Here are some cold remedies to help you beat a summer cold and get back to enjoying the heat: 1  Take an over-the-counter (OTC) decongestant to unclog a stuffy nose. 2  Use a saline spray to irrigate the nose and keep mucus loose.  Take an OTC pain reliever (like Tylenol) to reduce fever and manage pain.
The 1940s and 1950s. Cable television originated in the United States almost simultaneously in Arkansas, Oregon and Pennsylvania in 1948 to enhance poor reception of over-the-air television signals in mountainous or geographically remote areas.
When he demonstrated a working model of his television in 1928 for a group of reporters, he was only able to show blurry images on a tiny screen. But the system delivered 20 pictures per second, enough to convince the eye it was looking at motion rather than a series of stills. The San Francisco Chronicle lauded the achievement under the headline: âS.F. Manâs Invention to Revolutionize Television,â and the story was picked up by wire services and papers nationwide. Sarnoff, of course, was tracking these activities from afar.