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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1928
Page
8
Commissioner Caldwell notes the extraordinary efficiency of modern receivers, needing only eight hundred millionth of a watt to operate a radio set. A $100 set can pick up 50 microvolts per meter, with antenna assumptions yielding about 0.00000018 watts received, yet capable of delivering rich sound. Transmitters waste most energy, as only a tiny fraction reaches listeners.
Radio interference from electrical precipitators used to reduce smoke occurs when the high voltage rectifier creates sparks and RF current. Placing the rectifier close to the chimney or housing it in metal walls reduces trouble. if separated, a grounded wire screen around the leads and proper grounding blocks interference. Damp ing resistances in the wire line can also cut radiated power.
The article explains that new short wave listeners often encounter dead spots where the receiver cannot oscillate. These occur when the antenna resonates with a harmonic, absorbing power and hindering oscillations. Remedies include loosening antenna coupling or adding a small series capacitor to shift resonance away from active frequencies.
A Colorado Agricultural College questionnaire shows farmers buy radio sets mainly for entertainment rather than education. Broadcasts from KOA reveal entertainment programs top farmer interest, followed by mixes of entertainment and information, with purely informative programs rated lowest.
Washington reports that over 18,000 American Expeditionary Force veterans are in United States hospitals for war service related disabilities. The Veterans Bureau runs 50 government hospitals and uses 305 civilian facilities, with $700 million annual appropriation and $19 million yearly hospitalization cost.
The associate editor of Architectural Record notes average skyscraper life from 25 to 80 years due to rapid city growth. He argues modern towers with steel protection and proper maintenance could last a century or longer.
Judge Austin B. Griffiths of the juvenile court presents a satirical preserve recipe as pickling and canning season arrives. The instructions describe placing children and dogs in a grassy field, pouring a brook over pebbles, placing flowers, and baking in the sun before cooling in a bathtub.
Italy hopes veterans will return to farming and has announced prizes for the best farm yields by former service men as they adjust after the conflict.
The text notes the wolverine's notorious reputation and its disappearance within the United States, and cites a California census showing over 250 000 big game animals in the state’s national forests. It also muses on fate and errors by a shipping clerk.
An OCR fragment mentions figures on electrolysis risks to steel life and skyscraper longevity, hydropower dams, penstocks, a plant with 708 meters head, 100000 horsepower output, and river flooding mitigation, with stray phrases about a Canadian government and music.
An old advertisement urges shoppers to use Red Cross Ball Blue for gleaming white linens. The copy promises reliable results and directs readers to purchase at all good grocers.
Engineers working on a hydroelectric project near Sao Paulo, Brazil, redirected two rivers that previously flowed westward to now flow eastward. The ambitious feat involved rerouting waterways to power a new plant and meet project goals.
An advertisement urges readers with varicose veins to consult a druggist and use an original two ounce bottle of Moone's Emerald Oil full strength. Applied twice daily, it claims veins shrink to normal size and even piles respond quickly to the penetrating treatment.
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