Radio plants to link continents in new wireless network
RCA plans high power stations in Bogota Colombia and Cuba with a Buenos Aires base due mid 1923. The system will relay from New York to Buenos Aires via Port Jefferson and avoid interference by using distinct wavelengths. An imperial network favors intermediate relays for reliability over vast high power links.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Radio Corporation of America
Bogota Bay
Colombia
Cuba
Buenos Aires
E. J. Nally
Europe
England
France
Germany
America
United States
South Africa
Java
Calcutta
Melbourne
Lafayette
Bordeaux
Port Jefferson
Radio Corporation
Ste. Agrsise
Paris
Empire
Argentina
Bathurst
Gambia
Africa
South America
Mr. Nally
Bogota
L. W. Austin
United States Radio Research Laboratory
The
Franklin Institute
Imperial Committee
Sir Henry Norman
Ste. Assise
Fontainbieau
Saigon
Indo-China
Holland
Austin
Radio traffic could beat wire lines with 24 hour service
The text notes radio can economically handle certain traffic without delays of a few hours and that continuous 24 hour service is possible for moderate distances. Automatic high speed reception makes radio a strong rival to wire and cable communications.
Revival plan for world city at Brussels exposition
The article recalls a 1913 proposal to King Albert of Belgium by Hendrick C. Anderson to build an international city at Brussels for the 1930 exposition. The permanent city would house each nation’s pavilion showcasing manufactures art and social progress, aided by Senator Henri La Fontaine and Paul Otlet.
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Brussels
Albert
King Albert
Hendrick C. Anderson
Newport, R. L
Rome
Anderson
Deal
Henri la Fontaine
Paul Otlet
Army of Men Scrap Warships
Philadelphia leads a scrapping boom along the Delaware river with hundreds of workers dismantling obsolete navy ships. The Maine Missouri Wisconsin Columbia Ozark Monterey Tonopah and many destroyers and monitors are being cut up for steel and metals for peacetime use. Some hulls will be repurposed as cargo carriers to haul fruit between the United States and Central America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Navy
Delaware River
Maine
Missouri
Wisconsin
Columbia
Ozark
Monterey
Ericnson
J. P. Holland
Robert Fulton
Hudson River
Truxton
Worden
Whipple
United States
Central America
Ermany
Berlin
International Bankers
Paris
Sevi
Hermes
Wirth
Reichstag
Stinnes
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Germany
France
Ireland
Free State
Ulster
Collins
Griffith
Churchill
Lamington Evans
Dublin
Belfast
Heiress 65 Weds Youth in California Romance
St Louis reports the marriage of Florence A Campbell to Henry Klas Van Heel in San Diego. The 65 year old heiress inherits half of her late husband James Campbell’s 20 million estate. He is a Dutch immigrant described as youthful and bright. She will keep her name as Mrs Florence A Campbell Van Heel and predicts he will become a great man.
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St. Louis
San Diego
Cal
Dirs
James Campbell
North American Company
Henry Klas van Heel
Lterary Dilettante
van Heel
Henry
Holland
United States
Campbell
Florence A. Campbell van Heel
Pet Rat Tail Mended After Cat Attack At Show
Donald Myatt, fifteen, brought a wounded rat to Emergency hospital after a cat harmed it during a pet show. A surgeon sutured the peeled skin back, while Myatt tearfully described the incident and the rat’s ordeal. The piece also notes Myatt’s age and a casual remark about his single status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Emergency Hospital
Donald Myatt
Wage disputes and political tensions surface across industries
The article details labor board disputes over rail wage cuts and actions against contractors, mentions miners’ rate discussions, and notes broader political strife including German reparations, U S Senate bonus talks, war fraud investigations, and Ireland's treaty stakes, with memorial day observances and bond market shifts.
The Better Ole Garage Fire Stuns Fire Chief
A blaze roared through a garage on the main New York to Boston route. Firefighters from six nearby towns battled the flames as the owner refused to leave saying a man owed him five dollars and would arrive in ten minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Boston
Senator Sorghum on government pay and frugality
The dialogue has Sorghum asserting the need to set an example of personal economy. He claims current compensation levels compel him to model thrift in public service.
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Washington
Federal
Grand Jury
United States
Peyton Gordon
Daugherty
Caraway
Charles W. ‘Morse
Federal Penitentiary
Innes
Deaugherty
Tom Watson
Georgia
Senate
Lenroot
Hoover Relief Fund
Watson
Wisconsin
Sorghum
Ime
Doctor Johnson’s Dictionary Earnings
Doctor Johnson earned about $8,000 for the dictionary that made him famous and spent seven years completing the work. For his other writings he received only small amounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doctor Johnson
Improved Ear-Drum for Deafness and Ear Ailments
An advertisement touts the Improved Ear-Drum by a Swiss physician as a natural aid for defective hearing and head noises. It claims invisibility, lifetime durability, ear protection, relief from earache and catarrhal conditions, and urges readers to send $5 for a pair to Improved Ear-Drum Co. 225 Fifth Avenue New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth Avenue
Dept. BB
New York City
N. Y
Too Optimistic and the Races of Men
A reflective piece contrasts optimism with caution in a short dialogue about belief and risk. It notes that optimism can mislead, especially in competitive or high-stakes situations, urging prudence alongside hopeful outlooks.
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Sherman
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Siankere
Rif
Edward H
Cincinnati
B M.jewell
Sbi
Reba
Labor Board
Hoover
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West Virginia
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Kentucky
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M’cumber
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McCumber
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Smoot
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John Bull
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Bottomley
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Justice Taft
Harding
Robert Todd Lincoln
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Ohio
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Hsu Chih Chang
Li Yuan Hung
San Yat Sen
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