Birth and Hood of the Telephone Signals
In early Bell experiments 1876 to 77 signaling evolved from tapping the diaphragm to pencil thumps, then a hammer switch, leading to Watsons buzzer and finally the magneto electric bell. Watson notes public resistance, the shift to practical calling devices, and the bell’s lasting global use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Watson
Bell
Mr. Watson
Williams
The
Republic
Cal Bell
Carty
Fourth Degree Interrogation Solves New York Murder
Inspector Thomas Byrnes uses a controlled fourth degree to pressure five suspects in the Louis Hanier murder case. A pawnbroker identifies Michael McGloin as the killer’s gun, and hidden witnesses surface as Byrnes stacks evidence, culminating in one suspect confessing under confinement.
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Thomas Byrnes
New York City
Louis Hanier
America
Byrnes
New York
Hanier
Michael McGloin
Rouges
McGloin
Hanier House
McQloin
McGioin
Sage Tea and Sulphur Compound Restores Hair Color
An old time remedy promoted to darken gray hair and restore natural color. The ad claims Sage Tea with Sulphur, or Wyeth’s Sage and Sulphur Compound, removes gray strands after several applications. It advises home preparation or purchasing from drug stores and describes brushing through hair to achieve darker, thicker, shinier hair by morning.
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Wyeth
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Watson
Waco
Womens
Fisk
Peeda
R. Cloon
Wakefield
Michigan
T. S. Crosby
Kerkes Building
Wakefield, Michigan
Wheeler Syndicate, Inc
Bessemer Laundry
Proteau’s
MM. J. McGinty
Milwaukee Tank Works
Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Telephone
Frederickson Garage
Hanson Brothers
Standard Oil
Standard Oil Company
Wakefield, Mich
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