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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1954
Page
5
National Newspaper week piece explains the pressroom flow from copy to metal. It traces how stories travel from reporter to copy desk to linotype operators and presses, stressing deadlines and the 1884 Mergenthaler linotype innovation that transformed printing.
Notice names Merchants National Bank of Cedar Rapids Iowa as executor of Mary Anna Beals estate in Linn County Iowa. The court notes the executor was appointed on September 20 1954 and urges all indebted individuals to pay promptly and all claimants to file with the Linn County Clerk. Fred W Hann acts as attorney for the executor.
On September 27 1954 Clifford J Cashen and Fred W Hann were duly appointed and qualified as executors of the Vir inia E McClelland estate. Creditors must promptly pay debts and file claims with Linn County District Court. Executrix duties assigned to the undersigned with legal notices to file claims.
A historical overview traces Mergenthaler and the linotype from discovery to mass production. It covers the invention's early development, the rapid transfer of text to type, and the high-speed workflow from matrix to press. It mentions Edison and the Tribune Book of Open Air Sports as milestones and notes the production capacity for daily papers.
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