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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1911
Page
2
The Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone Company reports Pupin rolls installed every eight miles will boost voice reach from San Antonio to distant regions. The device intensifies signals enabling longer, clearer conversations and may double current telephonic radius with larger wires.
Robert Tevden, nicknamed the ticklish mun, was punched and another man wounded by a knife after a tickling incident at a freight station. Mayden, Hodis, and others were arrested as police investigated the disturbance.
A Paris dispatch reports a Geneva writer tracing silk hose origins to Henry II during his sister's 1664 betrothal. It notes a 1666 stockers factory in Bois de Boulogne, the rise of a Society of Stocking Makers, and later ribbed stockings in Maryland with French adoption spreading to Paris and Lyons.
A historic price list lists trunks pianos cycles rocking horses stoves moving picture machines lanterns and more. The catalogue also features stuffed animals dolls Xmas cards holiday books and boys and girls series by Sophie May Burnett Alcott and Alger with colorful fairy tale and picture books.
The article describes phantom circuits that carry conversations over 1760 miles using two separate lines. It notes the concept of Hon&ing these circuits like a Pupin call and mentions daily conversations between New York and Denver. It recalls the old method requiring linemen to climb 67010 feet and install porcelain insulators replacing glass ones.
A London luncheon of the Society of American Women reported the group now well established and trusted in London. The aim is to connect leading American and British intellects and foster cross Atlantic collaboration while promoting equality of women.
A university student and a fellow youth, from good families, were arrested for multiple thefts at the Guard’s stores. They reportedly manipulated pay shacks stamped by the cashier to take goods, with purchases totaling over $500.
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