Rise of Radio and Movies Sparked by Fights in 1897 and 1921
Major White recalls the 1897 Corbett Fitzsimmons fight film that revived cinema and the 1921 Dempsey Carpentier broadcast that launched organized radio. The piece details early filming limits, legal pushback, and the first nationwide radio audience of 800,000, driven by Tex Rickard and Sarnoff era teamwork.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Proehl Haller Jakson
Remus
Romulus
St. Patrick's Day
Court of Public Opinion
Peter Maher
Rector
Fitzsimmons
Maher
Mexico
Texas Hine
Musher
Corbet
Nevada
Corbett
William A. Brady
Carson City
Nev
Teace
Rector & Tilden
Aght Pictures
Terry Rumsaye
Simon & Schuster
New York
Pennsylvania
Phey
Terewasa
America
Jersey City
N.J
Jack Dempsey
Georges Carpentier
Boyle
Thirty Acres
Maine
Maryland
Maj. J. Andrew ‘White
New York Herald-Tribune
Corbett-Fitzsimmons
Major White
Dempsey
Carpentier
Marconi
David Sarnoff
Radio Corporation of America
Lackawanna Railroad
Hoboken
Seaboard
Sterg
Maryiend
Flying over the Rio Negro Hazard Warns Aviators
Captain Albert W. Stevens of the United States Army Air Service describes how the glossy black waters of the Rio Negro create mirror-like glare that misleads seaplane pilots during a 1925 expedition across the Amazon and forest. He notes pilots must follow wake waves to avoid misread distances. Recent tests suggest color blindness may be hereditary.
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Rio Negro
Albert W. Stevens
United States Army Air Service
National Geographic Magazine
Stevens
Rilo Negro
Amazon
Alexander Main
Hlton Rice
Mapaos
Carvoeiro
Liberal man and income query in a Southern club scene
A colored woman asks if her husband gives much money and praises the liberal man. A friend exclaims and mentions last week collecting his $2.00 life insurance. The fragment references an American Region Weekly item and a French farmer’s wife described as Louise Harel, Vimoutier, linked to a cheese formula.
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Ameriican
Louise Harel
Vimoutier
France
Mendelssohn remembered notes and memory feats in history
A fragment on Felix Mendelssohn praises his perfect memory for music. It cites his ability to perform Beethovens Ninth Symphony from memory and notes his remarkable recall as a defining aspect of his genius.
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Mendelssohn
Beethen
Chivalry in Old Cow Country and Lone Ranger Cowboys
In Texas cattle country the male population was dominant yet women received help when needed. Range riders formed a traveling relief, hauling injured or ill women to distant hospitals, earning praise for their quiet chivalry as described by Philip Ashton Molling. A Canada production report noted 274,525 tons in 188h.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Canada
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Old Academy
Pietro Brigioni
Ole Bull
Max Strakosch
Maurice Grau
Academy
Park Theater
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Eagle
Carpentian
Washington Monument
Lincoln Memorial
Washington
Captain Stevens
Santa Claus
Great ‘Lakes
Old Cow Country
Philip Ashton Molling
Saturday Evening Post
Fisher Design
Fisher
General Motors
Cadillac
Buick
Chevrolet
Oakland
Oldsmobile
Pontiac
Dnr
B. Hawk
Northwestern Yeast Co
North Ashland Ave
Chicago, Ill
Kirk
Castile
James 3
Kirk & Company
Mane
James S. Kirk & Co
W. North Ave
Chicagoe
Land
Standard Oil CO
New Jersey
Fletcher
James Theattbe
the Minstrel
Florida Gould Refiring Co
Adams
Jacksonville
Bla
Bookleck
WM. Radam CO
Minneapolis, Minn
Partichars
Paul Wilde
Hox
Bay City
God
Prerless Ruben Company
Wooster Ave
Akron
Uribe
Patouer
Masthsen
Tata
Tulsa, Ohl
SOL Tieeen
Onain Dairy Pak
Fleeper
UO. Culburn
Whitewater
Wisconsin
AL McKinnon
Opelika
Ala
Susie
Cual
So Watlow Struet
Aupusee
He Berry
Dr.c
Aokahwest Coal Reduction Company Ofpers
Burke Hidse
Seattle
Edison Labpertoctes
Paouview
Eestor Seth Tesa
Ian Ante Bos
Grates Road
Cory Rigiee
Mit
Haglo
Pawhiare
S. Wo Michgan
Schulz
St de Ph Mair
Melle Toy
Cherryvale
Krausaa
Warn Fur
Wwens County
Minnesota
Alfred A Chive
Morita Ming
W. WW. U
Chicago
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