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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1925
Page
16
A four tube radio set carried by a Canadian Rockies expedition proves radio receptivity across a vast, previously thought dead area. The gear endures pack train mishaps and a charging bull caribou before speakers resume listening by tepee fire.
A scanned radio digest lists Monday and Tuesday hours across networks including WMAQ WGN WLW WFAA KOA WLS and more. It catalogs orchestras, ensembles, quartets, violinists sopranos and organists with times and featured pieces across Chicago Dallas Cincinnati Detroit Denver Pittsburgh and other cities.
An item notes a phonetic dictionary promoted by the Courier for 98 cents with three coupons. It claims help with crossword puzzles and vocabulary and encourages collecting coupons for a value boost. The piece also mentions a pastor criticizing evolution and atheism, praising creation and the Holy Spirit's power in regeneration.
Rev William Wilkins leads Burton Avenue Baptist Church special meetings with a 25 member gospel team under Neil Kepale. A songfest and testimonies open the program as Genesis based sermons address controversial questions raised by Bible critics over two weeks.
An ad urges using Musterole to combat influenza grippe and pneumonia starting with a cold. It promotes counter irritation, warming tingles, and quick relief, claiming it can prevent serious illness and offering Children's Musterole in milder forms for babies and small children.
Pittsburgh March 16. H P Davis of Westinghouse urges interstation linking via short waves to broadcast programs simultaneously worldwide. KDKA signals are already repeated by stations in Great Britain Germany South Africa Australia Argentina and Hastings Nebraska with KYW and WBZ now able to pick up and repeat. A single program could be heard on four continents, expanding with further short wave development.
Mr Davis predicts short wave links will dominate future broadcasting with stations like KDKA and KDIKA forming a network. Short waves enable multiple transmission channels, cheaper setup, and require fewer operators, paving the way for worldwide and national program linking as development proceeds.
The Associated Press reports that in Hawaii football has become a close rival to baseball in popularity, based on paid attendance figures for both sports released by J. Honolulu officials note football’s rising appeal as the season approaches.
Ashman Beaven, owner of Moiliki park in Honolulu, notes a 73 000 attendance for the short football season including Occidental College of California versus MWawati and Colorado University versus Pearl Harbor navy team and Hawaii. Last year senior league baseball attendance reached 78 000 across four times as many games. Beaven announced future plans.
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