Broadcasting Concerts in the Days of 79
Albany resident W F Wieser recalls 1879 broadcasts when neighbors used shared lines for home concerts. Early telephone operators connected 15 to 20 subscribers per line, receivers hung on walls, and families passed the set among members as programs aired from home transmitters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Wieser
Albany
Wieser
Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph Company
Albany Evening News
Blake
Ang
Fone
W.B. Eddy
A Medley of Recipes and Domestic Doings
A fragmented guide presents recipes for a melon salad with orange and pear accents, a chicken legs preparation with carved stuffing, and methods for baked broiled chicken, a grape jelly dessert, and a light grape sponge dessert. It reflects domestic cooking tips and period kitchen techniques with several archaic spellings and phrasing.
Intimacy With Nature by F. F. Walker
The piece urges readers to contrast personal hardships with the wider world, finding perspective among nature. It cites John Burroughs as inspiration and urges solitary walks in hills and woods to regain freedom and calm after misfortune and social strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elbo
John Burroughs
Man of Simple Heart Holds Large Social Value
A reflective sketch praises a man of great human value and social role. He appears simple but is a significant figure, generous and playful after work, never boasting of labor while enjoying it. The piece urges steady discipline and balance between work and play.
Brooklyn Telegraph Office Through Time Costumes the Past
On the Main Street anniversary the old central office in Brooklyn reimagines its roots with phone girls wearing early era costumes and classic headsets. The scene contrasts 1880s gear with the 1925 era attire, celebrating history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Main
Brooklyn
Telephone system mystery outside United States
A fragmentary report discusses uncertainty about a telephone system beyond the U.S. borders, mentioning near Netherlands and references to Besaber and plane service. It notes the claim that the telephone was invented and developed locally and questions global adoption or recognition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Netherlands
Fire engines draw repairmen to taxi office blaze
A Brooklyn telephone repairman compelled by fire alarms followed the smoke to 357 Flatbush avenue Yellow Taxi headquarters. He, with three others, kept dispatching taxi information as smoke filled the switch room. The flood of smoke and failing fuses delayed operations, but the fire was contained and no major cable damage occurred despite gnawing rats mentioned in a distant note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Walston
Brooklyn
Flatbush Avenue
Wall Street
McClure Nowepatier
Jury Awards One Dollar In Alienation Of Affections Case
In Millington an alienation of affections suit ends with the jury awarding $1 to Mrs Burgner after finding the defendant Mrs Mary Fleming caused the loss of her husband Daniel Webster Burgner. The couple had been married more than 25 years and Burgner testified about gifts and flirtations alleged by Burgner. The suit contends Fleming wooed Burgner while employed as plantation manager, but the court deeming the damages nominal.
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Millington
Yenn
Mrx
Fannie Burzner
Cape
Burgner
Webster Burgner
United States Supreme Court
Daniel” Webster Burgner
Mary Fleming
Plantaton
Fannie
Policeman Adopts Dozens of Children for Twenty Years
In St Louis police sergeant Joe Schneider with a long police career and a modest salary has fathered thirty children over twenty years. His home has functioned as an orphanage, housing at least a dozen youths at times. The couple, unable to have children of their own, began adopting orphaned youngsters and continued after Schneider's promotion. The wife runs the household and the family reports stable finances, noting pay rose from seventy to one hundred forty five dollars then to one hundred sixty five dollars monthly.
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Joe Schneider
Irving
Schneider
Schneiders
St. Louis
Official Directory Village of Irvington Municipal Offices
The fragment lists village offices and officials including President George E Dickinson and trustees H H Cannon Ernest Behrens Gordon L Harris Matthew J Murtha and clerk Robert Dashwood. It notes departments for health water sewer committees and city services with names like Fire Police and Treasurer Frederick J Hofy and George R Smith as collector. It also includes a brief note about Italian writer Nicola Durso transcribing Montenegro history on a postcard in a New Year greeting trend.
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Village OF
Irvington
Town Hall
Eorge E. Dickinson
H. H. Cannon
Ernest Behrens
Cordon L. Harris
Matthew J. Murtha
Robert Dashwood
Board OF Health
Corge E. Dickinson
H. Cannon
Gordon
L. Harris
Wm. R. Roane
Wm. Eggerling
George FE. Dickinson
Cannon
Ernest Behr
John Opperman
Willam Eggerling
Robert Dashwoo
Robert G. Abercromble
W. Barton Eddison
Alex. J. Menzies
Wm. Hegerling
Robert“ Dashwood
Clecleee
Griest Behrens
Matthew J. Au . Cannon
Gil Gordon L. Harris
James McNelliy
Rome
Nicola Durso
Lecce University
Elena
Durso
Montenegro
Iife
Petrovich
Victor Emmanuel
Fire Signals and Area Directions on West Side Tracks
Yard and street area instructions outline signals and whistle patterns for fire alerts. It covers west side signals along F Street and Broadway, mentions Fargo Lane and Will Line East Irvington Road, Harriman Road to Clinton Ave, and Drake's Lane. In case of fire, call 1570 in Livingston with name, address, and location.
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F St
Broadway
Broad'y
Fargo
Will
Irvington Road
Harriman Road
Clinton Ave
Drake's Lane
Ardsley Park
Ardsley Parke
New York Galls Over 6,000,900 Times Per Day
The Telephone Review notes New York City has more telephones than Great Britain and explains high usage. In 1923, an average of 18,670 toll calls daily kept New Yorkers connected nationwide, while total local and long distance calls now average 6.2 million daily. Each phone is used about five times per day on average.
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New York City
Great Britain
Telephone Review
H. A. Trax
Chet
New York Telephone Company
Telephone worker saves helper from asphyxiation
In Staten Island at a manhole on roadway and Castleton Avenue Port Richmond William Dunn a cable splicer s helper was overcome by gas R C Lamond a cable splicer called to a passerby who helped release Dunn Lamond then performed five minutes of artificial respiration restoring breathing Ambulance arrived after Dunn had already recovered
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Castleton Avenue
Port Richmond
Staten Island
William Dunn
R. C. Lamond
Dunn
Lamond
Gathred
First Aid Saves SevenYearOld Girl in Duffalo
Knowledge of first aid by W J Hamilton a cable splicer saved the life of the seven year old daughter of H J Trimble of 432 Dearborn Street Duffalo New York. Hamilton used ammonia spirits and mustard bath then chest rubs to restore breathing until doctors arrived. The doctors praised Hamilton for prompt skill. Nordquist Sets Record with Telephonic Sales In a year he made twelve thousand long distance calls for a Midwestern company and demonstrates selling by telephone in the Omaha area and beyond.
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H. J. Trimble
Dearborn Street
Duffalo
N. Y
W. J. Hamilton
Cable Splicer
Hamilton
N. M. Nordquist
Omaha
Nebraska
West Con
Nordquist
South Dakota
Iowa
West Farmllinois
Wisconsin
Algona
Lows
Antelope captures and lions easy to trap, explorer says
Ellis Joseph, a longtime observer of wild habitats, argues the African antelope is the hardest alive to catch while lions are the simplest to trap using a rolling cage. He describes chimpanzees as highly intelligent and affectionate, recounting a memorable incident in Australia.
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New York
Ellis
Joseph
Australia
T 8
Pennsylvania
Mr. Joseph
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F. Wieser
Nellie
Telphone
United States of America
Saya
Citiéa
United States
Thomas Paine
F. 4
Walker
Western Newspaper Union
U. S
Frank Crane
Europe
AIRE
Don Juan
Vienna
Julius Grunwald
Dole
Grunwald
Official Directory
Fire Department
Cornelius Gallagher
Ocnatae
James A. Kelly
Asst
John Downy
Omeal Deiver
Mon
Public Library
John Hunter
W. Barton J Modison
Frederick C. Sayles
U. S. Post Office
Cologne
Apolda
Cologne Xone
Joseph P. F. Tinonnellentte
Aton
Postmas
Michael Giuliano
Ogden Place
East Dobbs Ferry, N.Y
Aetnaize
Joseph A. Murphy
Irvington, N. Y
Carl von Schenk
Main Street
Robert M. Johnston
Florist
Dobbs Ferry
THE
Irvington Gazette
Companion
Ghild
Alexander Graham Bell
Boston University
Harvard University
Japan
Watland
Frank H
Addyman
Debbe
Ashford Avenue
Ardsley, N.Y
M. J. Tynan
Best Hardware
Gas and Oil
North Broadway
Hunter
Ion
Africa
West Africa
Willerness
Hho
Wuzh Tie
Hn Mans
Sydney
Takesama
Ite
Ne. Irvin
Robert J. Rosvally
Main St
Sone
Solemone & Guidice
Agora
Hoctor Bros
Dobbs Ferry Bureau OF Employment and Nursing Agency
Dobbs Ferry-On-Hudson
Irvington Pharmacy
W. R. Morris
Chemiet
Irvington, N.Y
BRYER
Philadelphia
INSU
Rance
George Baker
Undertakers
George Baker, Inc
Baker Place
Hastings, N.Y
Complete Automobile Service
Hastings
ING
John E. Murphy
Irvington, Ne
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