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Newspaper
Iowa Iowa Le Mars Globe Post
Location
Le Mars, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1925
Page
4
A dense list of local ads and notices from LeMars includes farm loans, straw and flour sales, radio sets, poultry, vehicles, house for sale, and multiple personal notices. People named include J. B. Kelly, E. J. Schroeder, Miss Marvel Stockberger, Mary Heath, and Judge William Hutchinson, among others, with varied activities from shopping to travel and services.
A jumble of 1920s era small ads and social notices includes livestock for sale such as Barred Rock roosters and pure bred white Wyandotte cockers, a 1925 Ford Coupe for sale, used piano bargains, mixed nuts prices, telephone contacts, and milk cows test results. Also mentions residents visiting, holiday guests, births, and local business notes.
The Globe-Post offers free claimed sale dates to reserve spots. early claims prevent others from taking desired dates. The notice lists numerous January February sales including residents and townships such as LeMars Hungerford Merrill Stanton Grant Portland Hinton Elgin and China and mentions hog sale and advertising perks.
Weather indicates a record year for amateur radio between distant stations. A summer of growth in short wave lengths has made three to four thousand mile contacts common and world wide reception possible. Further gains may bring longer reach with less power and repeater reliability.
Station KDKA has employed a quartz crystal for controlling the wavelength of its shortwave transmitter for several months, reflecting ongoing technical adjustments.
The quartz crystal’s oscillation remains constant despite temperature changes, fixing transmitter frequency. Ground crystals in tuned circuits yield stable wave lengths, reducing interference. Westinghouse has adopted crystal oscillators across all stations to improve frequency consistency.
Radio magazines nationwide debated whether many women should present radio programs. KOA Denver hosted a broadcasting meet to gauge listener opinion with replies from Canadian provinces and twenty three U.S. states.
An article shows equal popularity for men and women entertainers and presents reader questions about radio setups. Tips compare copper ribbon versus wire for antennas, suggest a 10 to 20 ohm filament rheostat, and explain how cabinet vibration could burn out a tube by touching the grid.
The county jail inmates proclaim a hearty Christmas dinner with potatoes gravy roast goose dressing prune pudding fruit cake bread butter coffee. They thank Mr and Mia Maxwell and family and Hugh for cigars and say they do not want out of jail. Signed William Reed and The Gang.
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