Radio sets on farms rise across United States
The Department of Agriculture estimates nearly 1,000,000 farm radio sets in use, with 25 to 40 percent of farms in some states holding receivers. Growth since 1923 is noted, along with cooperative broadcasting arrangements and a market news service extending to over 100 stations nationwide.
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United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Department of Agriculture
Department
Jyaye
Market News
Radio Market News Service
United States Bureau of Standards
Washington
Post Office Department
Washington, D. C
Bellefonte
St. Louis
Moi
Omaha
Neb
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Forefathers of Radio and Tuning Early History
An overview notes J A Fleming’s valve precursor to the radio tube and the crystal detector by Dinwoody and Picard in 1906. It explains how tuning separated nearby stations by adjusting transmitter and receiver apparatus to different wave lengths, enabling clearer reception.
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J. A. Fleming
DeForest
Dinwoody
Picard
Perfect walls with Alabastine dry powder
Alabastine is a white or tinted dry powder sold in 5 pound packages. Mix with cold or warm water and apply with an ordinary wall brush. Suitable for plaster, wall board, brick, cement or canvas. it resists rubbing off when properly applied. Request color chart or write Miss Ruby Brandon, Alabastine Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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Ruby Brandon
Alabastine Company
Grand Rapids
Mich
Speeding Motorist Challenges Indiana Justice of the Peace
A motorist hauled before a southern Indiana justice of the peace contends the charge is trumped up and implies wine as a reward for the local department. The exchange turns on the gravity of court experience with the motorist replying he has never been before a justice of the peace.
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Indiana
Justice of the Peace
Department of Justice
Court of ‘Justice
Justice of the ‘Peace
Captain Aims for Goal Amid Political Squabbles
In a heated exchange our captain declares readiness to score while a bystander questions the outcome. A critic notes that insulting others’ political beliefs does not win arguments or support.
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Radio Telegraph
Mickie
ASK
Golly
MR. Pruin
Oscar
Felix
OUR Comic
Joe
Elenoe
Se ‘As
Uticura
Denver
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