Edison the great inventor lifelong patent pioneer and innovator
Thomas Alva Edison born February 11 1847 in Milan Ohio rose from a Port Huron Michigan school limited to three months to a prolific inventor. He secured 1033 patents by 1928 and shaped telegraphy phonograph electric light and storage batteries while advancing naval chemistry and film. He died October 18 1931.
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Thomas Alva Edison
Milan
Ohio
Port Huron
Michigan
Bell Telephone
Edison
U. S. Patent Office
Scientific American
National Academy of Sciences
Menlo Park
Orange
N. J
Compass Receives Unexpected Answer To Fire Dept Question
Miss Carolyn Annette Arthur of 770 F Avenue provided the 1941 date for the Volunteer Coronado Fire Department, winning the $1 prize for the first correct response. The question had asked for the year the department was organized, but readers note the intended target was the first volunteer group date, with several members named by Arthur.
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Compass
Fire Dept
Coronado
Miss Arthur
F. J. Jacobson
Alfred Laing
IT. Sonnabaum
Jack Gottwig
R- A. Hager
Ed Campbell
H. D. May
Gordon Skinner
Paul Cooke
Robert E. Lando
Iver Jones
Herbert Wilcox
Fitz Cookson
J. Winner
Paul Davy
Herman Segegart
C. E. Ubanks
C. B. Mil
Familiar Quotations Through Historic Sayings
A compact collection of proverbs and quotes from notable figures. It features lines attributed to Sir Thomas More Sir John Powell Elizabeth I and other writers reflecting on wisdom fate courage and the limits of human agency. The excerpt contrasts prudence and action in a storm of public life and personal restraint.
The Nations Top Best Sellers List Headlines
The Nation presents its top best sellers as recorded by the New York Times. Fiction leaders include Lydia Bailey by Kenneth Roberts, B F s Daughter by John P Marquand, East River by Sholem Asch, and The Miracle of the Bells by Russell Janney. Nonfiction leaders include Peace of Mind by Joshua Lieb man, The Egg and I by Betty MacDonald, The Roosevelt I Knew by Frances Perkins, and The Plotters by John Roy Carlson.
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New York Times
Lydia Bailey
Kenneth Roberts
John P. Marquand
East River
Sholem Asch
Russell Janney
Joshua Lieb
the Egg
Betty MacDonald
Roosevelt
Frances Perkins
Plotters
John Roy Carlson
Some Letters Are Kept Forever
A quotation from Thomas Bailey Aldrich about letters to Edward Sylvester Morse. It notes the charm of personal correspondence and how some letters endure unread, contrasted with others that are read and discarded.
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Edward Sylvester Morse
Local Coronado Residents List Prominent Names
A roster of Coronado residents includes Norman Neely E LaRochelle Albert G Harris Neil Grumsly Pat Burns H Niedermeyer Max Forney Paul Clement E Gardner George Stevens and Martin Mise. At least half of these men still reside in Coronado.
History of Coro nado mail wagon era and changes
A reminiscence recounts mail delivery in Coronado from 1913 to 1920s, details horse and wagon routes on early streets, transitions to motorcycles then bicycles, and notes personnel Maurice Rodgers Arthur Holmes and Bill Chadwick with anecdotes of Ned the horse and box mail delivery on Orange Avenue and surrounding avenues.
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Sturmer
Coronado
Mr. Chadwick
Chadwick
Briggs
Orange Avenue
Orange
Alameda Blvd
George Adams
U. S. Mail
Maurice Rodgers
Arthur Holmes
Compass
England
Rodgers
Seattle
Wash
Holmes
National Forestry Service
Yosemite National Park
George Holmes
San Diego
Bill
Ned
F Avenue
Post Office Department
War Department
Annie Gets Another Letter From Coronado Historian
A. A. Albeck, Coronado pioneer and ex-postal worker, sends a letter to Annie Y. Mouse via The Compass recounting early Coronado postal routes in 1916. He notes Bill Chadwick ran the mounted route to outlying areas while he served the congested district from Sixth Street to the ocean and between Sixth Avenue and the flats.
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A. A. Albeck
Coronado
Postal Service
Annie Y. Mouse
Annie
Bill”Chadwick
Sixth Street
Ocean
City Clerk Shares Mitchell Gallery History Block West of Coronado
City Clerk A A Mathewson provides data from the Ocean Boulevard block records about the Mitchell Art Gallery. The first building was erected in 1898 on the Ocean Front by Marshal Field Jr and later acquired by Graham Babcock who added stables and a garage from the reconfigured rear.
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A. A. Mathewson
Ocean Boulevard
Hotel del Coronado
Ocean Front
Marshal Field Jr
Graham Babcock
Mitchell Gallery
Wilmot Griffiss
The
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Naval Air Station
Imperial Beach
Palm City
Nestor
Richard M. Riddell
William L. Barkin
Optometrist
Loma
Henley
Thomas A. Kemp
Sir Thomas More
John Heywood
Thomas Tusser
Folfews
Elizabeth
Queen of
Sir John Powell
Sir Walter Raleigh
John Lyly
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Glorietta District
Island
Seventh Street
Mathewson
Mitchell Art Gallery
Bertha Hixon
Masseuse
Wilshire Women’s Club
L. A
Juanita Ritter
Z. M. Collins
D. C
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