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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1922
Page
2
Do it yourself guide for building a crystal radio detector using silicon or galena, copper and brass parts, a spring contact, and a wooden base. It covers mounting, grounding, and adjustments for tuning and listening, with cost estimates and notes on essential ancillary parts like the telephone condenser and receivers.
Practical notes for early radio hobbyists covering wire aerials 100 to 150 feet long insulation avoid lines across streets and poles use copper or shellac coated components wind coils with hare wire and proper tapping clean crystal detector cups and shellacked windings to reduce moisture heat treated cardbour tubes and shells for better performance maintain safe setup with minimal risk to power lines and appliances.
Amateur builders report odd tube behavior causing fear and curiosity. A newborn fan's set up produced startling noises as the audion tube spilled paint and rattled, prompting a cautious retreat from the room. Other cases note bulbs emitting strange vapors in the vacuum chamber.
Revenue officers report moonshiners in Kentucky evade raids with gas phone communication. Raids in recent months have been largely unsuccessful as distillers adopt new radio based methods, hindering enforcement efforts.
The Savings & Trust Company of Indiana, Pa guardian for A E Stephens heirs, applies to the Orphans Court on Monday July 3 at 10:00 AM for an order to sell privately two thirds undivided interest in a tract of land in Cherryhill Township Indiana County Pa. The description covers parcels bounded by Greenville Mechanicsburg road Center pike and lands of Dunwiddie Cameron Geesey Hay Wakefield and others totaling 177 acres something with coal rights reserved per deed of December 11 1900 for $300606.3.
Antonio Sottel has filed for a certificate of public convenience with the Public Service Commission of Pennsylvania to operate automobiles for transporting goods between SaMONE and Creekside Indiana County. A hearing is scheduled in Pittsburgh on June 7 where interested parties may appear.
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