Telephone as crime deterrent says Connecticut official
Superintendent Robert T. Hurley of the Connecticut State Police states the telephone network links cities and precincts, enabling near instant police watch and deterrence. He notes state police barracks and all stations connected to central headquarters, with operators trained to interpret hurried calls and act calmly.
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Robert T. Hurley
Connecticut State Police
Connecticut Committee On Public Service Information
Hurley
Senators' pitching ace once a telephone man
Walter Johnson, ace of the Washington Senators and 1924 World Series hero with the Giants, began as a telephone man and Idaho surveyor. Similar to Tris Speaker, who worked as a telephone lineman in Hillsboro, Texas, both found success in baseball after early telecommunication jobs.
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Tris Speaker
Walter Johnson
Washington Senators
New York Giants
Idaho
Hillsboro
Texas
Johnson
Speaker
Only an Assortment of Twins Beats This
Six pairs of sisters work at a Hagerstown Maryland telephone exchange. The group includes Louise and Hilsie Haffer Virginia and Margaret Burgan Mary and Rose Schiotter Beck Fannie and Bessie Nield plus Mildred Rohrer and Mrs EB Gordon as supervisors Mary Beckley toll supervisor and Margaret Beckley chief operator.
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Hagerstown
United States
Louise
Hilsie Haffer
Virginia
Margaret Burgan
Mary
Rose Schiotterbeck
Fannie
Bessie Nield
Mildred Rohrer
EB. Gordon
Mary Beckley
Margaret Beckley
Des Moines Traffic Tally Reflects 1924 Call Volume
Des Moines recorded about 104.39 million local calls in 1924 with roughly 816 thousand originating long distance calls and a similar number of incoming calls, illustrating extensive intercity communication.
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Des Moines
Numbers in Heredity in Shelburne Village
In a Shelburne county village Nova Scotia three brothers married years ago. Each wife died after years, leaving three widowed brothers each with three children. Each family has two girls and one boy. Family Werald.
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Shelburne County
Nova Scotia
Werald
Cleaning Brass Sealing polish gains finish with paraffin rub
A tip suggests applying a few drops of paraffin on the final rag after brass cleaning. The paraffin helps polish to a finished surface and keeps brass cleaner longer.
Mohammedan Mosques Minarets and Call to Prayer
The minarets of Mohammedan mosques serve as towers from which the muezzin issues the call to prayer. The faithful face toward the east and engage in devotions at the signal.
Last Pillar Hermit of Olympia Dies Around 1860
The final stilite who lived atop the temple pillar of Zeus near Athens, Greece, in a centuries old practice died about the year 1860, ending a long and little understood custom.
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Olympia
Zeus
Athens
Greece
One of Nature's Wonders and the Bee Stinger
A needle point appears ragged under high magnification while a bee stinger remains infinitely sharp. The needle tip seems as broken as a telegraph pole stem when enlarged, whereas the bee stinger approaches a billionth of an inch in sharpness.
Diabolical Suggestion on Memory Improvement
A New Haven Register snippet notes a diabolical suggestion about memory tricks. It claims doing something you would like to forget could improve memory, urging caution about questionable self help ideas.
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New Haven Register
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