Early Photography Pioneers and First Daguerreotypes
Article traces origins of photography from Scheele and Weigelwood through Niepce and Daguerre. Daguerreotype marked commercial start in 1839, with early exposures long and subjects limited to landscapes. John W. Draper produced first living person portrait in 1840. color photography seen as future goal.
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Scheele
Weigewood
England
Seebeck
Germany
Niepce
Daguerre
Neipce
John W. Draper
James Smithson Gift Fuels U S Knowledge Institute
The English donor James Smithson left about 540000 dollars to the United States roughly a century ago. His will provided that the money fund in Washington an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men. He never lived to see the impact of his donation.
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James Smithson
United States
Washington
Smithsonian Institution
Smithson Bequest Spurs American Science Legacy
The text notes James Smithson born in France to English parents, the natural son of Hugh Smithson later Duke of Northumberland, and his mother Elizabeth Keate. Smithson, a scientist, left a fortune to the United States whose bequest inspired American and world science and prompted other princely gifts for knowledge. In 1904 his remains were moved from Genoa to the Smithsonian Institution grounds.
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France
Hugh
Smithson
Northumberlad
Elizabeth
Keate
Macie
Henry VII Smithson
United States
Genoa
Italy
Smithsonian Institution
Earhart Triumph Counters Critics On Atlantic Flight
Miss Amelia Earhart completes a 1900 mile trans Atlantic crossing from Newfoundland to Ireland in 13 hours 80 minutes proving Lady Mary Heath wrong. Earhart 1932 flights include two Atlantic crossings and a Pacific to Atlantic return in an autogiro with further altitude and speed records for women.
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Miss Earhart
Lady Mary Heath
England
Atlantic
Directjy
Amelia Earhart
New Foundland
Ireland
Lady Mary
Lindbergh
New York
Paris
Wilbur Stultz
Louis Gordon
Pacific
George P. Puttman
Texas Vacation Plan Highlights Local Wonders
A Texas columnist urges families to vacation within Texas borders this summer. He argues travel saves money, strengthens state pride, and showcases sites from East Texas forests to the Rio Grande and Big Bend. He suggests exploring Palo Duro Canyon, Guadalupe Mountains, and Fort Davis while supporting Texas tourism.
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Texas
West
East
Caddo Lake
Gulf
Rio Grande Valley
San Antonio
Alamo
Sam S Tourton
Huntsville
San Jacinto Battlefield
Tex
Nibberty
Hoorstan
Galveston
America
Rio Grande River
Royal Corges
Big Bend
Davis Mountains
Srength
Mt. Livermore
Old Fort Davis
Eagle Lakea
Rio Grande City
Brownsville
Laredo
Ei Paso
Guadalupe Mountains
Palo Duro Canyon
Court Papers Expose Odd Divorce Claim In New Jersey
In a Trenton divorce filing Bertha Carter accuses her husband of sprinkling itching powder on her corsets. A Santa Paula woman keeps a strait jacket corset in a safe before, and a New York laundry for unemployed tenants operates in an apartment basement. An 82 year old New Yorker has never seen a movie or used public transit.
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Trenton, N. J
Bertha C. Carter
Saray Dobbins
Santa Paula
New York City
George Gallagher
Smilin' Charlie on Weddings and Rings
A quirky note about old fashioned wedding rings being heavier to endure expected wear. The line hints at social norms affecting jewelry design and suggests humor about enduring marriage expectations.
Paris writer deflects questions on portrait at festival
Sidelines note mentions Antheadmne of Paris declaring an arrestible impulse to deny a painting amid a display showing portraits of George Bernard Shaw and Anatole France in a London church window. Shaw and France are linked by playful remarks as reporters seek the truth behind the picture while a New York stenographer remains missing after a search.
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George Bernard Shaw
Anatole Frased
Tong
Eshival
London
Frome
Shaw
France
An Shaw
Orleans
Best Story Of The Week From The Joe Hardy Drug Co
Wells of the Joe Hardy Drug Company wins this week’s two for a nickel cigar with the best story of the week. The humor pieces cover R. Y. Me l David visiting town, a sneeze causing a man to lose his false teeth, and light quips about college life, eggs from hens, and a fisherman Rex Byrum planning a sleep fishing routine.
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Ds. Wells
Joe Hardy Drug Company
Wells
R. Y. Mel David
Mae
Hardy
Mac
Rex Byrum
Bill Dryden
Believe It Or Dont John Jackson And The Hovering Cat
Fragmented story mentions a woman who hovers her brood chickens and mothers four kittens. It references tax discussions and political card distributions around 1929 to 1980. Includes stray phrases about Michigan, St Joseph, and a Miss Margery Crampton.
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John Jackson
Michigan
Blossom Miss Margery" Crampton
St. Joseph
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