Oldest newspaper compositor praised in Belmont County
The article profiles 80 year old Jor ie Ring Hodge of Tiskil, a longtime compositor born in 1845 in Belmont County. She worked for the Chicago Times, witnessed Lincoln’s funeral, married W. R. Hodge in 1868, paused work after his death in 1888, and stays active through physical culture. It notes primary returns and mentions the Republican National Convention forming a mass meeting for Coolidge nomination.
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Montgomery
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Haston Free Press
Marconi Foresees Radio Diagnosis and Expansion
London May 2 Senator Marconi inventor of the wireless believes medical diagnosis by wireless may be possible in the future. He notes heartbeats have been broadcasted across the Atlantic and suggests amplified wireless sound could aid doctors at distance. He foresees new fields from tiny animal sounds to distant bedside diagnosis and reports progress extending beam range to 2,000 miles.
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Many Coal Mines to Close for Good in Indianapolis
The United Mine Workers Journal says hundreds of coal mines will close permanently over the next three years, reducing miners and plants to stabilize costs. Wages fixed for three years, only viable mines continue. excess capacity in bituminous mining has long been evident with demand around 500 million tons while supply could reach nearly 1 billion tons annually.
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Indianapolis
United Mine Workers’ Journal
United Mine Workery of America
Measure to Limit Radio Energy Received Likely
NEW YORK April 2 Major E H Armstrong said at the Institute of Radio Engineers that laws limiting the energy each receiver draws from the ether may be needed. He explained that signal decline is often caused by absorption as thousands of sets tuned to one station absorb transmitted energy. He cited cases where a station's waves were almost entirely absorbed by receivers in a direction and noted every set drains energy, suggesting lawmakers may need to decide the allowable amount.
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New York
E. H. Armstrong
Institute of Radio Engineers
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