This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Radium and Curie Visit Spark 100000 Dollar Gift
A long feature recounts Marie Curie and her U S visit, the presentation of a gram of radium by American women, and Harding's gift in the White House. It traces radium production from Colorado carnotite to Canonsburg and discusses the science, rays, and medical uses, noting Curie’s health toll and the high value of radium.
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John Dickinson Gherman
Atie
Marie Curie
United States
Harding
White House
Curie Institute
Park
Wilh
Curie
Europe
New York
Joseph AM. Flannery
Pittsburgh
Colorado
Flannery
Standard
Myemical Companys
Curle
Thorn
Aril- Inf
Mikeley
Hamilton Foley
Pan American Union
Mime
Wiida
Placerville
Colo
Salida
Canonsburg
Canonburg
Radium Research Tabon
Carie
Paris