Gutenberg the Inventor of Movable Type Honored Across 1940
The 1940 press tribute to Johann Gutenberg highlights his 15th century invention of movable type in Mainz and Strasbourg. It notes the shift from hand copied books to mass printing, the Donatus editions, and the Fust Schoeffer partnership that flourished after Gutenberg's setbacks. The piece traces printing from Chinese paper to European presses and the rise of modern newspapers beginning in 1612 in Germany and 1704 in America.
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Friend Claims Press
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Boston News Letter
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Philadelphia Evening Post
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Fall Entertaining Recipes For The New Home Bride
A household guide for brides planning a simple yet impressive family dinner. It offers easy menus and crowd pleasing desserts like Orange Floating Island and Bavarian Cream, with step by step instructions for a first dinner and suggestions for appetizers, cakes, and fruit dishes suitable for a careful host.
Practical Household Hacks From a Past Era
Simple tips include sharpening dull scissors by cutting through sandpaper, preserving books with camphor, saving soap scraps in bags for cleaning, and minimal dough handling for tender biscuits and cookies. Also advised is keeping spice box sifters closed and separating egg yolks over a funnel to keep whites clean.
Quality at a price at the Outstanding Blade Value
An unclear snippet notes a blade value at a location called Chrome Street or similar. The readable bits reference a price or value promotion but lack coherent detail or dates to anchor facts.
Common Sense Over Education Quote Attributed To Ingersoll
A quotation attributed to Robert G. Ingersoll emphasizes that common sense matters more than formal education. The line asserts education without practical sense is less valuable than innate practical judgment.
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Robert G. Ingersoll
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Those Who Try Are Better Than Those Who Do Nothing
A compact quotation from Lloyd Jones praising effort over inaction. The line highlights that attempting tasks, even with failure, surpasses success without effort and underlines resolve as a virtue.
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Lloyd Jones
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