Radio and the farm revival in America
Merlin H. Aylesworth of the National Broadcasting Company argues radio has bridged city and country life by delivering city culture to farms. Census trends show urban-to-rural counter migration since 1927, aided by auto, telephone, electricity, and especially radio, which keeps farm youth engaged with national events and markets, reducing the drive to urban living.
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NCE
Paree
New York
Tin Pan Alley
Merlin H. Aylesworth
National Broadcasting Company
Lindbergh
Washington
America
Mr. Aylesworth
Sam
Advice on Delivering Gentle Counsel
A quotation from Woodman on giving advice softly rather than harshly. It compares advice to dew nourishing a tender herb and melting snow sinking into the mind, urging humility to receive guidance and to choose a proper vehicle for delivery with sweetened reproof.
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Woodman
Tobacco Name Origin in Virginia and Tobacco Use
The article traces how Virginia named tobacco from the Native term apooke and links the word to Hispaniola's Y-shaped inhaling tube called ta baco. It notes tobacco grew there before 1607 and mentions cultural practices and a marriage reference to Venable.
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Virginia
Hispaniola
Santo Domingo
Development of Radio Made in Two Decades
A concise look at radio’s rise from 1908 to 1928. Roosevelt heard Lodge’s nomination via a four-disk system above delegates, while by 1928 nationwide events could be broadcast through telephone networks and a national hookup, reaching convention halls in Kansas City and Houston.
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United States
National Warm Radio Council
Keytesville
National Farm Radio Council
Council
National Grange
American Farm Bureau Federation
Roosevelt
White House
Henry Cabot Lodge
Kansas City
Houston
Swedish device records calls for home phone messages
A Department of Commerce report cites a Swedish invention that lets a device receive telephone messages when the homeowner is away. Attached to a standard telephone, it connects to the central switch and records conversations on sensitive material for later playback to the householder.
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Department of Commerce
Forest of a Dozen Dads Grows in Cooperstown Tradition
Eleven men in Cooperstown New York plant a tract called the Forest of a Dozen Dads as an investment for their children. The idea mirrors southern Italian custom where fathers plant trees for each newborn girl whose future dowry funds come from the harvest when she grows up.
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Cooperstown
N. Y
Italy
Largest forest fires in United States history
The forestry records note the Miramichi fire of 1925 as the largest by territory, about 3,000,000 acres across Maine and New Brunswick. It also cites the Peshtigo blaze of 1871 at 1,280,000 acres in Wisconsin, and the Great Idaho fire of August 1910 spanning 2,000,000 acres.
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Forest Service
United States
Miramichi
Maine
New Brunswick
Canada
Wisconsin
Idaho
Ancient Egyptian glass mirrors modern chemistry
Glass found in Egyptians tombs dating to about 1400 years BC shows nearly identical chemical composition to contemporary glass. In California two cities, San Francisco and San Diego, claim unique butterfly species not found elsewhere in the world.
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California
St. Francisco
San Diego
Impasse in Pet Parlor Chat Frustrates Owners
Quarrel arises as a dog owner asks to leave a card for another dog while a resident notes they keep a cat. The odd exchange highlights household pet boundaries and comical social friction in a neighborhood dialogue.
Descriptions From a Cracked Case in a Daily Sitcom
A desk sergeant recounts a hold up by two men and a girl while a victim notes a run in the woman's stocking. The exchange contrasts a dramatic life scene with a lighthearted newspaper joke about a new density star and a cinema sighting.
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