Untold Story of First Moving Picture Revealed
E G Senter recounts at a press convention in 1883 San Francisco how Charles Crocker and Leland Stanford financed early film tests at Stanford estate Palo Alto. A Kentucky trotter’s motion pictures showed all four hooves off the ground, a discovery overlooked by editors then and now seen as birth of the film industry.
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E. G. Senter
Texas
San Francisco
Senter
Charles Crocker
Leland Stanford
Paloa
Stanford
Senier
IE Oo
Convention Largest Texas Press Association Meeting
About 200 Texas editors 200 ladies and 50 children registered for the convention with some 500 additional newspaper men from out of state. Five states Texas New Mexico Missouri Kansas and Louisiana are represented. It is the largest Tex as Press Association convention. last year 350 attended.
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Texas
New Mexico
Missouri
Kansas
Louisiana
Folt
Texas Press Association
San Antonio Chamber Publishes Delegates Memoire
Press delegates at the Texas press association convention read a brief history of San Antonio and its missions. The material was published for the legislature by the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce.
Texas Journalists Acclaim San Antonio Convention
Texas Press association members gathered in San Antonio for their 47th annual convention. About 500 attendees heard speeches by Beeman Fisher of Texas Power and Light and others on topics from public service advertising to cotton farming. Friday featured luncheon, chamber of commerce talks, and sessions on advertising ethics and readership.
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San Antonio
Texas
Texas Press Association
WA. Smith
San Saba
W.T. Capers
Episcopal Church
Tom A. Buckner
San Marcos
Beeman Fisher
Texas Power and Light Company
Fisher
Dick McCarty
The
Albany News
Victor Schoffelmayer
Dallas News
Rr. Schoffelmayer
Frankston Citizen
Fred A. Storey
Childress Post
William M. Mcintoch
San Antonio Chamber of Commerce
C. C. Wolfe
Chamber
Hotel Lobby Burns Up Smoke Haze In Newsroom Nonsense
A fragmentary item notes heavy activity in a hotel lobby with bell hops and a cigar counter girl busy while press men emit much smoke, reflecting a bustling, noisy scene.
Jones Triplets Birth Delights Podunk News
Podunk celebrates the birth of triplets to Mr and Mrs Jones marking a moment of civic pride. The event sparks congratulations from the community as local leaders and the press association note the family's sterling character and bright future.
Bees Swarm Hotel Attends Press Pow Wow
A swarm of bees gathered on the fourth story of a downtown hotel as observers watched from the street at sunset. Reportedly they were drawn to a spot on the facade while a press convention drew curious crowds.
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Bees Swarm
Jafferson ‘Hotel
Valley Editors Tour Promises Magic Valley Access
About 1000 members of the lon pat Association join a Montéouie monthly digest tour In McAllen Ye de Clares pressmen view Magic Valley as never before. William B. Krempkau, business manager of the Texas Fidricer Freighters, awaits old and new newspaper men in the Gunter lobby.
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