Use of New Type Dictaphone Will Expedite Railroad Work
A Chicago Great Western test shows a new Edison dictaphone linked to a telephone circuit can transmit distant railroad sounds and conversations clearly to dispatchers. In trials between St Paul and Nerstrand the device accurately relayed train whistles, bells, wagon noises, and verbal exchanges, aiding train location and dispatch efficiency.
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Marble Rock Social Notes Span Illness Moves and Meeting
Mrs. James Barr has been ill but showed improvement today. G 2B Robison plans to move his family to Clear Lake soon. Mrs. N Wayman from Exiga visited her father H N Merrick for a week. Christian church ladies served a dinner at the Beeler house raising funds. The third lecture of the firemen series by Thomas Brooks Fletcher was held at the opera house Wednesday evening.
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