Christopher Sholes Early Life and Newspaper Career
Uncle Ray’s Corner recounts Christopher Sholes born February 1819 in Mooresburg Pennsylvania. He learned printing in youth, edited newspapers in Wisconsin, then moved through Madison Kenosha and Milwaukee before turning to invention after the Civil War. He developed a numbering machine and aimed to create a device to type the alphabet.
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Sholes
Mooresburg
Christopher
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
Charles
Green Bay
Madison
Madison Inquirer
Kenosha
Wis
Telegraph
Milwaukee
Sentinel
Twenty two Years A President
The article recalls Manuel Estrada Cabrera who led Guatemala for 22 years from 1898 to 1920 and was later captured and sentenced to death before his sentence was commuted. It notes his aviation program, development efforts, dissension, and his eventual ouster and imprisonment with subsequent events surrounding his release and death.
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Manuel Estrada Cabrera
Guatemala
Barrios
Cabrera
New World
Carlos Herrera
Herrera
Crossword Puzzle Word List Puzzle Clues and Answers
A dense OCR style word list presents across and down clues for a newspaper puzzle. Entries include animal terms, adjectives, verbs, body parts, and common nouns such as hog adult sow, whale, passaged words, and various daily items. This item echoes a traditional puzzle page with numbered clues.
Albemarle Bridge bids delayed by piling specification change
North Carolina officials delayed bids for the 1.3 million Albemarle bridge after finding 102-foot wood pilings unavailable. Capus Waynick said suppliers cannot provide such long pilings and bids will be postponed to January 1 at the earliest as plans shift to steel or spliced wood pilings.
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Raleigh
Albemarle
Capus M. Waynick
State Highway and Public Works Commission
Waynicemk
Cabarrus Trust Awarded 225000 in Reynolds Estate Case
A court order in Winston-Salem allows Cabarrus Trust Company to receive 225000 for its services as co guardian of Anne Cannon Reynolds 2nd in settlement of the 30 million estate of Z Smith Reynolds. The case has featured long court litigation.
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Winston-Salem
Dee
Cabarrus Trust Company
Anne Cannon Reynolds
Z. Smith Reynolds
North Carolina Reports High Birth Rate in Nation
The division of vital statistics said North Carolina shows one of the highest birth rates with about 40,000 more births than deaths recorded, reflecting a strong population growth trend through the year. The report was released from Raleigh on December 16.
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Raleigh
Division of Vital Statistics
North Carolina
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Christopher Sholes
LS. Klein
Bet. Shores
Charles Weller
Shol
Carlos Glidden
Samuel Soule
St. Louis
Weller
Kaffkof
Owls Club
Harvey
Mickey Finn
Tut
Tll
Musi
Freckles
BY Blo
Sylvester
Sal
War
King Tunk
Tunk
Bow Wow
Daddy
Boots
Rint
Teakittle
Ron Dowd
NEA Service
Joe Palooka
Weidebottom
Izontal
North America
Imichelangelo
William
Feguson
Widow Spider
Ada
Oklahoma
David White
Albemarle Bridge
Cabarrus Trust
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