Memorial Day 1923 Reflections on American Valor
The piece honors American soldiers from World War I and earlier conflicts, recalling Memorial Day origins and the enduring tribute to the fallen. It cites President Harding, General Logan, and the Unknown Soldier, praising liberty, justice, and national unity while detailing European cemeteries and famed battles across generations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piril
America
Europe
France
Belgium
England
Mecuse-Argonne
tomagne-sous-Montfaucon
Meuse
St. Mihiel
Thiaucourt
Meurthe-et-Moselle
Somme
Bony
Aisne
Oise-Aisne
Seringes-et-Nesles
Aisne-Marne
Belleau
Washington
Jefferson
Adams
Franklin
Sherman
Livingston
Alexander Hamilton
Nathan Hale
Greene
Cornwallis
George Rogers Clark
Mississippi
John Paul Jones
United States
Andrew Jackson
New Orleans
Fort McHenry
Francis Scott Wey
Lincoln
John A. Logan
Grand Army of the Republic
Logan
Lusitania
Arlington
Harding
Capitol
Republic
Sound Intensifier From Junk Box Radio Parts
A low cost sound amplifier is built using a discarded car headlight reflector and an old commutator shell. The project reuses a horn bulb, motorcycle spokes, brass strip, and a telephone receiver to form a compact speaker assembly. Diagrams illustrate assembly and wiring for a home built radio accessory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pan Automobile
Drass
Science and Invention
Radio
Youthful Couple Reap Fortune From Stamp Misprint
A Swedish forester and his sweetheart married funded by a misprinted 12 ore stamp sheet. In 1918 a surcharged 12-ore stamp created a hidden value error. A tiny Guliksberg post office handled it unnoticed. The forester sent daily letters using 30 misprints, a philatelist paid 200 kroner each, totaling 6,000 kroner for wedding and home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Riksdag
Guliksberg
Norland
Foolproof Radios and Rising Auto Accidents
Gen Geo O Squire says radio will be popular when receiving sets are fool proof. Automobiles appear fairly popular, yet reports show increasing tool use and a rise in unnecessary accidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. O. Squire
Radio Message Across Ocean in Four Minutes
Hiram P. Maxim sent a radio message from Hartford Connecticut to Wailuku Hawaii and received a reply back in four minutes confirming rapid transoceanic communication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiram P. Maxim
Hartford
Connecticut
Wailuka
Hawaiii
He Had No Kick Receives Praise Letter From Mr Donke
Portland received a letter from Mr Donke praising the broadcasting as powerful and clear. Mr Donke had no kick, and the message notes the quality of the broadcasts without controversy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Mr. Donke
Berlin Begins Daily Commercial Service
Berlin starts a daily private radio service delivering financial and commercial news to about 800 subscribers in 200 towns and cities. The service uses Koenigswusterhausen for limited access and Nauen for high power broadcasts, with New York quotes arriving within ten minutes. Subscribers pay a 30,000-mark annual fee plus roughly 200,000 marks yearly for the receiving apparatus. Two half hour broadcasts run at 9:30 am and 5 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Express
Indienst Gesellschaft
Berlin
Germany
Department of Commerce
E. ¥. Richardson
Koeningswusterhausen
United States
Switzerland
Sweden
Nauen
New York
Sweden to Offer Free Medical Advice at Sea
Swedish hospitals will provide free medical advice via wireless to ships at sea on demand. The service, initiated by leading Stockholm and Gothenburg hospitals, is funded by the telegraphs department, making Sweden the first European country to inaugurate this aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Gothenburg
Department of Telegraphs
Sweden
Europe
Radio's Nearest Kin
Radio’s closest relative is its air. The joke plays on the idea that radio thrives through its broadcast medium and the atmosphere that carries the signal. The line fits a playful, era tone.
Woman's Health Restored in Milwaukee Letter
Milwaukee woman Mary Saiecheck describes recovery after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She says she was run down after one child, stopped medicines, and regained energy for housework and daily tasks. The letter lauds the tonic's long history of praise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Mary Saiecheck
28Th Street
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Jay
Tower of Liberty
Charles Pope Caldwell
John Dickinson Sherman
Flanders Fields
Marie
Roye
Fifth Avenue
Seventy-fifth Division
Robert Alexander
Mexico
Palo Alto
Resaca
Buena Vista
Monterey
Chapultepec
Winfield Scott
Zachary Taylor
Grant
Abraham Lincoln
Illinois
White House
Appomattox
Maine
Havana Harbor
Stars and Stripes
Bob” Evans
Iowa
Santiago
Fred J. Melville
London
Harry Weinberg
Zino-pa Mf Co
Dr. Scholl
Boston Evening Transcript
Lathrop
CAP Stilet
Holland
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