Vacuum tube as amplifier described in detail
The text explains three-electrode vacuum tubes acting as detectors and amplifiers. It defines the amplification constant K, the straight portion of the characteristic curve, and how symmetrical grid changes produce proportional plate current changes. It discusses distortion near curve bends, saturation, and the distinction between RF and AF amplification in radio receivers, plus how multiple tubes increase apparent signal strength.
Radio and Spirits Frying Noise Mentioned in Radio Talk
An October discussion in Muncie Indiana cites a frying noise from radio currents as an explanation for a strange sound. Gifford Pinchot thanks radio for his governor nomination as a primary influence. A Chicago inventor claims radio can contact spirits amid anti prohibitionist concerns. Portland core department seeks funds for radio receivers for police cars and stations. Lord Northcliffe predicts radio will reshape journalism like the linotype.
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Muncie
Ind
Bacon
Gifford Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Chicago
Portland
Ore
Lord Northcliffe
Stork Visits Newtons as Baby Joy Arrives
In southwest Emmet County a baby boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Newton on Thursday. Local activity includes a school vacation for teachers institute, a neighbor visit by Laura Harrington, and a surprise birthday party at P. P. Peterson’s home for Raymond Berg. Raymond Berg and family visited Gilbert Osher, while Ralph Schacherer and a companion attended the Spencer Fair returning without coats.
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Stork
G. B. Newton
Teachers Institute
Laura Harrington
Snapers
Twelve Mile Lake
Raymond
William Maher
Kerry Berg
Ralph Schacherer
Lady Friend
R. Brown
Clarksville
Geo. Davis
Ray Paulson
Anna Thompson
Kansas City
Superior
A. C. Bringle
Beth
Lake Park
Ruth Clump
A. Lewis
Lake
Mrs. R. Brown
Estherville
Jay Bosworth
Mrs. Brown
Bosworth
Floyd Emerson
Spencer
Superior Lumber Co
F. S. Emerson
Williams
Wessington
N. C
Elvy Isging
Hardware
Lloyd Weaver
John Rogers
Haines
Ray Eads
Jim McDonough
Mr. Lanning
Pepper school notes announce debate topic and staff
Interstate debates will tackle repealing highway law in favor of a state bond issue to fund immediate hard surfacing of all primary roads. Pepper staff selections are announced for the coming year with Editor in chief Deemer Lee and others, a Friday high school meeting at 8:30 dismissing at noon for Emmetsburg game, and seventy students assigned to declamations with Mrs Biedermann hired to assist for a month starting Monday.
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The
Pepper
Deemer Lee
Lewis Wasserman
Julius Osher
Olive Morse
Irene Heyer
Dorothy Lee
Emmetsburg
W. H. Biedermann
Amusing Cavalry Incident From Kilpatrick’s March to the Sea
Albert Downing of the 8th Indiana Cavalry recalls a clash near Buckhead Church during Kilpatrick’s march to Waynesboro Georgia. Confederate artillery frightened mules and workers, a saber charge blocked a road opening, and a comrade from the 5th Kentucky Cav died later in an ambulance, reported by Bosley and Capt. White.
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National Tribune
Kilpatrick
Waynesboro
James Shiel
Ind. Cav
Wheeler
Buckhead Church
Cav
Buckhead Creek
Sergt. Shiel
Bosley
Co. A
Ky. Cav
White
3D Ky. Cav
Albert Downing
Co.b
Estherville
Iowa
Working People Pay Bills Incurred By Big Strike
Bayonne News notes that the coal strike cost America over a billion dollars and that workers paid the bill. It argues strikes are unnecessary with courts and governments upholding workers’ rights, and questions who actually funded the losses, highlighting the burden on standard workers. The item also reports Shawnee Oklahoma citizens offering protection to Rock Island shop employees and deputizing the mayor to enforce safety and openness of factories.
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America
England
Europe
Bayonne
N. J
Chicago
Ill
H. E. Allen
Estherville
Linthicum
Shawnee
Oklahoma
Rotary Club
T. H. Beacom
Community Notes Highlight Local Visits and Moves
Superior residents share visits to Clarksville Manchester and Estherville, with many neighbors hosting gatherings and church services. Baptisms occur, households relocate, and the town prepares to install an Apax chemical fire extinguisher while welcoming newlyweds Mabel Willard and Ralph Ewing to Spencer.
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Emmet County
Chamber OF Commerce
Rock Island
Raife
I. Lanning
Clarence Brubaker
Phil Bardell
Freeport
F. J. Clump
Brubaker
Clump
Estheville
John Campbell
Mr. Campbell
Sibley
W. O’brien
Joe Prochaska
Yetter
Prochaska
J. R. Keltz
E. Briggs
Springfield
Minn
Essie, Clabaugh
Spirit Lake
Hochkiss
Harry Perkins
F.S. Emerson
Beers
Rob Nicol
L. Doolittle
Milford
A. Yoch
Tom Miner
Jesse Mettler
Blairstown
Mr. Miner
Mabel Edna Williard
Ralph Ewing
Willard
B. Ewing
Nau Brothers