How radio changed life on the farm and kept them there
Merlin H. Aylesworth of National Broadcasting argues radio eliminated the need to keep rural youth down on the farm. He notes radio brings city culture to farm homes, boosts education and entertainment, and spurs a rural population return, supported by census trends and a wide 44,550-survey showing market reports and morale improvements.
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NCE
Paree
New York
Tin Pan Alley
Guan
Merlin HB. Aylesworth
National Broadcasting Company
United States
National Farm Stadio Council
Keytesville
National Farm Radio Council
National Grange
American Farm Bureau Federation
Lindbergh
Washington
America
Mr. Aylesworth
Sam
Gentle Dew Like Counsel Describes Advice’s Soft Descent
The passage urges advice to descend gently not forcefully, like dew on herb or melting snow, allowing it to linger and sink into the mind. It notes few humble enough to receive guidance as they ought, suggesting rarity of receptivity to admonition.
Tobacco Inhalation Instrument From Hispaniola
The article describes a peculiar smoking device used by Hispaniola inhabitants. A small hollow wooden tube fits the nose with the other end in tobacco smoke, inhaling fumes through the tube. The natives called this instrument ta vaca. Accord is necessary to enable the husband and wife to pull together.
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Hispaniola
Santo Domingo
How Tobacco Got Its Name In Virginia
The article explains tobacco’s origin in Virginia before 1607, noting that the plant was called apocke by the Indians and that the term tobacco, not previously common for the plant, arrived later from other sources.
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Virginia
Development of Radio Through Two Decades
The article recalls 1908 when President Roosevelt listened to nominating speeches via early radio devices. It notes 1928 when national reach via telephone and radio enabled listeners to hear convention proceedings from Kansas City and Houston, marking a leap in communications.
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Roosevelt
White House
Henry Cabot Lodge
Kansas City
Houston
Sweden invention may let homes receive calls away
A Department of Commerce report describes a Swedish device enabling households to receive telephone messages even when absent. The system attaches to a standard telephone, links to the central exchange, and records the conversation on sensitive material for later playback to the owner.
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Department of Commerce
Cental
Forest of a Dozen Dads Capitalizes on Dowry Trees
In Cooperstown New York eleven men reforest a two tract to form the Forest of a Dozen Dads. In southern Itsy fathers plant a tree for each daughter at birth and harvests support dowries when the trees mature. The cycle aims to boost births and trees.
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Cooperstown
N. Sus
Itsy
Ad Infinitam
Capper
Vast Forest Fires in U S History
The record states the Miramichi blaze of 1825 burned about 3,000,000 acres across Maine and New Brunswick, the Peshtigo fire of 1871 scorched 1,280,000 acres in Wisconsin, and the Great Idaho fire of August 1910 consumed about 2,000,000 acres.
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Forest Service
United States
Miramichi
Maine
New Brunswick
Canada
Peshtigo
Wisconsin
Idaho
Ancient Egyptian glass matches modern chemistry
Two California cities, San Francisco and San Diego, each boast a unique butterfly species not found elsewhere, while Egyptian tombs dating to 1400 B C reveal glass with nearly identical chemical composition to contemporary glass.
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California
St. Francisco
San Diego
Impasse Over Pets Prompts Quirky Exchange
A brief garden chat reveals a playful dispute about pet etiquette with remarks about a dog wanting to leave a card and a cat’s involvement, illustrating neighborly humor in a tiny domestic standoff.
New Star of Density Reported in Moving Pictures
A fragment from a pulp column notes a new star of unprecedented density, with a quip about a man seen in a moving picture. The dialogue hints at crime chatter and a girl with a ruined stocking above the knee, reflecting sensational scene chatter of the era.
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Victina—Wwell
Moving Picture
Bestos
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