Cable link creates world’s longest telephone line
Indiana Bell officials announce completion of a Chicago to New York telephone cable spanning 82 miles, with 447000 miles of wire inside a lead jacket enabling 200 conversations simultaneously. The route passes Gary Hammond South Bend Elkhart Goshen LaGrange and Toledo before reaching New York. The system reduces past outages from sleet snow and power lines.
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Indianapols
Chicago
New York
Indiana Bell ‘Telephone Company
Gary
Hammond
South Bend
Elkhart
Goshen
Lagrange
Toledo
C. M. Rottger
Indiana Bell
W. M. Curram
Anngte
Take Phosphate and Grow Strong Ad
An old advertisement touts Evans' Triple Phosphates as a remedy for fatigue lack of ambition and weak health. It claims many Americans lack phosphorus and promotes Evans' Triple Phosphates available at Williams' Pharmacy.
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Woolery Foods
America
Williams’ Pharmacy
Adv
Waitress Stella Faces Love and a Hidden Wedding Twist
Chickie muses on love and money as Stella, a flirtatious worker, endures harsh truth and jealous schemes. Stella confronts rejection, recalling past hopes of marriage to John Bluely while news of his wedding to Evamah surfaces, hinting at a dramatic shift ahead.
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Stella
John Bluely
John
Janina
Satine
Chickie
Lewis
Stefl
Evamah
Emer ald Oil promised to reduce varicose veins quickly
A vintage advertisement touts Emerald Oil as a powerful germicide that quickly diminishes varicose veins and swollen legs. It claims rapid relief, old piles may recede, and urges purchases at Williams' Pharmacy with a two ounce bottle, promising full strength and substitution refusal. The page also notes that Thomas Jefferson died fifty years after signing the Declaration of Independence.
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Williams’ Pharmacy
Adv
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N. York
Patoka
Tate
Chickte
Mira
Jakie
Jake
Hough
Pol
Engh
Barry
Mr. Red
Stel
Stella Wilson
Ste
Peister
Stélla
Thomés Jefferson
Fifth and
Walnut Streets
Westinghouse
Electric Co
Bill Ding Sez
W. M. Simpson Lumber
WM. Quilliam, Mgr
Phone
Warren Routt & Sons Second
Perce
Reel-Blue Lumber Co
Louis Foy
Mgr
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