World News Summary Signals Wheat Shortage End of Month
Worldwide shortages loom as Hoover warns of tight wheat supplies. Senate backing grows for McCumber bonus bill with projected cost of 38.8 billion dollars over 43 years. Harding approves naval oil reserve policy. Military secrets of German WWI high command disclosed to U.S. officers for future use.
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Secretary of Commerce
Hoover
Washington
Harding
Senate
Navy
Interior Departments
United States Army
Notable Dignitaries and Figures in Chicago News Briefs
James C. Dunn longtime Cleveland baseball executive dies at his Chicago residence aged 57. Guy Barham Los Angeles publisher dies at London nursing home. Marshall Nellan and Blanche Sweet wed in Chicago then depart for New York. Judge Joseph Saabath, who has heard 6500 divorce cases in Chicago, collapses in serious condition. Funeral held for Mrs Lillian Russell Moore in Pittsburgh with many notables. Mrs Anna Swift Swift & Co founder’s widow leaves nearly 500000 to charity in probate. Mrs Alexander Moore, formerly actress Lillian Russell, dies in Pittsburgh.
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Joseph Saabath
Chicago
Anna Swift
Gustave I. Swift
Swift & Co. of
Vacuum tube as radio detector explained to readers
A radio column explains vacuum tubes act as detectors amplifiers or oscillators. It covers electron theory, atoms, ions, and how heated tungsten filaments emit electrons into a vacuum tube, creating current flow that changes with plate voltage.
Frisco Radio Station Aims Pacific Coast Power
Officials at the Presidio San Francisco announce a new radio station with two 150 foot aerial towers and the most powerful vacuum tube transmitter on the Pacific coast. When conditions allow it can be heard halfway around the globe, linking with Salt Lake City and Cheyenne as it dominates the air.
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Honolulu
Presidio
San Francisco
Globe
Pacific Coast
San Francisco Bay
Salt Lake City
Cheyenne
Wireless radiophones to be installed on German trains
Experiments show moving freight car tests of wireless telephone systems work well with crews able to converse with friends in Berlin. Receiving devices will be placed in hotels and embassies. Tests occurred under the watch of engineers military attaches and diplomatic representatives of the United States and Sweden.
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Berlin
United States
Sweden
Handling Vacuum Tubes
Handling vacuum tubes requires great care to avoid knocking or breaking the elements. These little lamps are the heart and soul of the set. A good operating method is to keep the glow just below the critical point.
Amateur radio advice and device notes from old article
Practical guidance for amateur radio readers covers tube voltages for plate circuits less critical, detector tube modulation via a sensitive potentiometer, and the similarity of reception systems to code signal receivers. It notes single wire reception reduces static, warns on battery types for headphones, and explains hard and soft vacuum tubes. It mentions radio waves travel at light speed and tools like wavemeters check wave lengths, with grounding and lightning protection advised by underwriters.
Drowning and local projects flood Iowa pages
Multiple reports detail drownings of W N Kelley 19 of Martinsburg and George Beach 17 of Red Rock after swimming mishaps. Oskaloosa votes 13 to 1 to buy its water works and build a hydro dam at Harvey, cost 670000. Other items note embezzlement case in Sioux City, injuries from a Des Moines auto collision, a poison death from a thorn, municipal lighting plans, and election results. Local politics, oil discovery at Decorah, and a fatal kayak incident near Browns Lake round out the brief.
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W. N. Kelley
Martinsburg
Oskaloosa
Harvey
George Beach
Red Rock
Des Moines
W. G. Dunkle
Sioux City
Continental National Bank
Frank Redmond
Atlantic
Katherine Coakley
Waterloo
Citizens Gas and Electro Co
Alice Valentine
Cornell College
Iowa City
Grand Army of the Republic
Decorah
John Collins
Story County
Nevada
Collins
Merchants National Bank of
Clinton
Clinton County
Browns Lake
Charles Haller
James Cavanaugh
Cavanaugh
Bobbie
P. S. Shearer
Ames
Edward Bailey
Iowa
United States
S. W. Brookhart
Washington
N. I. Kendall
Albia
John Hammill
Brit
Marquette
S. N. Parsons
Marion
Fred Fett
William Sesan
Monona
Sesan
Fett
Susan
Tanlac credited with cure for long illness
Mrs. T. J. Archer of 1147 Shepard Street Peters burg Virginia praises Tanlac for relief from indigestion heart pain gas headaches dizziness and rheumatism after three months of inability to work Her husband brought Tanlac to her and she claims she never felt better Tanlac is sold by druggists nationwide.
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Tanine
T. J. Archer
Shepard St
Petersburg
Heinrich's Share in a Vieter? Old German Prose Fragment
A Boston Transcript fragment presents a dialogue about inheritance and distribution. It shows Heinrich asking about his share and outlining a division: to his wife all, to his sister the remainder, to his brother the residue, and finally the leftover goes to Heinrich. The language mimics a phonetic German-English mix reflecting cultural context.
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Heinrich
Hans
Mein Bradder
Boston Transcript
Freedom from laxatives by Nujol
An eminent medical authority warns against laxatives that only provide temporary relief and cause permanent injury. The ad promotes Nujol as a natural lubricant that softens waste, is not a laxative or medicine, cannot gripe, and is harmless like water. Obtain a bottle from your druggist.
Dearest, It Isn’t The Old Smile Any More
A Florida Times Union line features a playful exchange where Ike sighs that the smile feels changed and the response credits a study at a school of dramatic art for a new expression. The tone is light and theatrical.
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Jack
Florida Times-Union
Castoria Signatures Highlight Old Infant Remedy
Important to Mothers urges careful examination of every Castoria bottle to verify the signature of Cece VTL LH. The notice promotes Fletcher's Castoria as a trusted remedy used for infants and children for over 830 years, suggesting continued use and brand loyalty.
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Fletcher
Not Battered Enough
A comic exchange from Le Journal Amusant features a sculptor seeking an aged and unattractive model and the model pressing for a role as a statue of peace in a humorous dialogue.
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Seculptor
le Journal Amusant
The Cuticura Toilet Trio Advertisement Card
Having cleared your skin keep it clear by making Cuticura your everyday toilet preparations The Soap to cleanse and purify the Ointment to soothe and begl the Talcum to powder and perfume No toilet table is complete without them.
Full of Bullets in Mountain Feud Atmosphere
Scribson visited the mountain country seeking atmosphere for a story. He stayed briefly as a feud unfolded, and the atmosphere proved too metallic for his purposes.
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Scribson
Pinched for calibration twenty years after graduation
A reflective remark on the diploma bearer twenty years on, mixing pensive amusement with kindness. The line hints that those who can do everything in a pinch should be pinched more often, a wry social quip about capability and accountability.
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