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2. Penny press - Wikipedia

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   Penny press newspapers were cheap, tabloid -style newspapers mass-produced in the United States from the 1830s onwards. Mass production of inexpensive newspapers became possible following the shift from hand-crafted to steam-powered printing. [1] Famous for costing one cent (equivalent to $0.35 in 2023) while other newspapers cost around six ...

3. Daily Nation - Wikipedia

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   The Daily Nation was started in the year 1958 as a Swahili weekly called Taifa by the Englishman Charles Hayes. It was bought in 1959 by the Aga Khan, and became a daily newspaper, Taifa Leo (Swahili for "Nation Today"), in January 1960. An English-language edition called Daily Nation was published on 3 October 1960, in a process organised by ...

4. United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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   William Shakespeare's First Folio from 1623; a copy is on display in the British Library. British literature includes literature associated with the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. Most British literature is in English. In 2022, 669 million physical books were sold in the UK, this is the highest overall level ever recorded.

5. Spirit duplicator - Wikipedia

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   v. t. e. A spirit duplicator (also referred to as a Rexograph or Ditto machine in North America, Banda machine or Fordigraph machine in the U.K. and Australia) is a printing method invented in 1923 by Wilhelm Ritzerfeld that was commonly used for much of the rest of the 20th century. The term "spirit duplicator" refers to the alcohols that were ...

6. Benjamin Franklin - Wikipedia

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   Benjamin Franklin FRS FRSA FRSE (January 17, 1706 [O.S. January 6, 1705] – April 17, 1790) was an American polymath, a leading writer, scientist, inventor ...

7. Fort Worth Star-Telegram - Wikipedia

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   0889-0013. Website. www .star-telegram .com. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram is an American daily newspaper serving Fort Worth and Tarrant County, the western half of the North Texas area known as the Metroplex. It is owned by The McClatchy Company. [4]