The first portable typewriter in the United States was patented in 1892 by George C. Blickensderfer. Insurance companies in Yugoslavia issuing transportation insurance must contribute 10 per cent premiums to the Government’s programme to induce tourists to visit the country. Indians of southern Mexico have a unique bin for storing shelled corn against weather and the depredations of the harvester ant. It is built in the shape of a cup and saucer, with a thatched roof, and the saucer part is filled with water.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19371, 8 July 1937, Page 5
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