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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1927
Page
6
A collage of ads and notices includes building materials direct to builders, a mail list offer, a postal chess club, sale of farm land in Cheyenne County Colorado, and various product pitches. It also references a 1927 Kansas City issue and a humorous exchange about a painter’s life.
A German photographer tours Germany seeking leaning towers and finds three. The Frankenstein belfry in Silesia leans about three quarters but top remains upright. Bad Ems hosts an ancient road leaning tower once part of medieval fortifications. Ulm features the Metz gertorum butchers tower, once guild headquarters.
Time-tested remedy promises relief for croup in 15 minutes with no vomiting. Used for coughs colds and whooping cough. Available from druggists for 50 cents a bottle.
The Bureau of Mines states the current largest gas field is at Monroe Georgia. Previously the largest fields were in Cincinnati Ohio and in the South. An alternate potential large field is Amarilla Texas.
Advertisement claims A. O. Leonard offers a tiny internal megaphone like device that supposedly restores hearing and stops head noises. Full information promised from Suite 614, 70 Fifth Ave, New York City. Florida ad tone mentions a boy knowing his grip and a saying about anger and illness.
A technical note explains loud speaker windings are typically very thin wire around 40 gauge, easily overheating under overload. With radios to five or more tubes, plate current rises and stresses coils, risking damage unless the circuit current is moderated while preserving volume and sound quality.
Caution on starting and stopping with B eliminators to prevent open circuit voltage that damages transformers. Always switch on to power the filament first, then engage eliminator, and reverse process to switch off, unplug filament circuit afterward. Neglect risks transformer damage and unreliable operation.
Henry Laird, jailed in Monessen Pennsylvania on a disorderly conduct charge, slipped from his cell by testing an unlocked bar and walked to a theater. After the show police searched the city until his return to the lockup when a desk sergeant checked the jail. The piece also recalls Spencer F. Baird, the American naturalist, who traveled 20 to 50 miles daily in his youth.
A technical note explains that howling arises when a microphonic tube sits close to the loud speaker. It recommends placing the speaker 10 to 25 feet from the set and using sound dampening boxes or metal covers over tubes. Loose cabinet assembly may cause vibration transmission, and sometimes simply opening the cabinet lid stops the problem.
Technical note explains wave trap design focusing on passing a band of frequencies with a defined width around about 10 000 cycles. It notes stations often vary their wavelengths and frequency separation can be less than the nominal band width.
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