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Newspaper
Irvington Gazette
Location
Irvington, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1928
Page
4
The Red Blue and Purple Networks arose from linked radio studios and long distance hookups, connecting stations across miles. The Telephone Review notes how regular chains from a central studio like WEAF enabled simultaneous broadcasts, with WJZ’s programs later ironed into the Blue Network.
A large broadcast room displays an A T and T setup with Collier's Group around the Mike at Station WJZ broadcasting over NBC Blue. The National Players perform Great Moments in History on NBC Red WEAF. The Cliquot Club Esquimaux appear nearby with Billy Jones and Ernie Hare from WEAF NBC.
J L Kilpatrick of the New York Telephone Co predicts dial service will spread across Manhattan and the Bronx within ten to twelve years, with 2,000,000+ telephones in the five boroughs and operators still needed for information tasks. He notes manual switching cannot handle future growth and cites rapid rise in dial adoption since 1922.
The article cites Thomas Jefferson weary of letter writing, noting his 1817 complaint to John Adams about drudgery from replying to letters with little personal interest. It details his 1822 tally of 1,207 letters received and lengthy replies, yielding a view of his life as a mill horse bound to an endless cycle. At death he held 26,000 filed letters and 16,000 reply copies, per Century Magazine.
A garbled draft mixes topics from a Stradivarius violin with a 1713 Cremona inscription, a Milwaukee family holding the instrument for 173 years, and a note on McDonald’s fiddling contests. It segues to an item on daily weight loss experiments and forgetfulness, then meanders through river likenesses and reflections on love and fame in 1920s magazines.
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