29 Sep 1922
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Newspaper
Moulton Weekly Tribune
Location
Moulton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1922
Page
1
A mother and daughter ride a countrybound train. The conductor questions the passenger as she misreads a ticket, realizing she paid full fare for herself while giving half fare to her daughter Ruth. The humor hinges on the older passenger’s self-description and the conductor’s remark.
Thousands of women suffer kidney and bladder troubles often masking as other ailments. Back pain headaches and loss of ambition can signal kidney disease. Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root advertised as a remedy available at drug stores. order a sample by mailing ten cents to Dr Kilmer Co. Binghamton NY.
A bizarre report describes an improvised conversion from a gland in a monkey wrench to a driver, followed by a high speed chase. Police pursued the driver after a speeding stop, the vehicle collided with an officer, then the car reportedly climbed a tree near ranches by a tall light.
An old advertisement proclaims Diamond Dyes lets women dye or tint dresses, skirts, coats, and more at home. It promises simple directions, guarantees no spots or fading, and instructs buyers to specify fabric types to ensure perfect results.
An odd fragment notes whether Gladys enjoyed a good time and calls her a widow. The New York Sun reference hints at social pages or a gossip item. Specific names and dates are unclear due to damaged OCR.
Edwin H Armstrong’s breakthrough shows a three electrode vacuum tube used as a detector with feedback from plate to grid, greatly amplifying incoming radio signals. The article explains regenerative and tuned plate circuits, beat notes, and the terms heterodyne and autodyne for reception and oscillation modes.
The Department of Commerce through the Bureau of Standards endorses tests for radio receivers. Electrical Testing Laboratories of New York will conduct tests with the National Retailery Goods Association, evaluating material and workmanship, mechanical and electrical design, adjustment simplicity, ruggedness, sensitivity, tuning sharpness, wavelength range, and fidelity in radio telephone reception.
Dr Marcont notes radio lets husbands talk privately with wives and cites Chinese music broadcasts as proof of radio versatility. Newark plans a $81 annual tax on radio aerials while Washington reports President Harding with a powerful set at the White House. Barbers switch to radio chatter during shaves.
Movement of troops from cantonments to permanent posts across the Second Fourth Sixth Ninth areas reduces enlisted strength to 125,000. In the Sixth area Second Infantry units move to Fort Sheridan and Fort Brady, with Cavalry to Fort Sheridan. Ninth area transfers include Fifty third Infantry to Fort Douglas Utah and Fort Logan Colorado, Seventh Infantry to Vancouver Barracks Washington, Ninth Training Battery to the Presidio San Francisco, and Troop L to Monterey California. In Second area batteries and trains shift from Camp Dix to Edgewood Arsenal Maryland. Fourth area movements place Sixth Infantry units toward Jefferson Barracks Missouri and Fort McPherson Georgia, with Engineering Training Company 4 to Fort Du Pont Delaware and Training Battery 4 to Des Moines Iowa. Seventh area moves include Troop L from Fort Snelling Minnesota to Camp Lewis Washington and Fort Des Moines Iowa, plus Engineer Training Company 7 from Fort Snelling to Lewis. Air Service detachment at Fort Crook Nebraska shifts to Fort Riley Kansas. In Eighth area Training Battery 8 at Fort Sam Houston moves to Fort Sill Oklahoma.
More than fifty army officers on active duty at colleges universities high schools and other educational institutions across the country have been relieved from active duty due to reduced appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30 1923. The removals affect institutions including the University of California San Francisco and Los Angeles high schools Oregon Agricultural College University of Pennsylvania Western Maryland College Sewanee Military Academy University of Georgia University of Minnesota State University of Iowa University of Kentucky and several city high schools. In Chicago Lieut Seeley A Wallen and Lieut O N Taylor of the ROTC were retired, with Major Beals noting the reduced funds remove two officers but five remain.
The FTC sues to block the Midvale Steel and Ordnance, Republic Iron and Steel, and Inland Steel merger as an unfair method of competition under the FTC Act. Chairman Nelson B. Gaskill says the action cites violation of section 5, while Commissioner Van Fleet dissents, leaving open the final decision after hearings. The firms operate plants across Ohio, Pennsylvania, Indiana, and Illinois with substantial stock par values.
In a Congressional Record excerpt Mr Ireland presents a privileged report on House Concurrent Resolution 66 to authorize a contract to exterminate insects in the House Office Building the Capitol and the Senate Office Building with up to 2500 expenditure paid from contingent funds The debate notes questions about inclusion of mice and confirms the scope covers House Senate offices and Capitol with laughter at a few bugs in the House
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