Has any Chi newspaper picked up on this bit of bus…

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Has any Chi newspaper picked up on this bit of business history, from The Scotsman? I don’t think so.

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FACT OF THE DAY

Today in 1887, American inventor Dorr Eugene Felt of Chicago patented the world’s first adding machine, named the comptometer . The machine, made from a macaroni box, staples, elastic bands and meat skewers, resembled a weird xylophone – but it proved both reliable and accurate. Click here to read today’s news on science and techonology.


Published by Jim Bowman

Jim Bowman covered religion 1968-78 for the Chicago Daily News, since then has written books, articles, etc., mostly on corporate history but also on religion (Company Man: My Jesuit Life, 1950-1968), and more recently on politics (Illinois Blues: How the Ruling Party Talks to Voters -- Lulu.com, Kindle). Longtime Oak Park, Illinois, resident, he lives now on Chicago's North Side, where four of his and Winnie's six children live close by.

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