Wireless promises broader reach for long distance calls
The text discusses potential wireless telephony expanding beyond personal devices to industrial use, noting Holland’s stock exchange data transmission to nearly 200 banks, and envisioning future transatlantic calls between London and New York or Chicago via wireless links and land lines. It cites experiments, power needs, and safety in aerial systems, and references early successes with London fire brigade and bar lightship communications.
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Holland
Amsterdam Stock Exchange
Marconi Company
London
New York
Chicago
England
America
Snngland
France
North Atlantic Ocean
Times
Southwold
Suffolk
Zandvoort
Amsterdam
North Sea
Landines
Bar
Irish Channel
Mersey
Liverpool
Seaforth
British Post Office
London Fire Brigade
Putney Peath
Southwark
Australia
Parents as teachers in child education
The piece argues parents share equal responsibility with schools in shaping a child’s growth. It cites the Yale Review and notes preschool learning often occurs outside school walls through imitation and daily example, stressing parents must provide purpose and correct language habits.
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Donald A. Laird
Yale
Colored Ribbons For Mending Silk Garments
The article advises saving ribbons of various colors, pressing with a hot iron, and storing them to mend old silk garments. Undersleeves and silk waists can be beautifully fixed using color matched rib bon strips, gray and chenille trim for evening wraps, with colors like cyclamen, mate, yink, reseda green and periwinkle blue named as favorites.
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Dimity
Batiste
Plisse
Evening Gowns Described in Satin Gaufre Crepe
The article notes evening gowns described as satin gaufre, a shiny crinkly crepé with a satin finish. It highlights the fabric's texture and appearance in silver tones.
Pink Garment Care Note on Fastening Color
A note explains how to set pink fabric color when washing editor goods. It suggests using red material boiled in water as a substitute for blueing to fix the shade, and to test for color fastness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey
Why Druggists Recommend Swamp Root
For years druggists have watched the record of Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root the kidney liver and bladder medicine. It is a physician s prescription strengthening medicine and supports the organs to do their work. Swamp Root has stood the test of years and is sold by all druggists on its merit. To test first send ten cents to Dr Kilmer Co. for a sample bottle and mention the paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Francis Yates
New York Times
Atlantic
Scotland
Harding
Annapolis
Paris
Edouard Belin
France
America
Rocky Point
Long Island
New York
United States
England
Germany
Japan
Japnan
Nauen
Scandinavian Peninsula
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Kilmer
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Hester’s Secret Revealed in Kitchen Exchange
Mrs Subbubs praises the girl Hester for a rosy cheerful look after the grocer’s boy visits. Hester blushes and explains softly that the young man is not a Jew, but named Michael.
Having a Heart in the Conversation
A brief dialogue shows Miss Cayenne debating whether to laugh at flapper humor. The exchange questions the propriety of mockery and suggests sensitivity to the circumstances surrounding the humor.
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Miss Cayenne
Poverty May Pinch Out May Be To Keep You Awake
A fragment notes hardship and sleeplessness, suggesting poverty as a pressure point. The text hints at vigilance and discomfort tied to economic strain affecting daily life.
Change of Life Woman's Trial
Metropolis Illinois woman Emma Culver testifies to benefits from Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills during a Change of Life episode. She reports eight months illness, restoration to work, ability to walk miles, and relief from nervousness irritability heat flashes and dizziness. The testimonial notes local neighbors also found help.
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Metropolis
Illinois
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mrs. Smith
Emma Culver
7Th St
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Nujol
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New York City
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Meshgelln
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