Inventor of the Typewriter Explored in Historic Review
The piece traces claims to the title of inventor from Henry Mill to William Burt and John Pratt, then centers on Christopher Latham Sholes. It notes Mil l, French inventors, Burt’s 1829 typographer, Pratt’s pterotype, and the Remington model 1 of 1873 as pivotal steps in the typewriter’s development.
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Christopher Latham Sholes
Henry Mill
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Massachusetts
Michigan
United States Patent Office
Burt
John Shelton
Detroit Gazette
Shelton
Martin van Buren
Andrew Jackson
van Buren
Patent Office
Thomas Hall
New York
Ving In
England
John Pratt
Unionville
S. C
Cokesbury College
South
Pratt
National Cyclopaedia of American Biography
Society of Arts
London
Charles Wheatstone
Bence Jones
Faraday
Samuel W. Soule
Carlos Glidden
Glidden
Scientific American
Sholes
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Priscilla Alden
Columbia County
Pennsylvania
Danville
Kenosha
Milwaukee
The
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Ion
Herkimer County
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Remington
National Cyclopedia
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Eileen Donohue
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Shirtmaker frock fits budget wardrobes and daily wear
A versatile frock pattern 2507 suits school and office in wool or wool-like cotton. Sizes 12 through 42 offered, requires 2 1/2 yards of 54 inch fabric for size 16. Includes illustrated sewing instructions. Send 15 cents plus address and size to Pattern Dept. Sewing Circle, 248 W Seventeenth St, New York City.
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New York City
Moe and Less discuss drawers in Pathfind er Magazine
Dialogue fragment features Moe and Less debating house rules and a joke about top and bottom drawers. The quote hints at a humorous exchange about control and domestic arrangements within a magazine's humor section.
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Moe
Pathfinder Magazine
Prison Governor Delays Release Over Extended Stay
In a Louisville Times excerpt the prison governor admits delaying an inmate’s release by a week, calling the extra time unnecessary and promising to end such holds in future as the convict accepts the extension.
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Louisville Times
City Bridge Department Answers Slam Question
A caller asks how many points are awarded for a little slam in a bridge game. City bridge department confirms policy and provides the official scoring rule.
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City Bridge Department
Kansas City Star
Wife Declares Affection Despite Old Clothes
A wife bluntly tells her husband he cannot love her while she wears old garments she describes as worn and out of fashion. The exchange highlights domestic sentiment and social expectations about appearance.
Similarities Test Puzzle From Veluey Poem
A poem presents ten analogy like items where the first two words relate and the fourth word must relate to the third as the second does to the first Using the given pairings and a specified word list solve for each item with the supplied terms including navy Curtis prison electricity fat New Hampshire oratory wagon tennis golf and place each result in a compact news card style.
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Frank Frisch
Harold McSpaden
Homer
Demosthenes
Navy
Curtis
New Hampshire
Washington Monument defies lightning and winds
The Washington Monument has withstood frequent lightning and storms with no serious damage. The aluminum cap at the top, weighing 100 ounces, was the largest single cast piece at the time and directs charges down a grounded iron rod to a 40 foot well below the elevator shaft, preventing harm.
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Washington Monument
Weather Bureau
Washington Post
Postum Free Week Offer Available
Week's supply of Postum free read the offer made by the Postum Company in another part of this paper. They will send a full week's supply of health giving Postum free to anyone who writes for it.
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Postum Company
Statesmen Face Dangers When Patriots Are Dissatisfied
The passage argues that Japan's leading statesmen invite risk to their lives when patriots deem their efforts insufficient to lift the nation's standing at home or abroad. It frames danger as a consequence of perceived failure to glorify the country.
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Japan
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