Safety Pin Inventor Sold Rights for $100
New York report recalls Walter Hunt the Brooklyn inventor who patented the safety pin in 1849 after selling rights for $100. A tale shows Hunt hurried to secure funds, inventing the pin in minutes and receiving patent No. 6,281. The piece notes the device predates his effort and became a ubiquitous household tool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Brooklyn
Walter Hunt
Hunt
B.C
Joseph Nathan Kane
Kane
Jonathan Chapin
Mr. Hunt
Chavin
Richardson
Chapin
Polly
British Youth Jubilant As Candy Now Unrationed
London reports candy rationing ended after seven dreary years. Young Britons celebrate as confectioners distribute free sweets to homes and children in need while savings banks fill for the new freedom.
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London
Britain
Fry
Vacuum Cleaner Rigs Suck Oysters from Sea Bottoms
Akron reports a new method to harvest oysters using a giant vacuum cleaner rig developed by a New Haven grower with B F Goodrich engineers. The device, mounted on a converted Army FS vessel, loads about 1000 bushels of oysters per hour and removes destructive oyster drills with a 40 foot pipe and 20 feet of suction hose ending in a six foot nozzle.
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Akron
New Haven
B. F. Goodrich
Oyster Company
Pacific
Dennison Community News Notes And Attendances
Sunday school attendance reached 58 as Rev. Walter Volkers led services in Dunlap and Dennison. The Iliana camp meetings closed with high praise. Local families visited relatives in Terre Haute Marshall and Homer while the area enjoyed church music and a York reunion event.
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Walter Volkers
Dunlap
Dennison
Iliana
Tennie Beckers
Robert Flowers
O. E. Taylor
Foster Thompson
J. H. Johns
oDrthea. Bland
Terre Haute
Russel Taylor
Nettie Hollenbeck
Verner Hollenbeck
Marshall
Taylor
Lola Volkers
George Ray
York R
John Holland
Lucy Jones
Russel Tucker
Alva Newell
Hurley Parsons
Fenton Fairgrief
Berynie
Jane Campbell
Rex
Joe Taylor
Winford Taylor
Darrel
Ted Clark
Homer
Ralph Fairgrief
Rosana Fairgrief
H. Johns
Dean Helms
Wm. Parsons
Finley Flim
Hurley Parson
Max Yeley
Jay’ Yelley
Michigan
Campbell
Bernie
Italian Bagpipe Player Delights New York Throngs
New York crowds crowd Sullivan Street and Greenwich Village as Costello, an Italian bagpipe player who arrived from southern Italy in 1901 at age 24, fills streets with tarantella tunes and polkas. He recalls playing on a nine day voyage and insists neighbors listen.
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New York
Sullivan, St
Roco
Costello
Italy
Greenwich Village
Bobber of Horses Tails Added to U S Folklore
In Tensleep Wyoming Mike Bennett cut tails from five Indian ponies to make a horsehair tether for a bronc in 1833. Indians mourned death and menaced vengeance, but history notes the tale in the U S Forest Service history of the Bighorn National Forest.
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U.S
Wyo
Mike Bennett
Mike
Tensleep Creek
United States Forest Service
Bighorn National Forest
Rocky Mountain
Shale Oil Costs Put Gasoline Prices High
The US Bureau of Mines says crude oil from shale can be produced at about 12 cents per gallon, three to five cents above current petroleum prices. Extraction costs push bulk gasoline to 15 to 16 cents per gallon, with filling station prices higher.
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Bureau of Mines
Missionary Church Schedule and Association News
Scheduled services at Missionary Church led by Minister Wm B Fitton include Sunday school 9 30 a m worship 10 45 a m evangelistic 7 30 p m and midweek prayer 7 30 p m An Associational Brotherhood meeting is planned at Greenup next Tuesday Evening The Mt Zion association opens next Wednesday September revival at Clark Center is noted A deacon recalls a neighboring pastor’s remark praising no church progress and asks for attitude changes
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Associational Brotherhood
Greenup
Westfield Baptist ‘Association
Mt. Zion
Pha
Clark Center
Wwe
Son
In Memory of Lon A Spires
In memory of our brother Lon A Spires who went away on September 5 1948 a year ago September comes with deep regret and a month we shall never forget He will live forever within our hearts from sister Goldie M Harbor and Family
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Israel
International Council of Religious Education
WHNU
Lon A. Spires
Goldie M. Harbor
Notice of Claim Day in Clark County Estates
Notice to all persons that October 3, 1949 is the claim date for the estates of William Kile and Cora Baird in Clark County Court Illinois. Claims may be filed by that date without summons. Executors Ernest Kile John Nicol and J Earl Finney are attorneys listed in Marshall Illinois.
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William Kile
Clark County
Ilinois
Ernest Kile
John Nicol
Snavely & Miller
Marshall
Illinois
Cora Baird
J. Earl Finney
Trinity Evangelical United Brethren Church Service Notice
The Trinity E U B Church schedules Sunday school at 9 30 a m preaching at 10 30 a m evangelistic service at 7 30 p m and a Wednesday prayer meeting at 7 30 p m The Men s Brotherhood meets Monday at 7 30 p m The church invites the living to attend and join the fellowship and study of the word at the Friendly Church with age group classes and capable teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Men's Brotherhood
Trinity Evangelical ‘United
Brethren Church
Wigs and False Hair in Ancient Times
The article notes that wigs were not new and that other forms of false hair were worn by ancient peoples. It discusses various styles and cultural uses without detailing specific civilizations.
Emmanuel and Zion Evangelical United Brethren Churches Notice
Emmanuel and Zion Evangelical United Brethren Churches announce service times and events. Emmanuel Church school at 9:30 a.m. William Ziegler superintendent. Zion Church morning worship at 10:30 a.m. with minister’s message. Brotherhood meetings postponed. Second Quarterly Conference dates set for Zion and Emanuel churches. Fellowship meeting planned for Friday at the Maurer home.
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Emmanuel and Zion
Evangelical United
Brethren
Escc
Kunce
Emmanuel “Church
William Ziegler
Lehiss
Ben Drummond
Zion
Zion Church
Achod
William Tingley
Emanuel Church
Patricia
Sue Maurer
Clarksville Baptist Church announces schedule changes
Clarksville Baptist Church posts updated service times with morning preaching at 10, Sunday school at 9:30, union at 6:30, evangelistic service at 7:30, and a prayer meeting moved to 7:30 on Wednesday August 31. New officers begin their duties as the annual church letter is read September 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul E. Behner
Glen Clapp
Worship and Bible study schedule at local churches
At 8:30 a.m. worship service with a sermon on Christian Liberty from St. John 8 31 36. Sunday school and Bible class at 9 30 a.m. Shelton and Davis, superintendents. 10 30 a.m. The Lutheran Hour on WGN. At 4 p.m. The One Thing Needful on WORA Effingham, 109 on dial.
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Christian Liberty
Shelton, Davis
Lutheran Hour
WGN
Catenga
Wora
Effingham
Unified service resumes after vacation schedule
The notice invites all to a unified service starting at 9 30 and ending at 10 45 on the first Sunday after vacation with all welcome to attend.
Captain Kidd Awarded 37 Captaincy in New York City 1691
In 1691 New York City awarded Captain Kidd a captaincy marked by a 37 award and a $730 grant. The transaction highlights colonial maritime governance and Kidd’s early recognition by city authorities.
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Kidd
New York City
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Save Your Marshall
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Marshall Loan CO
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