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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1927
Page
6
An article outlines constructing cheap wave traps and blocking devices to improve selectivity in congested radio bands. It details series and shunt traps, absorptive traps, and mixed configurations using simple coils and small variable condensers, with practical tuning steps to suppress unwanted stations without rewiring. It notes logging troublesome stations helps tune multiple traps for strong interference.
A radio set must not be roughly handled. Even with careful construction using strong materials, repeated rough use damages wiring, adjustments and connections. Treat the set like a car’s timing and valves to avoid reduced performance over time.
Wiring guidance for assembling a receiving set advises keeping plate wires away from others and grid wires from the panel front and ground. Wires should run at right angles when crossing, rigid wire preferred to avoid sagging, joints clean, soldered, and insulated minimally.
A guide to clean soldering practices including cleaning the iron and work, brightening surfaces with sandpaper, cooling and applying flux sparingly, and noting excess flux can cause poor connections. It also covers flux core solder needing no extra flux before use and post–solder wipe.
A condenser in a receiving set stores large capacity in a small space using insulated metal plates with a dielectric. It tunes an inductance coil to a wavelength as a variable condenser. It also blocks direct current and passes alternating current as a fixed by pass condenser.
The article notes a shifts in fur work as more fur farms emerge in the United States and Alaska with about 2 500 farms and an investment around 80 million dollars. Canada follows with 1 500 farms and roughly 11 million dollars invested. The industry is expanding beyond North America to Europe and Japan, focusing largely on silver and blue foxes.
A convict told the warden that commutation to penal servitude for life would be good news, joking that no news is as favorable as this change. Separately a metallurgical note describes making iron more lasting and malleable by high heating, embedding in materials, and slow cooling.
About a century ago Sir William Herschel explained that the sun and all visible stars form a vast system resembling a grindstone in shape, illustrating a monumental view of the heavens.
In Baltimore Sun style, the note highlights how social climbers gain traction where opportunities are scarce. It sketches a trend of communities embracing status signals and networking to fill gaps in ambition and accomplishment.
Geologists estimate the River Nile delta has grown for at least 15,500 years to reach its current expanse.
An advertising note urges readers to publish in a home paper, arguing that some men involve their sons in all pursuits while others merely set their foot in. The message touts the Record as a superior advertising medium for proven value.
The Lebanon Reporter quotes that the belief the rich are unhappy and the poor are happy is as foolish as the opposite belief that the poor are content with wealth. The line critiques simplistic class stereotypes.
Uncle Shen jokes that a monkey is not wanted as an heir, noting that no monkey has ever inherited property. The remark appears in a Washington Star snippet reflecting witty takes on lineage and status.
A fragment from a moving speech features the line Get to blazes out of here attributed to Cornell Widow. The note suggests a tense moment involving a trap cop during the event.
Fragmentary text suggests confusion about a utopian dream and a vast audience of unnamed people. The passage hints at themes of belief and doubt and questions about what is real.
A reflective aphorism by Schiller urging focus on human strengths over flaws, emphasizing the value of recognizing perfections within ourselves and others. The line advocates constructive thinking and tempering criticism with praise.
A short Toledo Blade quip notes that much knowledge is useless if it changes nothing and compares it to filling an attic with rub bish. The remark underscores skepticism about information without practical impact.
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