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Name the head inventor of the typewriter.
Christopher Latham Sholes
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Name the state where Christopher Sholes was born.
In Pennsylvania.
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What is Sholes also known as? [Nickname]
"The Father of the Typewriter"
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Name the full time assistant who helped with the typewriter.
Carlos Glidden
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Name the city and state where the the typewriter was invented.
Milwaukee, WI
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Was the typewriter successful when it was first put in the market? How much typewriters were sold?
-No it was not successful. -Only 5,000 typewriters were sold.
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Who was the assistant who helped with the typewriter for a short while but then left helping?
Samuel Soule
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Name the city in Pennsylvania where Christopher Sholes was an apprentice to a printer.
In Danville, Pennsylvania
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How much money did Sholes sell the copyright of the typewriter for? [to the Remington Arms Co.]
For $12,000
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-Name the father of Christopher Sholes, -Name the war he served in, -Name what he was gifted.
-Orrin Sholes -The war of 1812 -A piece of land in Pennslyvania
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What is the name of the Cemetery Sholes is buried in?
Forest Home Cemetery
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What was the reason for Sholes' death?
He was battling tuberculosis for about 9 years
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Name the father, brothers, wife, and daughter of Christopher Latham Sholes.
-Father was Orrin Sholes -Brothers were Charles and Henry Sholes -Wife was Mary Jane Sholes -Daughter was Lilian Sholes
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In what city did Sholes become the editor and the publisher of the newspaper, the Southport Telegraph?
Kenosha, WI
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Name the three total jobs that Sholes worked as.
-Politician -Inventor -Newspaperman
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