Hartford's Lost $200000 Typesetting Machine Folly
In Hartford in the early 1870s about 250000 in Hartford money was sunk into a Paige Farnham typesetting machine venture linked to Samuel L. Clemens. The project attracted Twain with a $100000 stake, but repeated design changes and high production costs doomed the device. The lone machine, once $200000, was removed from Baterson Building and later shown at Cornell University Ithaca NY.
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Hartford
Mark Twain
Samuel L. Clemens
Uaige
Farnham
Samuel E. Elmore
Farmington Avenue
Connecticut River Banking Company
Elmore
Hertford
J. H. Most
Main Street
Little Bridge
George B. Hawley
Hartford Hospital
Stiles E. Sperry
State Savings Bank
Paige
Columbia Institute
New York
Farnham Company
Clemens
Colt
Bat
Terson
Asylum Street
Garde
Batterson
Cornell University
Ithaca
William Wood
East Windsor
Bird Coll Setor
S. T. Wolcott
South Windsor
James Nichols
National Fire Insurance Company
England
William Church
Fraser
Hattersley
Empire
Burr
Raleigh
N. C
Encyclopedia Brittanica
Cornell Univer
Paige and Dow typesetting machines Compared
The Paige machine dispensed with the guide plate of the Delcam group and ejected letters on a plane fed by a driver at intervals, sweeping type into a receiving race. The Dow machine, a later American invention, adopts this feature from Paige.
First Asphalt Paving Era Reaches 40 Years
Washington reports the asphalt paving industry marks its 40th anniversary. On December 11, 1876, the first large scale paving on Pennsylvania Avenue in the capital covered nine blocks from 6th Street to the Treasury, planned by Belgian chemist E. J. DeSchmedt. Since then about 200 million square yards have been laid nationwide. Also, Secretary of Agriculture Houston will stay in the Cabinet for another term.
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Washington
United States
Pennsylvania Avenue
6Th Street
Treasury
E. J. DeSchmedt
What the Doctor Knows About Kidney Health
Urges vigilance on kidney health noting Bright's Disease causes thousands of deaths in New York. Promotes Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a remedy, claiming quick relief and inviting readers to sample a bottle by sending ten cents to Kilmer & Co. and mentioning The Bridgeport Daily Farmer.
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Bright
New York
Kilmer
Howeve
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. C
Bridgeport Daily Farmer
Cluett Arctic ship sold for trade purposes
The schooner George B. Cluett built in Tottenville five years ago for Arctic Grenfell mission service has been sold for commercial use. The 210 gross ton vessel valued at $35,000 will be replaced by a larger craft and may operate in northern waters.
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Boston
George B. Cluett
Tottenville
N. Y
Grenfell
Labrador
Cluett
Mercantile Marine
Wolverine Motor Works
Bridgeport
Arctic
Etah
Crocker Land
Donald B. MacMillan
Brazil
New Yor
Great shake up in government of France soon
Paris reports Premier Briand plans a sweeping government reshuffle. Ministers and secretaries will resign as Briand forms a new ministry with a five member war council modeled on England and grants broad powers to ministers and officials to overhaul old administrative methods. The new combination aims for a complete reconstruction endorsed by the chamber.
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Paris
Briand
Chamber of Deputies
England
Yale Graduates Shift From Professions to Industry
New Haven December 12. Yale graduates show a long term shift toward industrial and commercial fields. Professions rose from 6,937 in 1904 to 8,574 in 1915, a 24 percent increase, while industrial and commercial roles grew from 4,095 to 8,169 in 1916, a 99 percent rise, using 1904 as the baseline.
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New Haven
Yale
Agriculture Dept Solves Cedar Rust Problem for Apples
Washington D C Dec 12 The USDA confirms extensive investigations into handling northwestern apples and cold storage. Cedar rust on apples remains problematic in some areas but eradication of nearby red cedars within a mile has proven a simple permanent solution and lowers losses. President Wilson's Kentucky victory margin is noted and the item closes with a Christmas trees wreaths and roping mention from John Beck & Son.
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Washington, D. C
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Plant Industry
Appalachian Mountains
New Naval Hospital Ship Set as Uniquely Built Vessel
Washington reports the navy hospital ship authorized will be the first designed and built for this purpose by any nation. It will house 300 patients in peace and 600 in war, include stabilizers to reduce motion, laboratories, complete X-ray gear, and a full shore hospital outfit with ambulances.
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Washington
Navy Hospital
Braisted
Pittsburgh Coal Use Surges in 1916 Despite Shortages
Pittsburgh district coal consumption reached fifty million tons in 1916, about four times the normal amount, marking a rise of more than 7 million tons from the prior year. Producers fear continued labor and car shortages will curb output as miners seek higher wages elsewhere.
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Pittsburgh
Deco
Northwest
Railroads urged to avert regional coal famine
The report notes prompt railway action is needed to avert a coal famine in the region. It records an explosion and fire at the Quaker Oats building in Paterbono Ontario causing eight deaths and about 1 million dollars in losses. It also mentions civilian casualties in German occupied French and Belgian territory from allied air attacks in November.
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Quaker Oats
Paterbono
Ontario
Christmas Gifts Sought for Connecticut Hospital Patients
The Connecticut Hospital for the Insane in Middletown plans Christmas festivities and invites gifts for both male and female patients. Preferred items include ties gloves data suspenders aprons ribbons hats and wearing apparel. Packages should be addressed to the hospital with Christmas Donation and sender name and address for acknowledgment.
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Connecticut Hospital For the Insane
Middletown
Eeason
Conn
Indians Grow in Population In the United States
The annual Indian Bureau report shows 209234 Indians in the year, up 1522 from last year. Improved health and education lowered the death rate from 5.55 to 3.33 per thousand and reduced infant deaths from 2394 to 1308. Tuberculosis deaths fell by forty percent. Lieut General Philip von Slingerath named Bavarian minister of war.
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Washington
Sella
Indian Bureau
Philip von Sllingerath
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Woodbury
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New Bedford
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Brockton
Fitchburg
Worcester
Springfield
Providence
Pawtucket
Houston
Wilson
McMillan
France
Agriculture Dept
Kentucky
John Beck & Son
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Madras
Wolff’s Shirt Shops
America
Waterbury
Naval Hospital
Dept. 20-R
Resinol
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State Hospital
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