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April 14, 1916. 
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thing about its hotels, boar ling houses, camps and the like. 
You Need It to Plan Your Vacation. It’s Yours for a Postal. 
Passenger Traffic Department 
15 North Station 
c. M. BURT, General I assenger Agent 
Boston, Mass. 
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according to the theory of the wire- 
less men, travels in “waves” similar 
to those of the ocean. The waves 
pass through “ether,” penetrating 
any substance. The distance betwee) 
the crests of the waves is the “wave 
length” which determines the sending 
power of the station. The length of 
the wave may be changed by adjust- 
ing the instruments. In Europe the 
combatants attempt to “jam” the sig- 
nals of one another, by tuning their 
instruments in unison with the 
enemy’s station. When two currents 
of the same frequency are being sent 
they “jam” or run together in such a 
way as to make it impossible to un- 
derstand the signals. This “jam- 
ming” is avoided by re-adjusting the 
instruments. é 
A little later in the evening Mr. 
Dodge picked up Miami, Florida; 
Portland, Me., and Chelsea with ap- 
paratus designed for that class of sta- 
tion. After talking with Chelsea, a 
young man in Newton, who was wire- 
less operator on the steamship 
“Dorothy Bradford,” called the Man- 
chester station. He sent a message 
to a Manchester young lady of his 
acquaintance, who frequently receives 
missives from him, via wireless. 
At 10 o’clock in the evening the 
time was received by wireless from 
the naval station at Arlington, Va., 
or more properly, from “Radio,” 
which is the new name for the town. 
Then came the barometric readings 
for various points along the coast, 
the weather forecast, and the prevail- 
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second, the Marconi station at Weil- 
fleet on Cape Cod began booming out 
the news of the day to ships at sea. 
The information, contained in the 
press dispatches of the day from 
Europe, from Mexico and Washing- 
ton, was sent out. Every half hour 
came the three-minute interruption 
prescribed by law. The intervals are 
allowed in order to listen for distress 
signals from ships at sea. 
These are some of the things which 
may be experienced in a visit to the 
crack amateur station, but they are 
not all. One afternoon recently a 
young man who assists Mr. Dodge in 
his wireless work was scared half out 
of his senses when a voice thundered 
in his ears, “When will you be with 
us again?” Answers and more ques- 
tions followed before it dawned on 
the young man that he was listening 
to an experiment with the new wire- 
less telephone. The first voice he 
heard was that of Professor Price of 
Harvard. On other occasions con- 
versations from Tufts college, by 
means of the apparatus of Mr. 
Stevens of Brookline, have been 
heard. One night last week the vic- 
trola at Mr. Stevens’ home was heard. 
The expert young Manchester oper- 
ator first began his experiments witn 
wireless telegraphy about four years 
ago. His first apparatus was set up 
in the kitchen of his home. In the 
passing years he has developed his 
instruments to the high degree of et- 
ficiency they now have. In his work 
he has been greatly assisted by Royal 
White and Albert James, Manchester 
boys, who are amateur wireless oper- 
ators. His wireless room is built with 
beaver board and is sound proof. 
3esides the equipment, it is furnish- 
ed comfortably, has a stove and a 
pool table. Charles C. Dodge, uncle 
of the young man, is an enthusiastic 
wireless “fan,” and can receive and 
send messages at moderate speed. 
Joseph Dodge and his assistants hold 
amateur wireless operators’ licenses 
and this year will take out commer- 
cial licenses. 
The Manchester Fruit store has on 
a special sale of Fresh Assorted 
Chocolates, 29¢ lb., for four days only 
starting Saturday. adv. 
Edith—I noticed you wiping your 
eyes when “The Sorrows of Sarah” 
film was being shown. 
Jack—Yes, it was a moving picture, 
—E-xchange. 
