Heir to Million Runs Tractor in Peoria Dispatch
Exclusive 1927 dispatch describes Aaron Hu Powers, 20, heir to Fresno millionaire Lexis Powers, working incognito at a Peoria tractor factory. By day he earns $6 assembling iron haulers, by night he returns to luxury to glimpse factory life, hinting at a possible book or executive future.
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Peoria
Hare
Aaron Hu! Powers
University of California
Luxis Powers
Fresno
Cal
Young Powers
Ork
Window Boxes and Porch Gardens by J A Crawford
Specialist in horticulture outlines how city residents can glow with radiant growth using window and porch boxes. Advocates sturdy brackets, well drained soil, light mixes, iron-claw trowel cultivation, and layered plant heights for visual reach. Suggests vines outside edge and even cemetery plantings with careful framing and pruning. Recommends specific plants for edging, climbing, filling, and tall growth suited to boxes and public spaces.
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J. A. Crawford
First Typewriter Origins and Early Patents
Tid-Bits notes trace early writing machine ideas to 1714 England with Harry Mills. It cites 1841 English patents by Alexander Bain and Thomas Wright, and 1866 American Thomas Pratt in London who created the first true typewriter sold in 1873 but only in capitals.
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America
Lowon
Harry Mills
Alexander Bain
Thomas Wright
Thomas Pratt
London
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Patchen
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E. W. Patchen
Free Land
W. E. Draheim
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the Tribune
Bent
Lorain
Sy Home Furnishers & Gifford Smith CO
Warren, PA
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