Word: ans
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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The present system of putting through a dial telephone call is as follows: For each of the first three letters of the called exchange name, and for the four figures of the number and the letter of the party line, the caller turns the dial. Each dial turn actuates a...
After showing off his talkie-phone, Mr. Grace demonstrated the newly Bell-discovered physiological fact that the human ear drum and surrounding tissues act in the same manner as the condenser plate of a radio receiver. He stuck one of his fingers into an ear of one of his audience...
In Kirksville, Mo., gunmen accidentally shot Mrs. William Wilson through the left breast. She did not die. An X-ray showed that her heart was on her right side.
BABES IN THE WOOD?Michael Arlen? Doubleday, Dor an ($2.50).
These are typical Arlen tales: A young would-be man-about-town finds himself the protector, against his inclinations, of a fascinating girl's honor. A fascinating girl fascinates three young men who are all agog to be fascinated. A fascinating older woman fascinates an older man and then leaves...