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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1927
Page
5
Dr. J. H. Dellinger of the Bureau of Standards explains progress toward directional radio beams. He notes early Marconi parabolic reflectors, modern beam systems used by Britain, and challenges in achieving sharply confined beams for global messaging. The directional finder aids navigation especially in fog.
More than 200000 radio receiving sets are in use in Sweden marking a rapid development of interest extending across the country.
Reader notes persistent corrosion on storage battery terminals and fumes. A DIY fix uses six inch bus bars soldered to each terminal with wires clipped to the bar, placing connections away from acid fumes and reducing corrosion.
The article explains grid leak values for detector tubes, stressing constant resistance under all conditions for maximum efficiency. It lists standard metalized grid leaks from International Resistance Co, notes higher plate voltage requires higher grid leaks, and recommends keeping several resistor values on hand for best performance.
A GE station in Schenectady set a radio record by sending Tasmania to Australia in five minutes. Australian Industrial Commission members spoke on 2XAF while 6:30 to 5:48 hours elapsed, with 5:53 a.m. reception of the full 4X AF program from Hobart via 7DX noting loud and clear audio.
Experts doubt the rejuvenation plan for radio tubes is fully practical. Success hinges on equipment quality and operator skill. Some overloading errors include gradual excessive loading or insufficient initial power before heavy loading.
A simple funnel, hidden in the utensil drawer, serves many daily uses. It can separate eggs, mold salads, form a hollow cake center for fillings, decorate pastries, and even prevent coffee from splashing if a glass percolator top breaks.
A 1927 Western Newspaper Union piece describes using a soaked coarse sponge as soil for decorative indoor plants. Sprinkle red clover, millet, barley, lawn grass, oats, rice, or other seeds into the sponge, hang in sun and water lightly. results include rapid green growth and varied feathery leaves with hardier options like sweet clover and creeping bent grass.
The mink is a well known fur bearer of the North American wedsel family. It is long bodied and heavy, with short legs and arched back making it walk slowly. It swims well and catches fish frogs crayfish or clams as food. It also feeds on small mammals such as moles mice and rats. Length about fifteen to twenty inches.
After a house plant blooms well it needs a rest in a dark cool dry area with reduced watering. It will later sprout new green shoots and should be watered thoroughly again before returning to sunlight. A little fertilizer helps once growth resumes.
Cairo reports a brisk fake mummy market where locals and pilgrims are duped by faked mummies of slave bones decked with gilded scarabs and amulets. Tourists pay thousands for counterfeit Ra meses or Aminhotep relics while natives improvise from bones and animals.
St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Tacoma is described as the oldest in the city with a steeple believed to be among the nation’s venerable towers. The text recounts the tree-turned-steeple built around a trunk left 48 feet high and the 1873 opening service, noting ivy growth and a bell sent from Philadelphia.
Detroit Mich Garwood Lanzeman a farmer near Brown City Michigan spotted a horseshoe with protruding nails in the road. He waded through mud to save a motorist and found a pocketbook half buried containing fifty dollars in bills.
A college senior enters as a freshman with a cow and builds a milk route. He now owns three cows and runs a flourishing business. Also notes children handkerchiefs look bleak after washing with Red Cross Ball Blue.
Monticello Illinois physician Dr W B Caldwell promotes Syrup Pepsin as a gentle, natural laxative for chronic constipation in children. He claims it avoids harsh purges, is harmless, pleasant for feared sick youngsters, and offers easy bowel regularity with a free sample offer.
London report of James Donaldson aged seventy seven who had been blind for twelve years and suddenly recovered sight. He first saw his son whom he did not recognize due to his growth of baldness. The loss of vision occurred while he was walking and then disappeared as abruptly as it appeared.
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