Overcome Long Line Telephony By Loading Technique
The article discusses solving distance speech loss via loading. Engineers test long distance lines from London to Madrid via Paris and Liverpool to Marseille. Pupin calculations guide placement of coils to counter distortion, enabling speech across thousands of miles. Boston to Omaha is cited as a long workable distance. A humorous note about bachelor judgment appears at the end.
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London
Madrid
Paris
Liverpool
Marseilles
Sangat- St. Margaret’s Bay
Lon- Wa
Pupin
Boston
Omaha
Bad as a white elephant in Baltimore land deal
Baltimore dealer August Schmidt bought two inches of ground on Baltimore street for 740 dollars per inch but cannot profit or place a sale sign. The 1904 Light Street widening left a useless two inch strip that could burden the Justis estate, which owns the adjacent corner. Schmidt led a bid against the Justig estate before others withdrew. His deed bans any sign or billiard and building laws make a wall impossible.
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Baltimore
C. Schmidt
Baltimore Street
Justis
Schmidt
Justig
Language games fail to birth universal speech
In Albany, N Y the piece argues that artificial languages like Volapuk Esperanto Ro Ido and others cannot become universal for business or inter nation communication. It asserts only a truly living language can unify nations and names English as the destined global medium, despite past efforts.
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Albany
Ibex Hunting Best Sport Says Philadelphia Pair in China
Benjamin Chew and G Harrizon of Philadelphia return from six months ibex hunting in China. Chew praises Thian Shan high up near Shan-Tengri at 24 000 feet as the best sport, recounting crevasse hazards and a six ibex haul from a single encounter. They endured long treks with mules and packs while surviving on mutton and potatoes and tobacco for their pipes.
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New York
Benjamin Chew
G. . Harrizon
Philadelphia
China
Chew
Rocky Mountains
Africa
White
Thian- Shan
Shan-Tengri Peak
Hagrisgh
Bintingsground
Mr. Chew
Mr. Harrison
University of Missouri women form etiquette rules panel
Twenty students at the University of Missouri, chosen by Miss Eva John, adviser to craft campus etiquette guidance. They will decide if it is proper to meet in the library, play cards or dance after supper, or stroll after dark, amid campus social expectations.
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Columbia
University of Missouri
Eva John- 800
Knifing rattlesnakes a dangerous pastime in Denver story
Denver tale recalls Dieck Haynes a fearless youth who taunted a diamond rattler. An eyewitness notes multiple knife incidents, a near fatal strike, and Haynes later turning to guns after a close call.
Rattling At The Crucial Instant In A Desert Encounter
In a tense desert encounter Dick faced a rattlesnake as his knife flashed and the creature was killed. Dick was bitten on the thumb but the wound showed no marks upon examination. He rode to camp with his knife drawn and whisky poured to calm the moment, vowing to never pursue a rattler again without caution.
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Denver
Col
Dieck Haynes
Pate
Stage performer improvises with household items vaudeville act
The speaker recalls reuniting after years and explains his business on stage. He jokes about his limited singing and claims he makes a living by performing Annie Laurie on a stovepipe, clam shells, coffee pots, and a cigar-box fiddle, creating a prime vaudeville act.
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Sa & Prime
Cost of the Army and Navy in US history
A humorous cartoon note from Puck cites a village cornetist barber massaging a patron as a joke about fingering the Second Hungarian Rhapsody. It also states the United States army and military academy spent $103,727,000 last year while the navy spent $236,009,000.
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New York
Puck
Army
Navy
United States Army
Military Academy
Vegetarian Substitutes and Nutritious Cooking Tips From Kiser
Advice on meat alternatives for cost and health, featuring eggs milk cheese beans and nuts. Includes recipes for nut bread custards and white sauce tips, plus guidance on fats oils and flavoring vegetables for vegetarian diets.
Life of a newspaper man in Russia and Chinese telephone women
A Moscow editor notes reforms abolish czar era censorship but raise fines and possible imprisonment for editors. Russian papers remain unprofitable with low city circulation despite high literacy. In Beijing, Chinese girls trained in San Francisco work as central operators in the new telephone system, using poetic nicknames like Lily of the air and Butterfly that talks.
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America
Russia
Moscow
Ag Euch
San Francisco
Peking
Record Card Notes A La Carte Spaghetti Table Record
The clipping mentions a Tallam table record held by dicote-Me and a phrase about a mile of spaghetti in three initiates and a half. The readable text is fragmentary and unclear. No definitive event or names beyond the cited odd phrases can be confirmed.
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Tatlan
Noody Mystery In Soup Sparks Family Quip
In a playful exchange, Marjorie asks what noodies are made of while Dorathy, eight, retorts they grow like spaghetti. The humorous moment appears in a Harper’s Magazine snippet reflecting domestic chatter.
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Marjorie
Sis
Mother
Dorathy
Harper's Magazin
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