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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1923
Page
2
All radio correspondence should be directed to The Radio Editor at the Pecos Enterprise in Pecos Texas. Subscribers and listeners are invited to send tips notes and program suggestions to the editor for publication consideration.
The page lists WBAP Fort Worth Star Telegram programing with market quotes weather and sports plus technical tips on radio coils transformers and grounding. It notes schedules for cotton grain cattle baseball Texas League and church services along with maintenance advice for phone cords and receiver components.
Practical tips from the S Louis Globe Democrat on regenerating sets. Check if the tube is detector or amplifier and reverse variometer connections. Short the grid condenser to test for a click in phones to indicate regeneration. Increase plate voltage to aid oscillation. Identify husky tone as grid leak fault and ensure tight contacts. Avoid overvoltage on B battery and miswired battery polarity. Use minimal flux in soldering and inspect fixed condensers for stability.
Instructions describe adjustments to prevent radio howls. Recommendations include adding a .001 mid fixed condenser across the first amplifying tube primary, grounding transformer cores, shortening wires, shielding the panel with tinfoil, and maintaining margins around contacts. Suggestions cover antenna and condenser wiring, knob set screws, and insulating shaft ends to reduce leakage.
Caution urged on aerial installations as broken strands can short power lines during storms. Authors warn that loose wiring risks deadly currents entering homes. Vacuum tubes are imperfect and a lit tube may still fail. grid and plate contact can prevent operation, producing trouble.
Redd calls a man brave as Greene asks what brave means. Redd replies that the man lets his wife drive his car when he is in it.
In a short, humorous exchange, Bliss-Ter asks Rastus if he is married. Rastus replies he is not and that he earns his own living, delivering a playful glimpse of everyday dialogue.
Druggists pledge PAZO OINTMENT cures piles with any case of itching burning and bleeding in six to fourteen days. If it doesn’t, your money back. This bold claim appears in ads promoting the famous topical remedy.
Senator Hiram Johnson returns from four months in Europe saying his focus now is general international relations and world attitudes rather than domestic politics. He notes no specific plans for New York talks and emphasizes humility in his stance and public duty.
First National Bank report notes June imports of boots and shoes fell 13.6 percent from May while the fiscal year to June 30 shows a 15.5 percent rise over the year ending 1922. Cuba led buyers with 3.57 million pairs. Canada and Mexico also sizable. The article also reprints a religious meditation on two fountains guiding thought.
In a discussion from Farm and Ranch, the piece argues workers seek higher pay amid rising living costs and rents, while production falls. It contrasts past bricklaying output with today’s low efficiency and higher costs, questioning who benefits from organized labor and how farmers are affected. It notes a prevalent self-interest driving spending and prices.
A postcard sent by Ed Purdy muses on a woman's greatest fears. The note hints that aging and visible signs like ears may provoke anxiety in women.
Chestnut Charley jokes that chickens in the car have wrecked many more autos than chickens on the road, delivering a humorous remark about farmyard traffic hazards.
Two women proud of their farmer husbands say they helped their men reach the United States Senate. Mrs S W Brookhart of Town notes her husband raises prize dogs when not in duty. Above is Mrs Johnson of Minnesota whose husband Senator Wagnus Johnson leaves the farm for Washington.
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