Sound Sign Billboard Tracks Talkie Ads For Gravity Grand Rapids Firm
Friday August 8 1930 reports Paramount Publix tests in New York of a talking billboard built by Automatic Musical Instrument Co Grand Rapids. The device prints lithographed signs with back mounted sound unit and speaker linking to phonograph selections. Various uses include school system broadcasts hotel information and rotating music and paging systems with automation for needles and end of program shutoff.
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Paramount Publix Corporation
New York
Automatic Musical Instrument Company
Grand Rapids
Paramount
Walter Ioor
Grand Rapids Company
Carter Sound Machine Promises Even Theater Audio
The Carter Sound Machine Company showcases an automatic instrument in theaters and auditoriums. The system uses 20 to 22 small condenser speakers hung around the venue to deliver uniform volume and tone, avoiding directional loss. Demonstrations compared its performance to other loudspeakers of the era.
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Carter Sound
Carter Sound Machine Company
Carter
Michigan
and Financial Record
Greely in Copper Country 1847 Visit and Claims
The account recounts Horace Greely's 1847 expedition to Copper Country six miles east of Hagle Harbor near the old Central mine. It details arduous travel, mosquitoes, and hardships while evaluating a mine investment, his struggles to pay workers, and the failed returns from shareholders who faced repeated assessments to fund ongoing operations.
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Magle Harbor
Horace Greely
Old Central Mine
Greely
Creely
Detroit
Eagle Marbor
Hagle Harbor
Wagle Harbor
Pittsburgh
Cliff
Houghton Mining Gazette
Funeral of Mrs. E. R. Phillips Washburn Times
Mrs. E R Phillips died at Washburn hospital June 26 after ten weeks illness. Funeral services were held at Bratley parlors with Rev PF J Smith officiating and interment in Woalland cemetery. Born Austrice Layton Mathews July 21 1905 in Ironwood Michigan she married K R Phillips November 15 1926 and had daughter Mary Elizabeth in 1928. Survived by her husband daughter and her parents Guo Mathews sister Vida and brothers Gordon Frank and George Jr.
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Washburn
E. R. Phillips
Washburn Hospital
Bratley Undertaking
PF. J. Smith
M. B. Church
Woalland Cemetery
K. R. Phillips
Mary Elizabeth
Guo
Tr. Mathews
Vida
Gordon
Frank
George Jr
Phillips
Lesson Sermon Highlights Love and Forgiveness
Christian Science Churches featured the Lesson-Sermon on Sunday August 3 citing Luke where sins are forgiven for those who love much. Passages from Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy urge the heart toward peace patience in tribulation and a sense of the Father’s loving kindness.
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Mary Baker Wddy
Why Trees Are Absent From the Great Plains
A discussion notes contested reasons for treeless prairies in the western central United States. Rainfall, soil drainage, droughts, grass competition, and frequent fires are cited, with fires possibly shaping prairie belts in areas like Manols Latva and eastern Nebraska. The piece questions if forests ever covered vast prairie regions, suggesting rivers and highlands hosted limited tree cover.
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Great Plains
United States
Forest Service
M Nols
Latva
Nebraska
Mount Shasta
Pathfinder Magazine
Gold Wool guides David through Australia’s map lands
David travels with Gold Wool as Australia explains the continents regions. They discuss Darling and Murray rivers, deserts in Western Australia, and the two leading cities Sydney and Melbourne. Gold Wool notes Australia’s six states and the Northern Territory while comparing farms and livestock to New England.
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Australia
David
Darling
Murray
New South Wales
Victoria
Western Australia
Sandy
Sahara
Ming
Misa
Elssleen
Alea
Northern Territory
Sydney
Melbourne
San Francisco
Tasmania
Equator
Geo
New England
Polite Acceptance Hostess at Childrens Party
In a playful scene a hostess invites another piece of cake at a children's party. Alice had promised her mother not to eat more, but responds with a teasing, courteous remark.
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Ace
Alice
Pathfinder
Lost Is Found Visitor My Mary Hair Story
A quirky exchange reveals a focus on hair and family. The speaker notes Mary’s hair resembles her mother’s, but jokes that her father Ty lacks hair, hinting at playful family dynamics in a domestic scene.
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Mary
Ignorance Teacher Exchange Between Tom and Tommy
A short dialogue features Tom asking what ignorance means and Tommy explaining that ignorance is not knowing something until someone finds it out.
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Tommy
A Prince in Disguise
A young clerk named Sarah Betty longs for romance and believes a mysterious prince will appear. She meets a charming man at work, buys an expensive dress, and attends a night out that ends in a dramatic robbery. Tom Blake, revealed as a prince, rescues her as the escape unfolds.
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Sarah Betty Lowerey
Holly
Blake
Diary Farm
Sarah Betty
Jook
Bosa
Prince
Bee
Tom
Prince Charming
Courple
Sarah Batty
Tom Blake
Billions for Philanthropy in 1929 U S records rise
A total of 2 450 720 000 dollars was given for philanthropy in the United States during 1929, up 120 120 000 from 1928. Most of the funds supported religious purposes and education.
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United States
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Ironwood Times
C. E. Bennett
Times Bldg
Suffolk and
Vaughn Sts
Ironwood
Mith
I Greely
Copper Country
Times Office
Gessemer, Michigan
Postal Department
Gagebic
Ime
Christian Science Churches
Dora 5S. Thompson
Bell Telephone Coo
THE
Sullivan Agency
D. D. Reid
Savie
Iron National Bank
Ironwood, Mich
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