larger but less emblematic, and highlights the eagle’s keen eyesight and symbol of freedom as the nest celebrates the two hatchlings taking their first flights on the Fourth of July.
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Mother Eagle
Eddy Eagle
Eddy
Idith
Mother Fingle
Edith Eagle
Earle
United States
Scratcher for Nose Mother Dinner Exchange
A brief domestic exchange shows Peggy replying to her mother during dinner about scratching her nose with utensils. The mother objects while Peggy questions whether using a fork would be better. The dialogue captures a playful, candid moment of family dining etiquette.
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Peggy
It's not the school it's the principal of the thing
A reader quotes a child reversing a common tirade about schooling, asserting focus on the underlying issue rather than the institution. The line exposes a critique of management choices and authority in educational settings.
Witty Fan Questioning Baseball Middle Infield Play
A Philadelphia Record style vignette describes a couple at an Athletics vs Yankees game. The wife critiques the fielder at the middle of the diamond for not allowing teammates enough chances, sparking a humorous exchange about baseball priorities. An unrelated Cuticura skin care ad follows.
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Wubby
Athletics
Yankees
Philadelphia Record
Indians Rejoice in Extensive Seal Run on Vancouver Island
West coast seal hunt reports a unusually large run as Indians deploy canoes with spears to take seals near the channel. Motors and guns are restricted by law. patrol boats monitor the hunt to ensure compliance.
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Vancouver Island
Los Angeles
Kun
Misidentification tale of Sir Walter Raleigh legend
A mistyped anecdote recounts a Cleveland reporter who, upon misidentifying a passenger from New York, confronted a man as Sir Walter Raleigh. The man feigned ignorance, then humorously redirected the tale toward the queen, noting the joke before the truth emerged.
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Walter Raleigh
Oxford University
Cleveland
New York
Amenean
Secrer
Sir Walter Raleigh
Jock
Walter Rablel
Elauheth
Bexelimpe
Right Teacher A Wped is anything that Rock' n ewo feel
Incomprehensible fragmented text mentioning Battie Hobbie Tes and London Answers. No coherent event or names to report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Battie
Hobbie
London
Haw, Haw! Archery Match Ends with Unclear Outcome
The fragmentary text provides no clear names, places, or facts to establish a verifiable event. It reads as garbled OCR and does not yield a coherent sports item or obituary.
Appetite to Be Envied Toward CL Purchase of Tilt River
The man who started these contests in Taunton did it to prove his claim. Vic ate four dozen ears and drank three quarts of milk. After a brief walk he returned home and woke up wondering when supper would be ready.
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Tilt River
Gery
Duey
Taunton
Vic
Alee
Boston
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