Listening In On The World And The Wire
A 1910s style piece notes the spread of radiophone hobbyists in America aided by the Navy Radio Amateur Bureau which coordinates lectures and concerts for 500,000 youths. An anecdote describes wireless music heard when the wire touched a standpipe, illustrating early amateur radio enthusiasm and official interest.
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Americ
S. Navy
Verht News
Sin
Amateus
Navy
Navy Radio Amateur Bureau
Popular Science Monthly
United States Navy
Bedi Amad Jureau
New York City
Abandonment of R R Prevented by Union Pacific Agreement
Washington DC report on an Interstate Commerce Commission conference where Union Pacific and road owners agreed to operate the Saratoga and Encampment line for three years with an option to purchase at scrap value. Union Pacific to cover deficits or share profits, else pay 5 percent interest and return road in current condition. The line serves a growing cultural area in Carbon County Nebraska and irrigated land plus mineral and timber resources are noted.
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Washington, D.C
Saratoga and Encampment
Union Pacific
Interstate Commerce, Commission
Warren, Kendrick and
Serenant
Mondell
Nicholson
Colorado
L. E. Armstrong on= lins
Gray
Morse Brothers
North Platte
Carbon County
St’ Bizoming
Armstrong
Coal Miner Peliski Oneany Declares Defiant Message
A Russian coal miner named Peliski Oneany reportedly told rivals to go mine for coal themselves, delivering a defiant challenge about earning a ton and criticizing others for seeking advantage.
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Peliski Oneany
Fragmentary notice yields unclear reward message
An OCR fragment mentions a large reward offer and names but lacks coherent details. The text is garbled with stray words and broken phrases, preventing reconstruction of the event, participants, or location. No verifiable entities or actions can be established.
War veteran kinfolk and Pershing ties in America
A Kansas family linked to Civil War veterans and 20 daughters with one son in World War service is highlighted. News notes include Pershing heirs in Tangipahoa Parish facing tax sale, a plea to colonize land for rehabilitated veterans, details on Pershing's unknown soldier and Argonne cemetery, the Bayern liner near New York with disputed Legion contact, and private plans for Marshal Foch’s armament conference visit with Briand leading the French delegation.
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Independence
Kansas
Mann
Bruner
Pershing
Tangipahoa Parish
John J. Pershing
American Legion
Amite
General Pershing
Marshal Foch
America
Washington
Paris
Briand
Got Her Good Health Out of a Bottle
Mrs Edward Raifsnider of Wabash Indiana credits health to Chamberlain's Tablets. She suffered distress after eating and constipation and was completely cured by their use.
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Edward Raifsnider
Wabash Ind
Chamberlain
Militant Legion Debates Grover Macereth Draft Resolution
The Milwouri state convention of the Anturlean Legion announced a resolution concerning Grover macereth, a draft deserter, to be introduced. A reader challenge triggered an adopted motion with unanimous support from delegates. The article also notes voting rules for ex service men in Birmingham and a line about disability-based poll tax exemptions.
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Milwouri
Anturlean Legion
Grover
Macereth
Birmingham
Ala
Legion
Seven foot two post carries colors at Legion convention
A tall serviceman, seven feet two inches, will carry the colors of his post at the American Legion national convention in Kansas City this month. He served in the air corps. Four bodies lie unidentified in the report.
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The
American Legion
Kansas City
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