| Show IT BEGAN AT MEMORABLE TIME Labor Day was madelegal holiday in 1893 And in Corsicana Texas oil was discovered by drillers searching not for petroleum but water Samuel Clemens whose pen-name Mark Twain had become world famous published one of his several books that year titled PuddHead Wilson Whitcomb Judson clever Chicagoan patentedmetal contraption which closed an opening in fabric withsimple tug of thumb and finger and reopened it just as easily The device which would alter clothing design for decades to come was given the name zipper and button manufacturers thereafter witnessedsteady decline in demand for their products And in Richmond Virginia the Hotel Jefferson was opened complete with electric lights and two toilets on each floor Unfortunately the Jefferson was later destroyed byfire traced to the electrical wiring The State Department seeking to give proper recognition to its representatives in foreign lands introduced the title Ambassador conferring it upon delegates in five important foreign countries Those were the headline stories when Utah Press Association came into existence in 1893 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
