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ID	64475
Title of Article	Rube Goldberg machines offer lessons in creativity
Notes	Purdue Rube Goldberg team
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Concord Intermediate student testing the machine; Purdue Rube Goldberg team president A.J. Trent explaining Rube Goldberg machine to people; Concord students observing Rube Goldberg machine
Date	September 28, 2018
Page	A1, A3
Subjects	Concord Intermediate School, Inventors

ID	63621
Title of Article	Elkhart man thinks clean-up
Notes	Swiper Viper
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Ask at Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Lloyd Troyer demonstrating Swiper Vipers; Swiper Viper
Date	April 2, 2018
Page	A1, A3
Subjects	Troyer, Lloyd, Inventors

ID	55267
Title of Article	Green giant
Notes	Challenger Designs
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Ask at Reference Desk
Picture Caption	The Big Green Egg cooking island; Rich Moore; Gonzalo Esparza and Roberto Cuevas
Date	November 24, 2014
Page	A1, A2
Subjects	Inventors, Challenger Door

ID	54696
Title of Article	Area inventor hopes his new product will clean up
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	2 of Jim Thorpe
Date	August 3, 2014
Page	D1, D2
Subjects	Thorpe, Jim, Inventors, E-Z Sweep & Rake LLC

ID	53108
Title of Article	Machine carves pumpkins
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm â€“ Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo of VanDiepebos
Date	October 26, 2013
Page	A1, A2
Subjects	VanDiepenbos, Brian, Inventors

ID	52062
Title of Article	Tickets on sale now for HUGS Project of Elkhart handcrafted quilt raffle
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm â€“ Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo of quilt detail
Date	May 25, 2013
Page	A3
Subjects	National Inventors Hall of Fame, Quilts, Military Units

ID	49934
Title of Article	Digital manipulation
Notes	Modification of digital camera for people w/ disabilities
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photos
Date	March 23, 2012
Page	A3
Subjects	Association for the Disabled of Elkhart County (ADEC), Inventors, Wierenga, Don

ID	49587
Title of Article	EACC student's invention to help at local manufacturer
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo of Brown
Date	December 11, 2011
Page	A3, A5
Subjects	Elkhart Area Career Center (EACC), Inventors, KMC Controls, Brown, Philip

ID	46228
Title of Article	Founder of project that helps keep soldiers cool visits Elkhart
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	August 28, 2010
Page	A1, A2
Subjects	National Inventors Hall of Fame, Military Units, Stark, Karen

ID	25180
Title of Article	Producing patents
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo, chart
Date	March 22, 2007
Page	A1
Subjects	Pathfinder Communications Corp., Technology Industries, Business, Inventors

ID	25181
Title of Article	Producing patents
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo, chart
Date	March 22, 2007
Page	A1
Subjects	Pathfinder Communications Corp., Technology Industries, Business, Inventors

ID	11938
Title of Article	Inventive mind
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo of Knopps
Date	February 14, 2005
Page	A3
Subjects	Knowles, Cameo, Inventors

ID	718
Title of Article	Hellen [sic], Alfred Free in Inventors Hall of Fame
Notes	Helen, Alfred Free in Inventors Hall of Fame
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Elkhart City History File
Picture Caption	Photos of Frees
Date	September 23, 2000
Page	C1
Subjects	National Music Camp, Free, Helen Murray, Free, Alfred H.

ID	717
Title of Article	Frees in Inventors Hall of Fame
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Elkhart City History File
Picture Caption	Photos of Frees
Date	June 17, 2000
Page	D12
Subjects	National Landmarks, Free, Helen Murray, Free, Alfred H., Miles Laboratories

ID	71826
Title of Article	Proposed plant may produce mayor's brother's invention
Source	Norwalk Reflector
Location	Elkhart Truth Collection
History #	Elkhart Truth Collection
Date	Oct 30, 1993
Page	1, 3
Subjects	CWC, Cooke, Carl W., Inventors, Government, Federal

ID	48364
Title of Article	515 Baldwin Street, where the fluorescent light was invented in 1932.
Notes	R Elk 917.728 F62r v. 7
Source	Flitcraft Scrapbook
Location	Ask at Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo 3
Date	July 7, 1985
Page	75
Subjects	Baldwin Street, Warnke, C. J., Inventors, Fluorescent Lights

ID	69291
Title of Article	Politics, publishing, music
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Charles Gerard Conn
History #	Elkhart Truth Collection
Date	Jun 28, 1975
Subjects	Conn, C.G., Ltd., Inventors, Musical Instrument Industry

ID	5561
Title of Article	Elkhartan invents dredge
Notes	The STUMP
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	photo of George Batchelder & invention
Date	April 29, 1975
Subjects	Batchelder, George, Inventors, Elkhartans

ID	39113
Title of Article	Interurbans in Indiana - Should they be restored?
Source	South Bend Tribune
Location	Indiana History File
Picture Caption	photos, maps, chart
Date	January 1, 1974
History #	111
Subjects	Inventors, Northern Indiana Railroad, Railroads, Railroads, History of

ID	69341
Title of Article	NEW CONN GAME
Notes	Conn Corporation
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	Connquiz
History #	Elkhart Truth Collection
Date	Jun 05, 1969
Subjects	Inventors, Games, Music Education

ID	38410
Title of Article	Old-Time Interurbans Come Back On Film
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Picture Caption	horse drawn trolley
Date	February 23, 1968
Subjects	Inventors, Trolleys, Elkhart County, Trolley, Horse Drawn

ID	34982
Title of Article	College band directors honor Dr. Kent
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Elkhart City History File
Picture Caption	photo of Dr. Earle L. Kent
Date	December 23, 1964
History #	362a
Subjects	Kent, Nina M., Inventors, Musical Instrument Industry

ID	10497
Title of Article	Roller Coaster 'Born' in Elkhart
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	January 5, 1954
Page	(Home Town Slants)
Subjects	Thompson, LaMarcus Adna, Eagle Knitting Co., Inventors

ID	34980
Title of Article	Electonic music box
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Elkhart City History File
Picture Caption	photo of Earle L. Kent with box
Date	November 2, 1951
History #	362
Subjects	Kent, Earle L., Inventors, Musical Instrument Industry

ID	76676
Title of Article	Chicago Telephone Supply Corp. Article
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
History #	Elkhart Truth Collection
Date	Oct 05, 1937
Page	4
Subjects	Chicago Telephone Supply Corp. (see CTS Corporation), Lawsuits, Courts, Inventors

ID	76673
Title of Article	Chicago Telephone Supply Corp. Article
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
History #	Elkhart Truth Collection
Date	Dec 09, 1936
Page	4
Subjects	Chicago Telephone Supply Corp. (see CTS Corporation), Courts, Lawsuits, Inventors

ID	49510
Title of Article	Windmill Drive
Notes	Patent filed Dec. 30, 1925
Source	Other
Location	Elkhart City History File
Date	April 22, 1930
History #	468b
Subjects	Bucklen, Herbert E., Inventors, Patents

ID	43995
Title of Article	Invented device to save labor
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	April 21, 1906
Page	7
Subjects	Rogers, John E., Inventors, Patents, H. B. Sykes & Co.

ID	43848
Title of Article	Elkhart man's device for cleaning shoes
Source	Elkhart Truth
Location	Microfilm - Reference Desk
Date	April 14, 1906
Page	12
Subjects	Golf, Patents, Inventors