Corry Man’s Invention Sparked First Typewriter
A Corry resident Mr Yost created the Vou ype Welter the first typewriter exhibited at the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial. The American Typewriter Company planned a thousand machines named the Grand but moved production to Hartford 1883. Corry financiers raised about 50000 to bring the industry to Corry as Garry used labor for two years before moving to Hartford Conn.
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Corry
W. Z
England
Aden
Charlton Thirher
Woreter
Mass
Resefis
New York
Tyne
Spaceowayer
Marko
ArHfred Ely Bliach
Wipter
Lathom Shoes
Lamant W. Soule
Peliler
Diventor
Turer
Carlos Gliddon
Ohio
Alse
Spillo
Soles
James Dongallors
Mondyilie
Soule
Glidden
Shotos Kal
Residant of
Wade
Philadelphia
Conrad
Yost
American Tyne Writer Company
Gornay
Tepe Willer
M Row
Wim
Ix Garry
Mont
Martford
Conn
J. B. Brown
Pir
Orrine Promises Cure for Drink Habit
Claims ORRINE cures drink habit and restores victims to sobriety, with a money back guarantee if no benefit. Priced at six dollars per bottle, with a free booklet offered by Babbitt & Son, druggists.
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Babbitt & Son
Woman Refuses Operation in Medical Testimony
An article recounts Mrs J M Rescue of Louisville Kentucky who avoided an operation after taking Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She details improved health, sleep, energy, and ability to work, urging other women to seek the remedy and to write for confidential replies from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia EB
Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn Mass
First Commercial Typewriter Emerged From Crude Invention
A fragmentary account notes the early typewriter history with references to Mr Yost and Philadelphia Molpuin. It describes an attic machine, crude construction, and the shift toward a commercial typewriter, crediting Australian ingenuity and American capitalists for support. Early blind machines dominated for two decades, delaying major changes.
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Corry
Yost
New York City
Irta
Underwood Typewriter and Visible Front Stroke History
John T. Widerwood led the Widerwood Typewriter Company to acquire Wagner patents and produce the Underwood, debuting the first front stroke visible typewriter in 1890. Production reached 12,000 units monthly, with claimed speed gains and fewer movements for operators.
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Wagner
John T. Widerwood
Widerwood Typewriter Company
Twhderwond
Hilt Teaure
Genuine Prescription For All Rheumatism
A promotional claim extols Rheuma Cure as a remedy for rheumatism by reducing uric acid in blood and aiding kidneys. It recounts a Geneva Kentucky patient who reports relief after taking one dose and urges readers to buy from Ames & Co. and all druggists.
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Powell
Geneva
Kye
Ni M. Ames & Co
Game Hog Sentenced To Jail For Killing And Shipping Game
Peter Solle of Franklin pled guilty to killing and shipping game birds to market. He was fined 950 dollars and costs, remanded to Brookville to serve the sentence at about two years at one dollar a day, after arrest by State Game Protector W Kelly and others. Evidence showed crates of pheasants shipped from Brookville and Stinwanut with birds seized by officers.
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Duboin
Marke
Peter Solle
Franklin Wan
Squire Shaver
Preva Lees
W. Kelly
DuBoii
Pittsburgh
Brookweyville
Stinwanut
Counterfeit Money Floods Olean Police Actions
Olean reports a rise in counterfeit twenty dollar bills. Police say the same fake bills, tied to shell companies and ring groups, circulated in town. A local firm claims an antiseptic cream kills skin infections, urging purchase with money-back guarantee.
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Olean
Vic Olean
Olen Baloon Kospers
Crude Work Sinks to Deceive Observers at Saloons
A garbled note claims bills passed at rush hour saloons let men move money unnoticed. The fragment mentions "hoy- Jun" and detestation, but clarity is lacking on parties, dates, or outcomes.
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Chloe Kassel
Hea
Teeblot
Olean
oMejale
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Orrine
O'Connor
The
O’connor Co
Game Hog
Franklin
Oil City Trust Company
Ol City, Pa
Blomian
Amon and Co
Wall St
Uosiery
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