Linotype, the Linotype and the American Press
A historical tribute to Ottmar Mergenthaler and the Linotype machine at the New York Tribune. It notes the 1386 date and the impact on freedom of the press, enabling rapid typesetting for newspapers, books, and magazines worldwide with 900 language matrices. The piece highlights the machine as a pivotal instrument shaping public information and the cradle that rocks the world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Greeley
New York Tribune
Ottmar Mergenthaler
Whitelaw Reid
The
Tribune
America
Death of nuisance taxes looms for Michigan June 30
The article notes Michigan will end the nuisance taxes on June 30, 1962, losing roughly $50 million annually. It discusses attempts to extend or refund taxes on cigarettes, phones, tobacco, liquor, beer, and corporate franchises, and the political friction in Legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Detroit
Liquor Control Commission
Swainson
Brazil
Kennedy
Quadros
America
Mid
Southwest American
High On The Hog The rise of modern farming and pesticides
The article highlights 40 years of farming progress surpassing earlier centuries with major crops, abundant produce, and the spread of specialized pesticides. It notes Ireland's potato famine and Colorado beetle outbreaks spurring pesticide use, while stressing strict federal testing costs and safety standards before foods reach markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Ireland
Colorado
Paris Green
Department of Agriculture
Food and Drug Administration
Public Health Service
Help From The Railroads
Michigan officials discuss railroad led plan to cut unemployment and add 2 billion dollars to the economy. J Handly Wright proposes a Magna Carta for Transportation to give railroads equal terms with trucks barges and aircraft and to remove tax discrimination and adjust depreciation rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
J. Handly Wright
Association of American Railroads
Wright
Old as You Feel What Happens to Family Reunions
The piece reflects on changing reunion popularity across life stages. Young children enjoy playmates, teens prefer home with friends, early marriage sees babies complicate plans, and empty nesters renew ties while transportation can be an issue. Death in the family also disrupts reunions.
Rails and Markets Trade Subsidies for Healthy Industry
The proposal argues railroads should diversify and price services competitively without taxpayer costs. It calls Magna Carta style pricing a taxpayer relief and contrasts it with costly government subsidies to rivals. It frames a choice between ailing versus healthy rail.
Reconversion and a hospital card plus civic weeds note
A church like poem titled Reconversion asks for a disorderly home in the afterlife while a hospital note remembers a boy named David Goblitsch at St Marys Hospital Rochester Minnesota and his father Dr Dean Goblitsch. A plea asks for get well cards and a grandmother keeps vigil. A public message warns hay fever sufferers and urges property owners to clear weeds and debris from deep lots along alleys to stop nuisance growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Cody Burke
David Goblitsch
St. Mary’s Hospital
Rochester
Minnesota
Dean Goblitsch
David
Goblitsch
CMU TV Instruction Offers In-School Classes
Central Michigan University may offer instructional television programs for in school use in September. The courses cover elementary science and art and high school American history and have assisted over 50 Central Michigan school systems in the past two years. Two meetings for interested schools are set for June 28 at 10 a.m. at Cadillac High School and June 29 at 10 a.m. at Petoskey High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Michigan University
Central Michigan
Cadillac High School
Petoskey High School
Shepherd Argus is Entered as Second Class Matter
The Shepherd Argus is listed as second class mail matter at the Shepherd Michigan Post Office under the act of March 3 1879.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shepherd Argus
Shepherd
Michigan
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Freedom’s
A. C. Grim
Charles S. Blondy
John B. Swaineson
Michigan Food News
Keasey
J.L. Littlefiel
Foods and Standards Division
Littlefield
George S. McIntyre
Ruth Lau
CMU
Isabella County
Grim Printing Co
Grim
Michigan Press Association
Michigan Press Service
Denim Men OF America
Amer
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