Short Wave Signals Benefit From Rainy Weather and Timing
Scientists at MIT report short wave radio signals vary with weather and time of day. Experiments at Round Hill estate with Col. Green show better distant transmission during rain, and noon to afternoon periods yield stronger short‑range signals. Signals reach Europe Australia with antennas under 20 feet long and a movable two‑wire transmitter directs signals in multiple angles.
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Dartmouth
Mass
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Vannevar Bush
Edward L. Bowles
James K. Clapp
Department of Electrical Engineering
BE. H. R. Green
Round WU
Col. Green
Australia
Europe
South America
Altho
Rainy City Fashions Brighten Gloomy Streets
New York notes rainy days brighten the streets with brilliant raincoats in vivid colors. Modern women push for brighter wardrobes while moving season brings tenant farmers and shifting housing as October looming moves families.
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New York
Seminole Indians Seek Aid to Reclaim Lands in Florida Everglades
The piece profiles Chief Tony Tommy and the Seminoles of the Everglades, noting their struggle to access land for farming and livestock as historic encroachment and federal actions reduced their allotments. It highlights their culture, leadership, and calls for government support to ditch and drain 26,000 acres set aside for the tribe.
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Florida
Ft. Myers
L. A. Spencer
Broward
Palm Beach
Lee
Dade
Monroe
Gai Humphreys
Minnie Moore- Willson
Jungies
Seminoles deported 1840s and later land reclamation
Between 1840 and 1849 about 3600 Seminole men women and children were deported. An estimated 120 refused deportation. The current Seminole population in Florida is around 600. The government allowed fugitives to remain in a swampy south Florida region later set aside by the state for drainage reclamation begun more than 70 years ago.
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Kissimmee
Lake Okeechobee
Florida
Altho
Cape Sable
Tony Tommy
Musa Isle
Miami
Glades
Everglades
N É Hood
America
Leoach-Ishtahalin
Aba
Ada
Pheasant Heart Helps Woman Catch 8-Pound Pickerel
Cedar Falls report notes Mrs. George Donovan caught an eight pound pickerel at Mullan pond in Washington park using a pheasant heart lure. She earned first rink among local women fishers yesterday.
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Cedar Falls
George Donovan
Mullan Pond
Washington Park
Lawyer Dale Ends Life in Des Moines Shooting
Des Moines report states H. J. Dale aged 73, senior partner at Dale and Harrison, shot himself early today ending his life. The death marks the culmination of a long legal career in Des Moines. The firm and local bar express shock and extend condolences to his family.
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Des Moines
H. J. Dale
Dale and Harrison
Beauty ad touts MELLO GLO Skin-tone for pore reduction
An advertisement promotes MELLO GLO Skin-tone as part of a French beauty treatment. It claims to remove excess oil tighten muscles cleanse and reduce pores and beautify the skin. The pitch mentions Paul Davis Dry Goods Co as the seller.
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Paul Davis Dry Goods Co
OJoy Corn Wafers Offer Quick Relief
Tina newest remedy for corns is a tiny wafer that sticks to the corn or callous without acids or bulky pads. Press an O Joy Corn Wafer on the spot with your finger, wear shoes, and the pain steps at once. Six wafers for 1 cent at Wangler Drug Co. and C F Miller.
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Tina
Aruggist
Ojoy
C. Wangler Drug Co
C.F. Miller
No Losses Listed Thru Iowas Building and Loan Societies
Des Moines reports that in nearly 30 years of Iowa building and loan associations there has been no failure and no loss to stockholders. George Gallarno, chief of municipal accounting, told the Iowa League meeting that assets rose to 37 million dollars on Jan 1, 1826, with growth continuing for 74 associations.
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Des Moines
Iowa
George Gallarno
Auditor of State
Iowa League of Building & Loan
Gallarno
Iowa Rent Costs Exceed House Building Funds
Gailarno argues that Iowa tenants pay 3,326,477 monthly in rents totaling 39,917,364 annually. He notes this sum could fund building about 7,983 homes each year at 5,000 dollars per home, illustrating the disparity between rent expenditures and home construction.
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Gailarno
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Parkersburg Bank Officer Indicted for Embezzlement
Allison Iowa October 15 Special Db GC Schuler former head of the State Exchange Bank Parkersburg was held to the grand jury on embezzlement charges after a hearing before Justice W P Miller. District court convened Monday with Judge C E Kelley of Charles City.
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