Unusual Answers to Dr I Q Questions From Coast to Coast
Dr I Q recalls odd responses on radio quizzes including a contestant in Seattle who answered weasel with pop goes the weasel and a West Texan who defined the principal use of cowhide as keeping a dog from falling apart. He cites a 1943 Detroit broadcast where a child asked if the kitten went to the bathroom prompting nationwide silence.
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Seattle
Dr. I. Q
Dallas
Detroit
Dallas Times-Herald
Edison early radio patent revealed in 1871 records
New York records indicate Thomas A. Edison received what may be the first radio broadcasting patent on December 29, 1871. Patent No. 465,971 states signaling between distant points can be carried on by induction without wires, foreshadowing modern radio transmission.
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New York
Thomas A. Edison
Political Announcements for Democratic Primary July 22 1950
The Sun publishes candidate announcements for county level offices subject to the Democratic primary on July 22 1950. WILSON F. WALTERS seeks County Attorney. MURKEL DICKEN seeks Sheriff seeking re election. G W Woody Blanton and Ernest Millsap also listed. ROBERT DEAN runs for Assessor-Collector. F W Fred Wright and E P Edger Jackson run for County Commissioner Prect 2 with Jackson listed as re election.
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The
Sun
Murkel Dicken
G. W
Woody
Blanton Ernest Millsap
F. W
Fred
Wright E. P
Edger
Washington Men Choosey in Selecting Girls They Marry
Washington's District Social Hygiene Society cites lower nuptial rates nationwide with housing costs in the capital, lingering war days pickeriness among Washington men, and a cautious, highly educated population as key factors. The source notes no proposed remedy and ends with an odd postscript about John D. Rockefeller and the University of Chicago.
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Washington
Ray H. Everett
District Social Hygiene Society
Everett
Mortimer Snords
Sheriff Sale Notice of Grayson County Texas 1950
The Sheriff of Grayson County Texas announces a tax lien foreclosure sale to satisfy a judgment of 87.30 dollars plus costs and interest. On June 6, 1950 between 2 and 4 pm at the courthouse door the real estate Lot 9 Block 4 Sunny Side Addition Denison will be sold to satisfy the decree against Orville D. Baker et al. The sale is subject to redemption rights and other legal rights. M G Dicken Sheriff and Lester Day Deputy Sherman Texas May 9 1950.
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State of Texas
Grayson
A. D
District Court
Grayson County
15Th Judicial District of Texas
Orville D. Baker
Texas
Sunny Side
Denison
M. G. Dicken
Lester Day
Sherman
Tex
Old-Age Assistance Checks Short Again in Texas
In Austin the State Department of Public Welfare reports old-age assistance checks remain 50 percent short for 225,187 recipients. April adds 465 claimants as funds stay tight. average monthly grants run about 33.63 dollars for aged and 38.02 for 6,432 blind recipients, with dependent children receiving about 42.68 dollars, 16 percent under the authorized level.
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Austin
State Department of Public Welfare
Shivers Warns Texas Soil Is Losing Fertility
Governor Allan Shivers warned on a state wide radio broadcast that Texas soil fertility is being exhausted and urged all Texans to join in soil saving efforts for future generations. The remark came during the weekly Governor Reports program. He stressed action in the current generation. A separate line notes that in 1949 male drivers were involved in over 90 percent of U S automobile accidents.
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Austin
Texas
Allan Shivers
U. S
Tire price jump inevitable, says Seiberling
St Louis reports J P Seiberling president of Seiberling Rubber Co Akron told Monday that tire prices will rise 10 to 12 percent by midsummer due to rising raw rubber and processing costs.
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ST. Louis
J. P. Seiberling
Seiberling Rubber Company
Akron
Ohio
Manitowoc woman gets back lost purse after 11 years
Mrs. Roland Sukow received 150 dollars in cash by mail with an unsigned note claiming the envelope returned the money with interest for a purse lost eleven years ago in Manitowoc. The postmark matched the city.
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Manitowoc, Wis
Roland Sukow
Manitowoc
Local Want Ads Hit Real Estate And Goods For Sale
A mix of classified notices lists goods for sale including a steel icebox and a four room house with five lots near Tom Bean, farm land at Vittitee farm, and auto parts. Also notices seek purchases of old papers eggs cream pecans hides and iron with dealers offering tires seeds and sprayers.
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J. D. Young
E. T. Sanderson
Paul Ryan
John Reeves
Vittitee
Tom Barbee
C. J. Meador Truck & Tractor Co
Tom Bean
W. L. Flowers
Texas
Karo Maxey
Stephens & Bryant
The
Reserve Life Insurance Co
Farley & Hill
Bassett’s
Blanton Home & Auto Supply
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Edison
Wilson F. Walters
Robert Dean
Whitewright
T. W. Ayres & Son
John D. Rockefeller
University of Chicago
Val
Stetson
Shivers
Graf Zepplin
Bacon
Rei
Bere
Tal PaTet
California
Kraft’s Velveeta
SWIFT
Carton
Babcock Auto Store
Barbee
Hannah & Son
Carrie Hamilton
Babcock Auto
Brunswick
Sudan
J. Meadow Truck & Tractor Co
Palace Theatre
Cole’s Hatchery
Coolerator
W. E. Stanford
First National Bank
Plymouth
Montgomery Motor Co
Dick Montgomery
Mer. & Co-Owner
Dodge
W. Main St
Denison, Texas
Virginia
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