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Winchester Evening Star

Location

Winchester, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jul 31, 1956

Page

5

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Washington Grants Nation's First Patent to Hopkins

New York July 31 1790 President George Washington issues the first U S patent to Samuel Hopkins of Philadelphia for an improvement in making Potash and Pearl-ash by a new apparatus and process. The patent runs 17 years with licensing rights. after that the invention becomes public property.

New York George Washington Samuel Hopkins Philadelphia Hopkins Thomas Jefferson Henry Knox Edmond Randolph

Truck Fire Near Gore Yesterday

Gore fire crews responded to a two mile west of Gore on Route 50 where a 1950 Chevrolet ton and a half truck owned by Kessel Lumber Co of Maysville WV, driven by Wayne Secrist of Petersburg WV, caught fire due to a broken oil line spilling oil on the manifold. Secrist used a thermos jug and road dirt to extinguish the blaze.

Gore Kessel Lumber Company Maysville W. Va Wayne Secrist Petersburg Plumley’s Secrist

Surgeons Uncover Ingested Hardware Inside Man

In Tobata Japan passers by found 52 year old Goichi Kawakami in pain. At Kyoritsu Hospital doctors removed a stomachful of metal objects including 13 razor blades 21 nails 41 other hardware items and a fountain pen. He said festival prizes urged him to eat hardware. Doctors reported the patient is doing fine.

Tobata Japan Goichi Kawakami

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