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The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1922-06-20
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= MY MOTHER
. . =

OF all the dear faces on earth to me
1t is my Mothers / wish to see;
How well remember and think OF
the day
When knelt at your knee and you
taught me to pray.
love you for it; I'll praise you more
When we meet up yonder on. that
beautiful shore.
Oh, Mother of all Mothers, love you
so,
And to Heaven know you are bound
My mother, so patient, so good and
so true,
No mother on earth is SO good as
you;
Your steps are feeble, your hair is
I'll be so sad when you have gone
away,
But you'll not be lonely when you get
up there,
And your baby girl will meet you on
that golden stair.
My own sweet Mother, my heart is
rent
That your sweet, noble life is almost
spent;
But I'll try to be brave and think
like this,
That you'll live in Heaven in rapture
and bliss.
So, Mother, be happy and don't feel
sad,
am not far away-that's not so bad;
| am thinking of you and each night
pray
| am proud of my Mother, who taught
me the way.
When from this earth to Heaven you
have gone
This world will lose its most precious
charm.
I am proud to know you are loved so
well;
That, my Mother, am glad TO tell
My Mother, this message ! send to
you,
Both love and kisses I send you, too.
My business. it's dull and hardly
worth while;
If I don't get nickeIs ! do get smiles.
Now, Mother, don't worry, I'm com
ing home soon,
III bring my banjo and play you a
tune;
Oh, Mother, be cheerful and don't
feel sad;
This message I send you-it was all
/ had.
I am with good people. as you shall
see,
And old Mt Sterling Is the place for
me.
Now, Mother. goodbye, I win have to
say,
| will write TO you another day.
Goodbye. dear Mother, az all Is well;
This message was written by your
own Ada Belle.
Ada B. Greene. Mt Sterling, Ky.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1922-06-20
HUNGRY CHILDREN

A mother was looking over a DO,
old old photographs and her LITTLE
boys was an interested watcher BY
her side. AS one picture came into
view the boy exclaimed, "Whenevel
see picture of Auntie Gertrude 1,
makes me feel hungry" Afterwards
he explained that it was because she
brought him so many good things tc
eat.
The aunt referred to was a very
busy woman, yet she always manag-
ed to find time to slip a gingerbread
man, or a popcorn ball, or surprise
package into her bag for the children
where she visited. Another child
never forgot a basket trimmed with
colored tissue paper, holding home
baked cookies that her aunt brought
to her after she had been sick.
Food plays an important part in a
child's life and a mother may teach
by it as well as by other things. All
children love surprises, and little
faces brighten on stormy days when
raisin cake baked in their own lit
tie pan appears, or lunch box din
ned is placed on the playroom table
with dainty sandwiches and fruit,
and manybe bit of candy or few
nuts.
Any little boy or girl likes to learn
to cook when mother is cooking and
though that it not am especially good
time for mother in one way, yet in
another way it is the best time, for
children are happy when busy and
learn quickly when interested. When
! mother makes bread, the little tot
should have ball of dough and a
raisin or a bit of jam to make bis
cult. If the child has dishes large
enough-and this is important, for
there should be a small pan or un-
breakable dish to do the cooking in
the work can be done exactly as
mother does it and therefrom come
the first lessons in cooking.
Il could turn those doughnuts,"
suggested a small boy to his grand
Gother. who was making the tooth
some goodies. She started to turn
him away as she was busy and a bit
nervous, but thought better of it and
showed the child just how carefully
it must be done. Consequently he
turned every single one in a most
grown-up way and informed the fam
lily proudly that night, Grandma and
l made doughnuts today"
The ten-cent store has many
small tin and enamel pan that would
make start towards a little girls
cooking set. and would give her lots
Of pleasure and profit II she learned
to take care of the pans and to cook
simple things In them. The best way
Of all Is to suggest TO child that
biscuit be made for daddy's supper,
or a tiny cake as surprise for
playmate. Thus the lessons in cook.
ing, planning and unselfshness are
learned together.-Lydia Lion Rob-
erts.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1922-06-20

Place your order for a motorcycle
now. Exclusive agents Harley
Davidson and Excelsior Motorcycles.
Motorcycle and bicycle parts and
accessories. Adams q Young. 127 K.
Short S.. Lexington, KY. (sl'ly)
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1922-06-20

You should hear fathers few re-
marks about a son who has time for
afternoon society stunts, or parhaps
you shouldn't
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1922-06-20

BE well and strong. BE full OF If,
and energy. Tanlac will do this fol
you.-Land & Priest.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1922-06-20

If misery loves company it's up to
everybody to get married.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1922-06-20

ship by cooperating with the most
influential factor of your commun-
ity.-Kenthcky School News.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-01
GREAT CARE MUST
BE EXERCISED IN
INSTALLING SETS
Don't blame it all on static"

Don't blame it all on static"
Especially if the weather is fair,
humidity low and temperature cool,
static interference is at its lowest.
But if you cannot get satisfactory
results in spite of good weather
conditions, look for some other
kind of interference.
= Perhaps; in setting up tie aerial
you have lined it up parallel to
nearby telephone or telegraph
wires. That reduces the efficiency
of the aerial.
Or, crossed wires in the receiving
set will impair the effectiveness of
the apparatus.
Care in installing the radio sets
leads to greatest possible efficiency.
Here's a way to reduce the bowls
and noises coming through your
receiving set:
Line your receiving set with tin
foil. Do not use glue, but paint
the interior with shellac and stick
the tinfoil to the wet shellac. Glue
is not an insulator
After the tinfoii is stuck to the
shellac, it should be grounded. II
you cannot obtain tinfoil in any
store, that from cigaret packages
will serve the purpose.
In addition, place aluminium
sheets between the vacuum tubes
and ground these.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-01

ers and touch it to the binding post
from which it was disconnected. A
sharp click should be heard. If no
click is heard, test out all connec-
lions to be sure that there is a con-
nection where there should be and
none where there should not be. 1t
may happen that one of the wires
has come loose or one of the con-
facts on the socket has become bent
so as not to make contact with the
bulb pins.
When everything is in order,
vary the tuning condenseFs until
signals are heard. If there has
been no mistake in the construc-
ton of the set there should be no
difficulty at all in hearing stations
loud and clear.
Sometimes a grid leak, consist
ing of a pencil mark between two
binding posts, connected between
the grid and the negative side of
the tilament, improves the opera
ton.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-01
loNews Views and Suggestions for Amateur Operators
Civilizations

Messages coming across the AT.
lantic by radio are too fast to be
caught on this side by the opera
tor So an automatic recorder is
used TO take down the dots and
dashes, as On a phonograph record
/ Then the operator can take his own
time tFanseribing the message from
this recorder.
Experiments are now being per
formed with a view to learning how
the Fadiephone can be used on pa
tieHts undergoing hospital opera
tions. 1t is thought palpitation and
other heart troubles may be dag
nosed by physicians many miles
removed from patients.
Free medical advice now is be-
ing given by radio to ships at sea
on both Atlantic and Pacific coasts
by the Radio Corporation of Amer
lea, cooperating with the United
States public health service and the
Seaman's Church Institute of New
York.
The United States army is saw
ing large sums of money by using
radio instead of kilograms in COM
munication between headquarters
and posts.
The Chicago board OF trade,
worlds greatest grain marketing
center, now broadcasts radio prize
quotations every 80 minutes on all
business days. The service is prov
ing of great value to middle west
ern farmers, board of trade mem
bers say.
Never touch the crystal with your
fingers when using a crystal de-
tector. Moisture from your finger
tips will cause a. film to form on
the detector.
One crowd that doesn't like
radiophones-Mexican revolution
lists! In the old days rebels start
ed activity by cutting down tele-
graph wires and paralyzing COM
munieation. Now the Mexican gov
eminent is planning to install an
elaborate radio system with gov
eminent, stations in all big cities
Meanwhile President Obregon is
Willing away the time with his OWE
private set.
Radio telephones are being estab-
lished on German express trains.
The tests having proved success
full, an extensive system is being
planned.
Fire Commissioner brennan of
New York announces that the work
of installing radio sets aboard the
city fireboats is almost complete. 1t
has often been found that when
the boats left their bases it was i'm
possible to recall them. Through
the means of the new equipment
and set of fire headquarters the
boats will be in constant communi-
cation with the big chief" Sets
have been working in almost every
fire house in the city for some time
but merely for the amusement and
entertainment Of the firemen who
installed them.
A short time ago a dance was
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-01
Building an Amateur Receiving Station

is allowed to stand in a discharged
condition for long periods.
In addition to the battery, a three
or four-ohm rheostat will be need
ed. This is put in series with the
battery and the filament of the
tube. q.
A small grid condenser of the
mica dielectric type will be requir-
ed. One of these may be made by
placing a piece of good grade mica
about 2 by inches between two
pieces of thin copper foil about 1 II
by 3 inches. The end OF one piece
of copper projects from one end of
the condenser while the end of the
other piece projects from the OPP
posite end of the condenser.
An audion tube socket, with four
spring contacts to make connection
with the pins on the base of the
tubes, will be required. 1t is hard
to make one that is completely sat
isfactory, and so it is best to pur-
chase one.
A "B'' battery, which is connect
ed in the plate circuit between the
phones and one side the filament,
will be required This battery
must be of the 22h-volt type. Sig
nal corps battery is the best type.
When all is in readiness, the set
being connected up as in some good
lookup, adjust the filament rheo-
stat for the highest resistance,
which is obtained when all of the
wire is in the circuit, and connect
the storage or "a" battery. Then
turn the filament rheostat up slow
ly until a hiss is heard in the re-
ceivers. If no hiss is heard, dis
connect one terminal of the receiv-
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-01
100000 RADIO
SETS USED IN
UNITED STATES
Increase From $1,000 I'm Less Than
Years Time-Rural Districts
Realize the Need.

Radio enthusiasts have increased
tenfold within the last few months
according to recent surveys that
have been conducted all over the
United States.
There are more than 100000 re-
eeiyiug sets in operation in the
United States as compared with less
than $4,000 a year ago. A striking
example of the increase is furn-
ished by Columbus, Ohio, where ap-
paratus had been a drug on the
market There the number of sets
has multiplied from 200 to more
than 1000 within the last two
months, according to equipment
dealers.
While the sets are being used
chiefly for pleasure and expert
mental purpose. they are being put
20 practical uses in many cases.
Numerous farmers are receiving
weather and market reports, and
police are receiving bulletins. Ser
mons, concerts, health talks and
style talks are transmitted. Uni
versities and professional operators
are cooperating.
ADpIUA1lldlC LIB ISpOTIGl
from various states and centers in
dicating the present number of
radio sets. According to A. L. Ben
son of St Louis, division manager
of the American Radio Relay
league, about 10000 radiophones
are used in four states as follows:
Iowa, $4,000; Missouri, $4,000; Ne
braska, $4,000; Kansas, 10000. In
St Louis alone there are more
> than 1900.
Cleveland, Ohio, reports probably
$4,000 radio enthusiasts, 1000 send
ing stations in greater Cleveland,
virtually all amateur, and 10000 re-
ceiving sets used almost nightly.
These estimates exclude commercial
sets. Cincinnati reports 500 sets
and Indiana has $500 amateur ra-
do sets and Indianapolis 1000 radi-
ophones.
The sets are increasing in almost
unbelievable numbers in all sec
tons of the country, especially in
the rural sections. The concerts
and reports received in the country
help to pass away the long winter
nights and farmers are gradually
realizing the need of wireless as
part of their equipment.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-01
AMATEURS URGED
TO LOOK OUT FOR
WIRELESS TAKERS

With the great popularization of
radio has sprung up a mushroom
growth of wireless equipment
manufacturers who are flooding
the markets with supplies. Some
are unquestionably satisfactory /;
but many are grossly inferior.
A word of caution to the anna
teur: Buy your equipment from a
reliable dealer only. Never take
anything tina tbs supposed to be
Just as good"
Take a standard product, even
if the price seems a bit higher. It
is much cheaper in the end.
Inscriptions dealers are prone
to exaggerate the receiving power
of their sets. Some instruments
that were sold to pick up" mes
sages 70 ra radius of several hun
dred miles, never received anything
from more than 10 miles.
ST. PauIs cathedral was com
pleted within 40 years.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-01
RADIO FANS-LISTEN In.

The Argus Radio is anxious to
hear from all amateur radio fans
and will be glad to assist IN the
solution of any difficulties. AM
ateurs are urged to make use of
the Question and Answer" column
and submit all problems and sug-
gestions relative to receiving and
transmitting sets. When you hear
from long distances or from some
new station let us know about it.
Your fellow amateurs will also be
glad to read about what you are
doing. Address The Argus Radio
Oregon produces about 10000, 600
dozen eggs annually.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-01
PART V.
Hints on the Construction of an
Audien DetectOr.
PART v.

hlutS UH Tie SUuStIuCt1OH VI OH
Audien DetectOr.
The audion detector takes the
place of the crystal detector. Be-
sides the audion tube proper, g.
volt $3.50 ampere hour storage bat
terry will be required. Dry cells
may be used, if desired, though not
as good results are obtained, since
the current is not as constant,
At least two sets of four cells
each will be required, connected in
series parallel. The cost of these
will be considerable. and since
there are several battery COM
panies now making storage batter
les especially for wireless pur-
poses, at prices as low as S15 for
new batteries, it is advisable to
purchase one of these. A $3.50
ampere hour battery will run one
tube continuously for about 50-75
hours before it will need reeharg-
ing. When it is necessary to re-
charge a storage battery it should
be taken to a service station, or 1t
may be charged from the city cur
rent by the use of a special bat
terry charger. me peSe plan - "
buy a battery charger, which viii
cost about the same as the battery,
and charge the battery little
about every two weeks. This will
keep the battery almost fully
charged all the time. A battery
will stand only a certain number
of complete charges and discharg-
es: therefore, a battery that is kept
at least half charged all of the time
will last much longer than one that
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-01
AMATEUR MUST
PASS OFFICIAL
TEST TO SEND
Stady Is Necessary Before Linense
Can Re Obtained to Operate
Transmitting station.

Radio signals from the weakest
source of supply travel TO the end
of the earth just the same as these
from high power stations.
They are not all picked up" be-
cause our receiving apparatus has
not yet been developed to the proper
sensitiveness. But each advance
of the science is bringing that de-
Velopment nearer.
With this increased receiving sen
sitiveness must come an increased
care in transmission. While there
is unbounded pleasure in unkering
with a sending set, considerable
confusion and damage may be
caused by its improper use.
Before an amateur may erect a
transmitting station-eyen OF the
smallest type-he must secure
first class amateur license from
the government
What Yea Must Know.
The applicant for this license
must be familiar with the adjust
ment and operation of wireless
telegraphy apparatus. He must 3e
able to transmit and receive ten
words a minute in code, He must
know the rules and regulations re-
garding interference.
The beginner should study the
booklet Radio Communication
Laws of the United States and the
International Radio Telegraphic
Convention" published by the gov
eminent printing Office, Washing
ton
In addition to the foregoing, the
applicant must be able to give a
complete diagram and explanation
of his apparatus.
If an amateur living in a remote
pair of the country cannot appear
before the government authorities
in person, he may obtain a second
class amateur license which viii
permit him to erect his station
But he will have to convince the
officials that he understands the
regulations. The first class license
will be issued sometime later when
an inspector visits the district
Usually these examinations are
held in the several custom houses
throughout the country. For In
formation concerning the nearest
office write to the bureau of naviga-
ton, department Of commers 2,
Washington.
The penalty for operating a
transmitting station without a Ii
cense is $500 fine and confiscation
of the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Of q
power.
But no license is required to in
stall and operate receiving set.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-01
HAVE YOU HEARD
| OF ANY SETS AS
SMALL AS THESE?

Found-the three smallest radio
sets in the world!
Ones in a box one-inch square.
Another's inside watch case. }
And the third can be carried
about in a cigar box.
All these miniature sets are own
ed by boy amateurs.
The inch-square outfit is oper-
ated by Alfred Giovanni, IA. He
lives in Knoxville, Pa. His whole
set except the earpiece fits inside
the tiny box.
Il think it's too big" he says
"As soon as l get time I'm going
to make one that'll fit inside a
thimble"
Does his set work?
Il should say so,' he says. 81
can hear anything within Is miles
and sometimes more. My only
trouble is that I'm always afraid
I'll lose my outfit"
The watch-case set is owned by
Henry Levison, 15-year-old high
school boy at Norwood, Ohio. He
made the set himself
He carries the arrapatus around
IN his watch pocket all the time
II he wants to catch a message, ali
he needs is headpiece, ground
and aerial wires.
Henry's range is great, consider
ing the small size of his instru-
ment. He can hear Pittsburgh IN
the east and Texas points on the
west.
Herbert Parish, Milwaukee boy
10, has rugged up his outfit inside 8
cigar box. He says he made tic
apparatus in Is minutes.
his set has a wide range ana
herbert says he can hear as we
as his friends who have depart
ment store outfits.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-01

The radiophone has Joined Chi
Cages police department
It's working "a hours a day from
Its sending station on the city hall
roof and receiving apparatus in
outlying precincts.
And it's making Chicago's crooks
nervous!
Nine fast racing cars in the serv-
Ice OF city detective headquarters
now are equipped with complete
radio sending and receiving sets,
keeping them continually in touch
with headquarters.
These cars are stationed in diff
ferent parts of the city for use in
emergency cases, as holdups or
murders.
Sitting in his downtown Office the
detective chief, learning of a spec
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-01

held on q plantation near Santa
Clara, Cuba. The music used in the
dance was transmitted from WGY.
the broadeasting station located at
Schenectady.
If your friends are not fortunate
enough to have radiophone. be
call them on the telephone, place
your radio receiver to the teie-
phone receiver and lo-your
friends, too, win listen in on that
Chicago opera. A New England
telephone company recently had all
of its subscribers doing it.
Students at Union College,
Schenectady, recently equipped a
baby carriage with a radio receiv-
ing set, and then as they trundled
the buggy along the streets sweet
lullabys transmitted from the col
lege broadcasting station were re-
produced to keep his lordship and
baby in good humor.
A amateur in Connecticut, the
proud possessor of a transmitting
set, guaranteed to cast the voice
over distance of at least one hun
dred miles, was surprised to re-
eeive a letter from a citizen Of
British Guiana, $500 miles away.
announcing he had received the
music and voice clearly.
Members of the Tufts College
Musical club recently sang at WGI,
Medford Hillside, Mass. They were
told not to doll up" for the ocoa-
sion, but none of them could bear
the idea of singing to thousands
without a proper sartoriaI setting,
SO they all appear I'd in their glad
dest of glad rags. 1t was too bad,
because there was nobody to aG-
mire them but the hardboiled radio
operator.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-01

tacular robbery in some outlying
precinct, can dispatch the nearest
car To the scene Of action by en-
ploying his radio instrument.
And when the car is rushing
through city streets at top speed
1t can stay i'll uninterrupted con-
neetion with headquarters.
Outlying precinct stations now
carry on most of their important
communications with headquarters
by means Of radio instead of the
old-fashioned private wire tele-
phone.
Charles c. Fitzmorris, Chicago
chief of police, is enthusiastic over
the future of radio in police work
and this is what he says about it:
Not long ago most of us were
inclined to look skeptically on the
efficacy and practicability of radio.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-01

in Chicago we have been using
the wireless telephone as an ad-
junct to police work for several
months. We are completely salts
fed with results.
81 predict a great future for the
utilization of radio as crime pre-
ventive. 1t makes for fficiency
everywhere by providing instant
communication. And it lessons 10
to l the chances of the escaping
crook to make good his getaway.
That's because radio is almost
an ubiquitous agent The police
man of the future, l predict, will
no longer go stalking his man with
a gun or billy, but rather will sit
calmly at the. station desk, and
trail the criminal through the air
with the speed of light
$50 far we have not found it
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-01

practical here to equip individual
patrolmen with unit sending and
receiving sets, but have confined
ourselves mostly to installing ra-
do apparatus on flying squadron
cars and in the various outlying
precinct stations. All of these
agencies are consequently stimuli
taneOusly in touch with each other
and with headquarters as well.
Il must say that wireless encour-
ages me as police chief because
of its possibilities to aid in the
work of crime detection.
Il consider the day not far off
when the crook will not wonder
what policeman is in pursuit, but
rather will grow apprehensive try
ing to figure out what wave length
is being used to bring him to JUS
ticei"