Pioneers Overlooked in Early Motion Pictures and Steamboats
A century-old retrospective highlights Francis Jenkins and others who contributed to motion picture projection and early television, noting Edison claimed credit for Vitascope. It also recounts John Fitch, James Rumsey, and John Stevens, whose steamboat innovations were undervalued compared with Fulton. The piece links these oversights to the Philadelphia Constitutional era and the Delaware River packet line demonstration.
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Francis Jenkins
Dayton
Thomas A. Edison
Jenkins
Edison
Washington
John Fitch
James Rumsey
John Stevens
Robert Fulton
Hudson River
Fitched
Delaware
George Washington
Bath
Virginia
Fitch
Rumsey
Hudson
Fulton
Robert R. Livingston
Rumsey, Fitch and
Stevens
Delaware River
Tigual
TV HIGHLIGHTS Evening lineup spans film and drama
At 4:20 Mike Douglas Show features Doc Severinsen and a mystery guest. Five O'clock Movie presents Shining Victory with Geraldine Fitzgerald. A psychiatrist research plot ends in tragedy for the assistant. Lady From Texas with Howard Duff follows a defend-the-miss-Birdie story. Virginian color drama centers on a courier for a robbery ring. Wednesday Night Movie in color explores Sodom and Gomorrah and Lot. International Magazine covers Nigeria Wal war fever Germany border crossing Aden and UFOs. Gomer Pyle color episode about losing a nightclub. I Spy with Robison and Scott race to avert an international incident. Late Show Revolt of Mamie Stover stars Jane Russell in a tale of wealth and loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Douglas
Doc Severinson
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Texas
Howard Duff
Buckaroo
Birdie
Virginian
Diane Baker
Stewart Granger
Twin Cities
Sin
Lot
Nigeria
Germany
Aden
UFO
Britain
Gomer Pyle
Lou Aan
Gomer
Sgt
Carter
Duke
I Spy
Robinson
Scott
Mamie Stover
Jane Russell
San Francisco
Contract Bridge Strategy on Heart Distribution
North dealer, South vulnerable, four spades contract analyzed. The article explains diagnosing heart distribution from bidding, then choosing play to avoid diamond endplays. It emphasizes preventing a heart-stopper outcome and outlines how to endplay opponents via careful discard and timing.
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East
Acs
Hast
Rakais
Pouer
Test Your Code Breaking Ability Daily Cryfi Quote
Here is a cryptogram sample showing simple substitution. The puzzle uses letter replacements and word patterns to hint at the original quotation. Yesterday's solved quote: WHENEVER MEN ARE NOT OBLIGED BY NECESSITY TO FIGHT THEY FIGHT FROM AMBITION MACHIAVELLI.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loncfellow
Machiavelli
Crossword puzzle clues and publication note from Hing Features Syndicate
A scrambled list of crossword clues across horizontal and vertical entries with numbers, including references to Sandarae, grand parents, biblical figures, chemical symbols, and various short definitions. The note mentions average solving time of 24 minutes and credits Hing Features Syndicate 1967.
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Western State
Stannum
Hing
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Christy
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Areng
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Ben Wai Sie
Ting
Clark Kinnaird
Philadelphia
Arch Fect Berry
Burlington Beifel
Bordrntown
Trenton
Tharfleys
Barlington
Brislo
Bordentown
Mr. Breger
By B. Jay Becker
West
China
Andy Capp
Caliph
Cognizan
Resorts Vertical
Fea
Eugene Sheffer
Reg Smythe
Henry
By Carl Anderson
Beetle Bailey
HI and
Lois
Trixie
Mort Walker
Dik Brown
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