Radio Links Across Continents Set to Expand
High power wireless stations for RCA will open in Bogota Bay Colombia, Cuba, and Buenos Aires by mid 1923 with world agreements ensuring noninterfering wave lengths. Relays from New York to Argentina Cuba and beyond will be auxiliary and not a replacement for cables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Radio Corporation of America
Bogota Bay
Colombia
Cuba
Buenos Aires
BH. J. Nally
Europe
Engand
France
Germany
Anderica
United States
South Africa
Java
Calcutta
Melbourne
Lafayette
Bordeaux
Port Jefferson
Radio Corporation
Ste. Anaise
Paris
England
Empire
Argentina
Bathurst
Gambia
Africa
South America
Mr. Nally
Bogota
L. W. Austin
United States Radio Research Laboratory
Journal of the Franklin Institute
Imperial Committee
Henry Norman
Ete. Assise
Fontainbleau
Saigon
Indo-China
Holland
Austin
Revival of Plan for International City at Brussels
The article notes revived proposals to create an international city at Brussels near the Gates of Brussels, to inaugurate with the 1990 Brussels International Exposition. It would be a permanent institution with each country displaying its manufactures, products, and social records in dedicated buildings. The plan was first submitted to King Albert in 1913 by American sculptor Hendrick C. Anderson, aided by Senator Henri La Fontaine and Paul Otlet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Braseela
Briseels
Alpert
Bruseels
Thio
Rome
Anderson
Henri la Fontaine
Paul Otlet
Four Babies Born in One Day at Bakersfield Hospital
Four babies born at Bakersfield Emergency hospital weighed under one pound each. County health officer Dr. S C Long named Mrs Tabbi as the mother and reported the extraordinary multiple birth in Bakersfield, California.
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Bakersfield
Cal
Tabbi
Bakersfield Emergency Hospital
S. C. Long
Philadelphia Scraps Warships for Peaceful Use
Delaware River shipyards buzz as battleships Maine Missouri and Wisconsin head to scrap while hulls of cruisers monitors and torpedo boats yield copper brass and other metals. Some craft will be repurposed as cargo vessels to carry fruit between the United States and Central America.
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Philadelphia
Delaware River
Maine
Missouri
Wisconsin
Columbia
Ozark
Monterey
Tonoah
Httle
J. P. Holland
Robert Fulton
Hudson River
Truxton
Worden
Whipple
United States
Central America
Moonshine Dust Dusts Beattyville Main Street
Louisville reports Police Judge H. P. Begley seized confiscated moonshine from the Beattyville courthouse when the water cart missed its run. He set workers with the liquor to spray dusty street curbing the dust on Main Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Beattyville
H. P. Begley
Montreal Mix-Up Babies Restored To Proper Homes
In Montreal a hospital mix-up sent two two year old babies to the wrong households for four months. Pansy Dyke and Myrtle Bartlett, both described as web-footed, were returned to their rightful mothers after a third parent questioned the hospital.
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Montreal
Pansy Dyke
Myrtle Bartlett
Pansy
Myrtle
Tiny New York baby weighs two pounds one ounce
A baby boy at Lincoln hospital, described as the smallest ever born by authorities, weighed two pounds one ounce at birth to Mrs. Lucille George and is reported to be normal in every other respect.
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New York, N. Y
Lincoln Hospital
Lucille George
Heiress Marries Youthful Dutchman in San Diego Union
Mrs. Florence A Campbell Van Heel, 65, wed Henry Klas Van Heel, 34, in San Diego. She inherits half of her first husband’s $20 million estate and predicts the learned youth will become a great man. She plans to keep the Campbell name and a life of writing and stories with him.
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Sage
St. Louis
San Diego
Cal
James Campbell, Beiaarr
North American Company
St.Louis
Henry Klas van Heel
van Heel Isxty
Henry
Ea Oolphus
Busch
s.California Frame
Van‘Hee
van Heel
Holland
United States
Campbell
Florence A. Campbell van Heel
Pet Rat Survives Torn Tail at Hospital After Narrow Escape
A boy named Donald Mymt aged thirteen brought a pet rat to Emergence hospital in San Francisco. He tearfully recounted a cat attacked the rat during a pet show, causing the tail to tear and the rat to be sewn back on by a busy surgeon.
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Sam
Francisco
Onelrat
Donald Mymt
Korean Girl Labeled Old Maid If Not Married
A brief note notes that at age fifteen a Korean girl is described as an old maid if she is not married, reflecting social pressures of arranged union norms.
Nebraska notes include drownings, clubs and school honors
Norfolk sees a boy drown near Falls City while bathing. An order of De Molay forms in Nebraska City. Nebraska University graduates 850. Dawson Evangelical church dedicated at Richardson county. Scotts Bluff girls organize eight clubs for summer work. prairie fires and fire losses reported in Armour and Fremont. Legislature actions include water-rate injunction in Plattsmouth. Also noted are hunting and fishing reports, road improvements, and civic or school milestones across multiple towns.
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Edward Stem
Norfolk
de Molay
Nebraska City
Samuel Avery
University of Nebraska
Father Jamies
Broken Bow
Robert Shepard
Falls City
Federal Loan Bank
Central City High School
Holdrege
Dawson
Richardson County
Frank Burg
Armour
Pawnee City
Fremont
J. P. Gage
Nebraska I. C. O. F
O. A. Cooper Co
Humboldt
Scotts Bluff County
Lulu Boyes
Albert Klein
Wolbach
Nebraska High School Debating League
M. M. Fogg
Missouri
John O'Connor
Turbyfill
Hastings
Cambridge Commercial Club
George Kuhr
Blair
R. W. Thomas
Lincoln
Curtis
Frent
Lincoln Flying Field
Thomas
Plattsmouth
Qharter
Nebraska
A. E. Anderson
Federal Bureau of Markets
Henry F. Schulte
J. M
Ulysses S. Conn
State Teachers’ College
Wayne
Nebraska Weslean University
Conn
Eva McClelland
Beaver City
O. E
Omaha
Wood River
Grand Island
Thay
Bestich Street
National Association of Parent-Teachers
G. H Wentz
Rae
Beby
Juniata
North Platte
Shubert School Board
Nebraska Ornithologists’ Union
C. Kozak
Virginian
Beatrice
F. Raymond Lurber
Waterbury
U. S
Pierce
Europe
Russia
American Relief Administration
William Lee
York County
Chicago & Northwestern
York
Franklin
O'Neill
Chambers
Nancy Pennoyer
Central City
College of Business Administration
Ella Herron
Burchard
Silas A. Strickland Post
Court House Square
W. C. Norton
Humboldt Standard
Southeastern Nebraska Press Club
S. W. Thurber
Tecumseh
Eunice Haskins
Stella
Charles Chase
Nebraska Department
Hughes
Alabama
Hubham
First National Bank of
Greshim
Otto W. Kloppel
Colfax County
Leigh
Edward Benson
City Delivery
Benson
State Teachers College
Kearney
Douglas County
Charles ‘el. Siefken
Robert
McKelvie
R. J. Barr
Eight-Room Low-Cost Home Designed for Family Comfort
William A. Radford outlines an economical eight-room two-story house with a broad front porch. The plan features four bedrooms on the second level, a central hall, living and dining rooms, kitchen and pantry, and exposed roof rafters. The design emphasizes economy, attractive porch detailing, and practical storage, with a 40 by 24 footprint and a spacious front elevation suited for larger families.
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Thig
Elehall
Apologies Through Time From Valley of Etiquette
A collection of historical apologies shows snobbish hospitality and stern wit. A New England spinster’s note denies shaking a girl and prompts mock contrition while Sir John Schaw and Lady Greenock clash over hawk quarrels in centuries past.
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L— M
Sir John Schaw
Greenock
Bruce
Clackmannan
John
Greenocky
John Schaw
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Eestwas
Continents
World Conference
Uyee
Brussels
Army of Men
Ericsson
Prof. Bell
Alexander Graham Bell
Telephone
Washington
Moses Dykaar
Ue Stewart & Smith
Verdon
Beatrice Industrial School
William A. Radford
Prairie Avenue
Chicago
Illand
New England
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