Dots and Dashes Interest Radio Fans at School
Elyria high school Radio Club plans a wireless sending station after learning Morse code and raising funds for an oscillator. Fifteen members study radio theory, install an 86 foot exterior aerial on the Washington building, build shortwave receivers, and aim to attract more students and guest experts as meetings continue after school each Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria High School
Joseph Sepper
Washinglton
Lepper
Three Boys Rescued From Harsh Conditions in Pine Canyon
L G Smith of the county forest reserve department at Pine Canyon station found three weak boys unable to attend school. He notified neighbors, food was provided, and community interest grew. Indications suggest their lives may brighten after months of hardship.
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Canis
L. G. Smith
County Forestry Department
Pine Canyon
Cal
Sidney
Harry
Albert Lane
Washingtons Hill in Mount Pleasant A Storied Past
Washingtons Hill Mount Pleasant area grew from cheap late 18th century land to a fashionable district. Commodore Porter bought it in 1816 and built a mansion, later sold to John Quincy Adams amid rivalries with Lafayette and Jackson. The Porter house burned in 1863. the area evolved into a stylish residential center under Mrs. John B. Henderson, with historic landmarks like the Meredian stone and Joaquin Miller log house relocated to Rock Creek park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Meredien Park
Porter
Mount Pleasant
United States
District of Columbia
Phoya
Florida Avenue
Commodore David Porter
Commodore
Decatur
Lafayette Square
John Quincy Adams
Adams
White House
Quancy Adams
Lafayette
America
Jackson
Porter Mansion
Porter House
Fourteenth
R Streets
John B. Henderson
Joaquin Miller
Rock Creek Park
Miller
Cincinnatus Hein
Sierras
Eugene Field
Gilsonite the Unique Utah Mineral and Its Rail Route
In Utah mountains a unique mineral gilsonite is mined only here and used in varnish paint insulation inks and buttons. A famed railway over Baxter Pass spans 24 miles of tracks to serve the distant deposits, twisting between cliffs six miles apart as the crow flies. First found on the Uintah Indian Reservation around the Civil War era it was once thought coal and named uintake before classification as asphalt.
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Utah
Salt Lake City
Baxter Pass
Uintah Indian Reservation
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Purity Pastry and Bakery
Elyria
East River St
Bilow’s Market
Broad St
Finnegan’s Bakery
Swifts
Heus
J.W. Baker
the Baker
Eal
W. Broad St
Capital Ould
Gents
Samuel H Gilson
Paris
M. Leon Riotor
Custiine Museum
W. A. Gerber
Jemima
Maxwell House
Jonathan
Pillsbury
Campbell’s
Haddock
Ott
Atlantic & Pacific
Reublin Bros
Service Grocers
Reublins
P. V
Jones Dairy Farm
Virginia
Jersey
Hubbard
Florida
Baldwins
California
Kinsley
Aunt Jemima
Log Cabin
Ladro Dexton
Battle Creek Foods
Edwards
Battle Creek
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