The Role of Chance in Life
HAL BOYLE recalls how chance moments shape fate through stories of Churchill Sarnoff and Fuller. He notes luck guides careers from a synagogue perch to RCA leadership, a Boston start to fortune, and that every step opens another chance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boyle
New York
Ft. Knox
Chance
Winston Churchill
France
Churchill
Dardanelles
Winston
Dave Sarnoff
David Sarnoff
Radio Corp. of America
Ak Wayation
Boston
Fuller
Inventions That Seem Less Novel in History
A Washington dispatch recalls quirky old inventions from 1860s to 1880s. Thomas Brady’s chin rest for tobacco pipes aims to ease teeth strain but presses the chin. Charles Miller’s mustache guard trains whiskers away from soup. Benjamin Oppenheimer’s fire escape parachute headgear includes a landing bounce. John Nelson’s illuminated peppermints to scare rodents. Stark and George’s baldness tonic mixes coal oil bay rum alcohol and more. James Jenkinson’s hat ventilator with wings aims to air cool a top hat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New York
Thomas Brady
Charles Miller
Boonville
Benjamin B. Oppenheimer
Trenton
Tenn
John H. Nelson
South Lima
N. Y
Nelson
William M. Stark
Frank George
Mansfield
Brooklyn
James Jenkinson
Jenkinson
Disorderly Scraps on Sleep Studies and Odd Inventions
A collage of items from a period newspaper notes University of Chicago experiments with eye movements during dreams and the Swedish army's bicycle-towed armored land-carriers. It also mentions a Los Angeles Mirror nude pinching story and various witty reflections on pronunciation and daily life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Chicago Medicas
Los Angeles Mirror
Eisenhower
William F. Robinson
New York Herald Tribune
Europe
Ike
Scotland
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Igdome
Cain
Abel
Drake
New York ,N.Y
Grace Flower Shop
High Point
N. Wrenn & Howell
Industrial Supply CO
Cognoscenti
Noah Webster
Pntan
Gulf
City Ice & Fuel CO
Thomasville, N
Chambers - Hardwick
Roper
S. Main ST
Piedmont
Natural Gas Company
Penney’s
ceRirk
Rondo
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