Farmers Market by Radio Aids Northeastern Growers
Thousands of farmers gain market information via daily radio reports from New York state stations WBHAF WJZ WNYC in New York City WGY Schenectady WCAD Canton and WGR Buffalo. Reports cover prices and conditions for lettuce grapes and other commodities aiding bargaining power.
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George G. Royce
New York City
State Department of Agriculture and Markets
Cornell University
Mr. Royce
Pagan
New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets
WBHAF
WJZ
WNYC
WGY
Schenectady
WCAD
Canton
WGR
Buffalo
WHAM
Rochester
Radio Stations Aid in Corn Borer Fight
Radio stations in two states join the Department of Agriculture in a corn borer battle. A ten minute weekly talk series runs to May 1, with two programs Living With the Corn Borer for affected states and If the Corn Borer Comes for others. Ohio Indiana Michigan Pennsylvania and New England carry the first series while Delaware New Jersey West Virginia North Carolina Virginia Illinois Iowa Kansas Kentucky Minnesota Missouri Nebraska North Dakota air the second.
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Dloww
Department of Pesane
Department
Ohio
Indiana
Michigan
Pennsylvania
New England
Delaware
New Jersey
West Virginia
North Carolina
Virginia
Illinois
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
North Dakota
Soldered Connections Important in Radio Set
The article stresses clean soldered connections for radio sets. It notes 22 contacts in a five tube set, including 20 tube prongs, the battery switch, and the rheostat. Dirt or lead solder residues cause high resistance and noise in reception, making careful cleaning and soldering essential.
Output Filter For Direct Current In Audio Systems
An output filter provides an auxiliary path for direct current to the power tube to prevent it flowing through the speaker windings. Designed to avoid burning out the speaker winding and to reduce constant strain that degrades speaker quality and possible output. An output transformer serves the same function.
Timbales and Mousse Recipes From an Earlier Era
Classic timbales filled with meat and vegetable pastes, white sauce, and molded in timbale molds with ice water chilling. Also instructions for ham mayonnaise molds and various fruit mousses including apricot, apple, pineapple, and grape with detailed mixing, chilling, and serving suggestions.
Dinner Call by the Brady Family
The Indianapolis News notes a dinner call by the Brady family with a maid announcing “Your victuals are cooked” and a three year old later rushing to say “Your skillets are done cooking” to tell the family dinner is ready.
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Brady
Indianapolis News
Joint-Ease Promises Quick Rheumatic Relief
A vintage advertisement touts Joint-Ease for rapid relief of rheumatic pains in joints and muscles. It claims fast absorption and repeated use for quicker results, selling nationwide for 60 cents with a free tube offer from Pope Laboratories in Hallowell Maine.
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America
Pope Laboratories
Dee
Hallowell
Maine
Bayer
World film favorites shape Hollywood fashion insights
Paris fashion experts travel to Hollywood to track trends set by movie stars. A Hollywood insider claims Paris lags behind and French designers study studio styles, while New York London and Paris react with mixed pride.
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Paris
Hollywood
Campbell MacCulloch
T‘ Liberty
Cinema Capital
MacCulloch
New York
London
First Woman Qualified as Ship Broker in England
Miss Mabel Weller passes examinations in London becoming the first woman qualified as a ship broker in England. Her duties will involve negotiating cargoes for steamers worldwide, arranging with captains and crews of all nationalities, and applying technical knowledge of ships and markets to the profession.
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Fem
Belgium Guards Radium Rock to Protect Valuable Ore
Belgian interests owning vast radium bearing rock in central Africa assign special security. Armed sentries patrol day and night and barbed wire surrounds the district. Only authorized personnel may handle the metal as every rock sample is checked before sealing and shipment to extraction works.
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Africa
Handwriting Styles Classified by Legibility
A study by Leonard P. Ayres classifies handwriting styles by legibility into vertical at 90 to 80 degrees, medium slant at 80 to 50 degrees, and extreme slant at 55 to 30 degrees.
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Leonard P. Ayres
Start Right to Better Habits Says Grove Patterson
The Moline Register quotes Grove Patterson noting that starting in the right direction makes it easier to continue rightly and save money. He warns that wrong habits lead us astray, while good habits become powerful servants.
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Grove Patterson
Moline Register
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John Ruskin
Stearns
Hanford
Haarlem
Belgium
Radium
An Yu
Bayér
Allen
Alien
Lincoln
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