 "Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)")
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Local man got busy signal when applying for telephone patent.(Neighbor)
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Byline: Diana Dretske
In 1876, Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone, right?
Today, that's an accepted fact, but in the 1870s, the answer wasn't as clear. A Highland Park man, by the name of Elisha Gray may have been the true inventor of the telephone.
Elisha Gray (1835-1901) was born and raised on a farm in Barnesville, Ohio. At college, he became fascinated with electricity and in 1867 received a patent for an improved telegraph relay.
In 1874, then living in Highland Park, he was intrigued when he found his nephew was able to ...
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New York Senate changes and blue state tide will impact insuring, insurers: the great "blue" tide that swept across the United States on election day covered New York in a way that it hadn't been covered in over 40 years as two Republican state senators who served for a combined total of 56 years between them were defeated, paving the way for the Democrats to take control of the New York State Senate.(AROUND NEW YORK)
Magazine article from: Insurance Advocate
; ...the Majority leader. The New York Post columnist Fred Dicker has...in party control of the upper house of the state legislature, possible...political drama, businesses in New York must begin to develop a plan...leaders develop solutions to New York's economic problems. [ILLUSTRATION...
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NY SHOWS PRESENT GIFTS FOR ALL OCCASIONS.(New York)(New York International Gift Fair at Jacob K. Javits Convention Center)(Passenger Ship Terminal Piers and New York Gift Week at 7 W New York)(Brief article)
Magazine article from: HFN The Weekly Newspaper for the Home Furnishing Network
; ...manufacturers showing at this week's New York International Gift Fair at Jacob...Passenger Ship Terminal Piers and New York Gift Week at 7 W New York. With a slew of gifts ranging...napkin ring from Front of the House / Zrike's Victoria dinnerware
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Smooth-running systems rule the empire at Las Vegas' New York-New York Hotel. (New York-New York Hotel & Casino)
Magazine article from: Nation's Restaurant News
; ...average. Ark Restaurants of New York is the foodservice contractor...are a licensed version of New York's Gallagher's Steak House, a 500-seat replica of its...court with some well-known New York brands, including Nathan's...
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New York State Bar Association President Kenneth G. Standard Joins Epstein Becker & Green, P.C. Nationally known attorney will head EBG's diversity committee; Standard has been named by Crain's New York Business as one of the '100 Most Powerful Minority Business Leaders In New York'.
PR Newswire
; ...known lawyers in New York, and we are thrilled...experience, both in-house and as outside counsel...at-large of the New York State Bar's Executive...Judicial District (New York County) and Treasurer...duties as chair of the House of Delegates during his...
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New York City schools Chancellor Richard Green to address boards of the New York Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the New York City Partnership. (NEWS ADVISORY)
PR Newswire
; ...Robinson, when Green speaks to the boards of the New York City Partnership and New York Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Monday, Feb...Feb. 8 TIME: 4 p.m. PLACE: Old US Custom House, 1 Bowling Green, (Btwn. Broadway and State...
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January in New York: every January collectors from across the country make a pilgrimage to New York for Americana week, in particular the three major shows--the Winter Antiques Show, the American Antiques Show, and the New York Ceramics Fair--and the auctions at Christie's, Sotheby's, and now Bonhams. Following are some of the highlights of this year's events.(CURRENT and coming)
Magazine article from: The Magazine Antiques
; ...Museum of Glass in Corning, New York, which is also the subject...1950s European glass, and White House glass and china from George...Show * Park Avenue Armory, New York * January 23 to February 1...American antiques show held in New York during Americana week and always...
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New York-New York Hotel & Casino, "The Greatest City in Las Vegas," towers above the Nevada desert; Innovative, $460 million property re-creates the best of New York City.
Business Wire
; ...creation of traditional New York landmarks. The $460 million...skyline, complete with 12 New York-style skyscrapers that house 2,034 guest rooms and suites...third the actual size of the New York City architecture. The tallest...
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new york news; the collections. (six men's clothing collections presented at New York, New York, shows)
Magazine article from: Daily News Record
; ...name is on the label, and broke its debut collection in New York. The clothes are as eclectically derived as well. The concept...schizophrenic and was quite difficult to view, what with models in a house-of-mirrors maze, performing stripteases Tommy Hilfiger...
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New York Diary: Crazy daze for inmates of New York, the world's biggest asylum NEW YORK DIARY
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; ...street. So many people in New York seem so consumed with anger...ordering the insides of a New York sandwich wasn't already brain...instead of state- subsidised houses. "The French mentality is...gunshots and all. Ah, New York. Got to love it.
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Today New York, tomorrow the world Having bought the International Herald Tribune, the New York Times is rumoured to want to acquire the FT. Richard Siklos reports from New York
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London
; ...When the chairman of the New York Times and the publisher of the...global ambitions. Karen Elliott House had overseen the launches of...it was rumoured that the New York Times made quiet inquiries about...Sunday is outside greater New York, and the bulk of its advertising...
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