| | The Universal "Fire Plug" of Terre Haute, Indiana
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| | by Paul E. Mohrs
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In 1906 a man by the name of Scotterman, with another man, established the
Citizen's Independent Telephone Co. in Terre Haute, Indiana. Scotterman became
vice-president until his partner's death in the mid 1930's.
As the story goes on the Universal insulator: Scotterman was out of town on
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| | Balloon Support for Telegraph Wires
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Patent number 258,005 May 16, 1882
Title: Balloon (*) Support for Telegraph Wires, by William Beeson, Miles City,
Montana Territory
For use where poles would be unsightly in the city, or over rivers. The
bottom fixture is a street light.
(*) a metal gas filled balloon
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| | Saulsbury Rubber Insulator
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| | by Gerald Brown
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This semi-hard rubber insulator is owned by Ed Saulsbury, (he claims no
relationship with the maker) of North Platt, Neb.
It would appear that this insulator would have been used UNDER the cross arm.
(It reminds one of the SP 12 in Gerald Brown's Porcelain book)
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| | Reproduction Commemorative Insulator
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This is a commemorative insulator made by Frank Miller of Tulsa, Oklahoma, in
honor of our National Insulator Meets.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Miller attended the First National Meet in New Castle,
Indiana, and we had the privilege of meeting them there. They also plan on being
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| | Insulators Abroad
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| | by The Traveling Lippincotts of Winnetka, Ill.
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We are returning home in a few days from a trip abroad. I thought you might
like to hear something of insulators on this side of the pond.
We picked up a car in Zurich and drove south along the west coast of Italy to
Elba and Sicily, each of which we covered pretty well. At Bari we ferried to
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| | Rubber Insulators
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Besides collecting porcelain, I am quite interested in composition
insulators, especially the small rubber ones embossed CONTINENTAL RUBBER WORKS /
ERIE PA. USA. So one day while looking through the phone book I noticed an
advertisement for a Continental Rubber Works in Huntington Park. I then decided
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