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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1927
Page
7
Geraldine Bonner's scene builds a tense private drama as Rawson returns and sybils image haunts a living room hoax. Shine's photo triggers shock and Stokes breaks, confesses a deadly crime, and Flora guides the reveal as Rawson recalls a doomed love and a final, fateful confrontation. The confession unfolds amid escalating fear and moral rot.
Dr J H Dellinger, chief of the Radio Laboratory at the Bureau of Standards, surveys the progress and limits of directional radio beams. He notes early Marconi parabolic reflectors, later beam systems, and British use for transatlantic traffic. While true narrow beams remain impractical, directional radio finds the strongest success in navigation aids like the directional finder for maritime use, especially in fog.
The article describes corrosion on storage battery terminals and a method to prevent it. It suggests attaching six inch bus bars to each terminal, soldering wires to the bus bars, and fastening clips to the opposite ends to keep connections away from the battery and fumes. This solution reduces corrosion and protects insulation.
On hospital steps Bassett and Williams confront a shocking reveal about Stokes. Flora discloses her husband’s morphine addiction and a concealed empty vial. Rawson unmasks Shine as the deliberate trickster whose ruse sparked the dramatic climax, while Joe Tracy appears to have fled on private business.
The article notes multiple 13s in Richard Wagner’s life including birth in 1813, opera dates such as The Flying Dutchman in 1841 and Tannhauser in 1844, Das Rheingold in 1854, Parsifal in 1882, Paris plans in 1861, Bayreuth Ring premiere in 1876, and his death in 1883. It highlights a curious pattern linking his dates, titles, and numbers.
Theodore G. Hulett recounts a $10 prize for the first boy to fly a kite over Niagara Gorge and fasten its ends to trees on both sides. Homan Walsh from Lincoln Nebraska succeeded. The next day a stronger line crossed the gorge and a rope strong enough to haul the iron cable was set, carrying the cable across to secure it to solid rock five miles above Lewiston.
More than 200000 radio receiving sets are in use in Sweden signaling rapid nationwide growth in radio interest and adoption across the country.
The article explains grid leaks in detector circuits and why they must stay constant for best efficiency and minimal noise. It presents a table from International Resistance with recommended grid leak values for metalized registers and notes that higher plate voltage raises the ideal grid leak, advising multiple resistor values for experimentation.
General Electric station 2XAF broadcast from Schenectady to Hobart Tasmania in five minutes. Four Australian Industrial Commission members spoke from 5:30 to 5:48 a.m. The 2AHM amateur in Schenectady received the test message from 7DX Hobart at 5:53 a.m. The note praised the transmission as loud and clear with audible microphone rustle.
The article argues that rejuvenating tubes is not wholly practicable despite some successes. Expert opinion hinges on the equipment and operator skill, with risks from both overloading and improper initial power application, including cases of moderate overloading without a strong power start.
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