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- Electro
Novelty Company
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The Daily Globe, Shelby OH – March 22, 1922
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- SHELBY
COMPANY
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- Incorporated
at Columbus to Manufacture and Sell Radio Telephone Sets.
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-
- "Attorney
W.
D. (William Dillon) Hood went to Columbus yesterday for the
purpose of filing incorporation
- papers
for the Electro Novelty Co., a Shelby concern which will be devoted
to manufacturing and selling
- electric
equipment including radio telephone sets and parts therefore
as well as all kinds of stamped metal
- novelties,
specialty machines, etc.
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- The
plant will be in charge of George Vuille, formerly joint owner of
the Shelby Machine and Tool Works and
- steps
have already been taken to secure equipment and start production.
It is planned to start modestly, building
- the
business on sound economic principles governed by the exigencies
of the electric and novelty supply fields.
- This
can be readily accomplished because standard machinery without
special or expensive equipment will
- be
used.
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- Arrangements
have already been completed for marketing the entire output of
the company through the Radio
- Sales
Service Company of New York. Capital of corporationis $25,000
all common stock and a number of prom-
- inent
business and professional men in Shelby are interested. As soon
as incorporation has been effected, the
- officers
and directors will be chosen. Further details of the company's
progress will appear in the Globe as
- they
develop.
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- What
is Radio ?
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- Is
it a plaything or does it amount to something?
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- Can
you really hear concerts at distant points ?
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- These
and hundreds of other questions are being asked as the radio
phone becomes more and more popular.
- There
is just one way to answer these questions. Everybody's plugging
in - first out of curiosity. Then they find
- out
there is something to radio.
-
- They
keep plugging in - some for concerts, some for church services,
some for lectures on popular subjects.
- In
fact, many women are insisting on having their homes equipped
with radiophone sets in order to hear the
- latest
in fashion news such as: ' Fine straws and ribbons and feathers,
this spring - the mode makes the
- manner
- slimmer and straighter, says Paris'.
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- The
so called 'tired business man' becomes a boy once more, listening
to the jokes of vaudeville artists
- while
sitting at his own fireside. His son stays home every evening
to tinker with his set. Hundreds of
- shut-ins,
who have been unable to attend church services, are listening
to sermons every Sunday.
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- It
is also said in musical circles that 'jazz' has not reached the
radiophone to any great extent and that
- the
concerts sent out from broadcasting stations are excellent. Many
of the musical stars of the country
- are
contributing their services.
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- A
few years ago wireless, outside of commercial circles, was considered
the plaything of the small boy. Now
- men
and women of all ages are interested. It is pointed out that
men as old as 72 (wow) are taking code
- practice
in addition to taking up the radiotelephone.
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- In
two years, the distance which messages can be transmitted by
radiophone has increased from 15 to 2,000
- miles.
Also there has sprung up a great variety in the programs being
sent out nightly from various broad-
- casting
stations all over the country. The object of the evening programs,
especially, according to experts, is
- to
make them educational as well as entertaining. Children's bedtime
stories have grown o be features and
- radio
men ay that their children are not satisfied to go to bed until
they have heard a story.
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- Several
famers in Cuyahoga county have purchased equipment to enjoy the
concerts and lectures it is re-
- ported
by Cleveland dealers. At the present time there is such a heavy
call for apparatus that it is almost
- impossible
for Cleveland dealers to meet the demand. There has been a great
increase in the membership
- in
the Cleveland Radio Association. The organizationat the present
time is doing all it can to further
- radio
and officers of the organization are forced to give a large part
of their time to answer questions
- about
radiophoney.
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- A
short time ago, Herman
P. Maxim
predicted that by 1924 a speech would reach at least a million
people."
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The Daily Globe, Shelby OH – March 22, 1922
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