Telephone Pioneers 10 Hold Convention at Atlantic City
The Telephon e Pioneers of America plan their annual convention in Atlantic City with many members and retired operators attending. President Frank L. Simm of The Bell Telephone Company of Peru will lead the gathering, focusing on traditions and future needs of the telephone industry.
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Telephone Pioneers
Atlantic City
Telephime Fantuskry
Taouart FL Simi
Bell Telephone Company
Tperinevan
Teueer Organization
Wavitie Deem Wectad
Apmoct Convertion
Canlistes
Tetr
Tianeces
Organization of Pioneers
Young's Pier
N. J
L. H. Kinnard
The
Telephone Pioneers of America
Telephone Men Give First Aid Treatment Near Pittsburgh
A gang of telephone men applied first aid to a man with a broken leg severe scalp laceration and burns after an explosion near Pittsburgh. They used a compress iodine and improvised splints then transported him to a hospital where their actions were praised.
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Pittsburgh
Ina
Western Electric forecasts record output for 1939
Gurdala of Western Electric predicts the firm will have its biggest year yet based on early year production figures. About twelve miles of copper wire used in making telephone cables and an output at least 22 percent higher than 1938 are expected. Total telephone receivers may reach the 250400 mark, about 0,000 more than last year. The six months of 1938 show Bell System gains in owned airplane stations and rising telephone calls nationwide.
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Gurdala
Western Electric Company
Wits
Fleed
Western
Telephone facts and reach of Bell System exchanges
The article explains that 22 060 008 telephones are linked along a straight line between the arch and the sun. It notes Bell System operates A408 exchanges serving under 1 000 stations each, about 80 percent of exchanges, with 1.25 million stations or 18 percent of total lines served directly. It states almost 20 million conversations occur daily on Bell System lines.
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Nn Te Bell
Bell Systen
Bell System
Public utilities push customer ownership drive spreads
Utilities including telephone gas and electric firms promote employee and consumer ownership of stock. Bell System stock can be bought at telephone offices with company handling and NYSE payment terms. The plan offers small initial payments and about a year of monthly installments. Nearly 800000 Bell stock shares have been sold, rising weekly.
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Custonmer
Telephone, Gas and Electric
Belt System
New York Stowek Exchange
Fe Ryan
Berries Stolen From Hidden Pails In Grove
Two neighbor girls and I picked black berries on a warm day and hid the pails under bushes. When we returned, the berries were gone. Months later a man who had taken them admitted to finding berries hidden in a grove and said he thought it an easy way to steal.
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Chicago Journal
Romeo and Juliet Allusions in a Dreamlike Exchange
Fragmentary prose evokes Shakespearean vibes with mentions of Romeo and Juliet and a nod to A Midsummer Night’s Dream style. The text reads like a playful declamation about meeting and departure, mixing affection with clever wordplay.
Wisdom From Ancient Vizier Ptah Hotep
Long before Tutankhamun ruled the Nile Ptah Hotep served Itosa as vizier and penned letters to his son about 6300 years ago. Dr James Walsh of Fordham University highlights the text as possibly the oldest book written. The epistles advise avoiding quarrels and arguing with superiors equals and inferiors.
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Tut-Ankh- Amen
Land of
the Nile
Ptah Hotep
Itosa
Lttle
James Walsh
Fordham University
Shakespeare
Polonius
Hotep
Dan Arene
Thera
Fonis
War in irregular warfare in Spain and US history
The term guerrilla describes irregular fighters who act in their own name during invasions or civil wars. It notes Spain from 1808 to 1814, Basque provinces, and the example of Mina and other bands who aided Wellington, plus later use in the US Civil War by both sides.
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Geerrilla
Abued Bade
Spain
Shere
Mina
Wellington
Basquhe
United States
Remarkable Burr Ough Grove in Illinois Forest Feature
A forestry service member notes an isolated Burr Ough grove in central Illinois about three miles long and one mile wide. Surrounded by prairie and distant from streams, the stand is thought to be a migration from northern glacial moraine. Protected from fires by wet low grounds, the grove remains unusual in its placement.
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Forestry Service
Flint Dent Chmpaign
Ilinois
Washington Star
Skunk Cabbage Described As Unlikely Flower Of Spring
The article notes the skunk cabbage has a potent smell yet is a flower. It states bees emerging from winter seek feed, and without this lowly swamp plant they would face starvation until other blooms appear, as reported by Nature Magazine.
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Nature Magazine
Worthy of Her Great Brother Betty Washington Lewis in Virginia history
Betty Washington Lewis is portrayed as more than a sister to the Father of his county. She served as consol er, comforter, advisor and friend according to Virginia authorities. Her husband Del Bielding Lewis supported the country, sacrificing fortune to aid the war effort as decorations of Ken mort and Washington’s planned era united military and civic figures.
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Betty Washington Lewis
Ginia
Del
Lewis
Nut
Kenmort
Washington
Testing Eggs for Fertility in Poultry Hatches
United States Department of Agriculture guidance explains testing methods for incubated eggs on day seven and day fourteen. It covers candling techniques, identifying fertile versus infertile eggs, signs of dead germs, proper fire safety in home testers, and handling of unusable eggs.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Shaw
Original Vinol touted as strength booster in local ads
Credited testimonials from Mrs. W. J. Dawson of Cleveland and Mr. John A. Wilson of Ruston praise Original Vinol cod liver and iron tonic for reviving strength and energy. Advert asks readers to tell their neighbor about the product and its health benefits.
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W. J. Dawson
Cleveland
Ohio
John 4. Wilson
Ruston
Tam
Flavoring Maquefort Oncels
Holes in Roquefort cheese are created by machinery to admit air for mold growth. This process enables the cheese to develop its characteristic flavor and aging.
Public Real Estate Sale of Minnich Estate in Lititz
Public sale of the real estate of the late Jacob S Minnich to be held October 6 1923 at the Hershey and Gibbel office Lititz Pa The property known as 313 East Main Street Lititz Borough fronting 77 feet and 200 feet deep includes half of a two story brick dwelling and a large frame barn Terms and conditions to be announced by executors Hiram H Minnich Henry R Gibbel.
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Hershey & Gibbel
E. Main St
Lititz
East Main Street
Lititz Borough
Hiram H. Minnich
Henry R. Gibbel
Real Estate of the Inte Rose Estate to be Sold in Lititz
The estate of Henry R. Gibbel executor Henry R Gibbel and clerk Hershey & Gibbel announce the sale of a double frame house with 10 rooms per side, gas, electric, city water, rain cistern, hot air heat, and a large barn for three cars. Located at Second Ave and Broad St Lititz Pa frontage 80 ft depth 200 ft sale October 6 1993 at 7 PM.
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Aarge
Tis
Second Avenue
Broad Street
Lititz
Penna
Broad St
Secomi Ave
Henry R. Gibbel
Administrators Named for Mary Ann Metaler Estate
Letters of administration granted to Frank D. Metzler and John D. Metzler, administrators, request all heirs and creditors to present claims promptly. Residing at Lititz PA, they seek immediate payment and settlement of any demands against the Wickward Warwick township estate. Joseph B. Wissler, attorney, lists the administrators.
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Mary Ann Metaler
Warwick Township
Lititz
Ate
Einter
Evans
Ella
Executor Named in Sammet Estate in Lititz
Letters testamentary granted to Catharine Sammet for the Frederick Sammet estate of Wavy wick Township. Creditors and heirs with demands must settle promptly with executor M G Shaffer at Lititz.
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Frank D. Metzlex
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Joseph B. Wissler, Attorney
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Wavywick Township
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