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1.How many hotels are operated on the Disneyland grounds, owned by Disney? 2.Name the only Disneyland ride to hang from the ceiling?

3. What is the name of the transportation system throughout Disneyland? 4. What ride beings in Space Port where guests board a rocket? 5. Where would a visitor find “Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride” and “Peter Pan’s Flight”?

“What youngster has not dreamed of flying with Peter Pan over moonlit London, or tumbling into Alice’s nonsensical Wonderland?” -- Walt Disney

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Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, and Benjamin Franklin are all big names in the world of inventions. But how about some of the more unknown names and creations? This week, in honor of National Women Inventors’ Month, Tidbits focuses on some of the less familiar names and inventions, all originated by women. • The very first patent awarded to a woman was for a process of weaving straw with silk or thread for hat-making. President James Madison signed the patent for Connecticut resident Mary Dixon Kies in 1809. Her technique was especially valuable in the manufacture of reasonably-priced work bonnets. Unfortunately, a change in fashion kept her from profiting much from her invention, and she died penniless in 1837. The previous year, her original patent file was destroyed in a fire at the U.S. Patent Office. • The first two African-American women to receive patents both invented items to make home life easier. Washington, D.C. resident Judy Reed received her patent in September of 1884 for a dough kneader and roller. Unable to read or write, Judy signed Patent No. 305,474 with an “X.” Ten months later, Sarah E. Goode, who owned a furniture store in Chicago, was awarded a patent for a clever folding bed that could be transformed into a desk. turn the page for more!

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WOMEN INVENTORS (cont’d):

• In 1850, 12-year-old Margaret Knight was working at a New Hampshire textile mill when she witnessed the injury of a co-worker by a faulty piece of equipment. She was inspired to create a device that would automatically stop a machine if something was caught in it, an invention that was put to use in mills while Margaret was still a teenager. In her 30s, Margaret went to work at Massachusetts’ Columbia Paper Bag Company. At that time, paper bag bottoms were not flat, and Margaret concluded that a bag with a flat bottom would be much easier to load items. At age 33, she received one of her 27 patents, for a machine that cut, folded, and glued the shopping bags, eliminating the need for assembly by hand. Margaret’s other patents included a shoe-manufacturing machine, a rotary engine, an internal combustion engine, a numbering machine and a dress shield that protected women’s garments from perspiration stains. Her obituary in 1914 described her as a “woman Edison.” • Another ingenious 12-year-old girl invented an apparatus that was of immense help to people with communication disabilities. In the mid1980s, Canadian Rachel Zimmerman designed a software program that enabled non-speaking people to communicate through the use of symbols. The user touches the various symbols using a special touch pad, and Zimmerman’s Blissymbol Printer transcribes them into written language. The printer started out as a school science fair project, and moved on to competition at the World Exhibition of Achievement of Young Inventors, winning the silver medal. After completing degrees in physics and space studies, she works for NASA, helping them to mold their innovations to fit the needs of the disabled. (continued on next page)

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1. Name the most visited theme park in all of Europe. FAN OF SNOW 2. What part of Disneyland contains the “Big DEAR PAW’S CORNER: Do different types Thunder Mountain Railroad” and “Tom Sawyer of dogs handle cold weather differently? Island”? My3.big Lab mix “Gertie” hates going out in What is the name of the transportation system throughout Disneyland? the cold, even though she’s a good-sized dog 4. What ride beings in Space Port where guests (maybe a little too much, if you know what I board a rocket? mean). A few days ago on a morning walk in 5. Where would a visitor find “Mr. Toad’s Wild near-zero degree temperatures, we met two Ride” and “Peter Pan’s Flight”?

of Gertie’s neighborhood buddies, both small dogs. They were having a great time with their owner, romping around in the snow, while Gertie was whimpering the whole time we were out. How can I get her to deal with the cold better? -- Paul in Burlington, Massachusetts“What youngster has not dreamed of flying with Peter Pan over moonlit London, or tumbling into Alice’s DEAR PAUL: Even though bigger dogs tend to do better nonsensical Wonderland?” in cold weather, every pup is an -- Walt Disney individual and has its own preferences. Gertie is clearly not a fan of cold weather, while her neighbors love being out in it and playing in the snow. David Hasselhoff 7/17/52 That said, she shouldn’t just stay inside all the Vin Diesel 7/18/67 time, and you’re not taking her outside for very Vikki Carr 7/19/41 long. Carlos Santana 7/20/47 Try placing Gertie inJon a doggie sweater and booLovitz 7/21/57 ties anytime the temperature drops below 40 F. Selena Gomez 7/22/92 Take her for the usualDaniel walkRadcliffe -- no more and 7/23/89 no less -- and give her lots of praise before and after going outside. She may do much better with the sweater, even if she doesn’t really need it. If Gertie still doesn’t handle cold weather well, minimize her time in it. She still needs to get in some active time or she’ll gain more weight. Maybe she’d have fun spending a day or two each week at a doggie daycare that includes lots of time running and playing with other dogs in a common space. Looking for a natural weed killer for Send your questions, tips or comments to ask your garden? White vinegar is an pawscorner.com. (c) 2017 King Features Synd., broadleaf Inc. effective and earth-friendly

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• Maria Beasley’s first invention was patented in 1878 for a barrel-hooping machine, which enabled manufacturers to make 1,500 barrels a day, an invention that netted Beasley a small fortune. She also was responsible for a coffeebrewing system using a filter made of thick, absorbent paper punched with holes. She patDid you hear about the family who got stuck ented the filtering method in 1908 and founded on Peter Pan’s Flight for over 3 hours? a company that is still in existence today. Foot Apparently, their vehicle would neverwarmers, cooking pans, a steam generator and never land. a device that keeps trains from being derailed were all patented by Beasley. But it was her invention of the life raft, patented in 1882 that made her famous. She improved upon her raft design twice, and obtained patents in Britain as well as the U.S. It was Beasley’s life rafts that were used on the Titanic. • It was during a visit to New York City in 1902 that Alabama native Mary Anderson conceived the idea of a vehicle window cleaning device. While riding the trolley on a cold drizzly day, Mary noticed that the driver had to open the windows of the streetcar in order to see. Upon RLOOTDOANWM returning home, she devised a hand-operated Home of “Mission to Mars,” “Space device with a swinging arm and rubber blade Mountain,” and “Finding Nemo Voyage” operated by the driver from inside the vehicle. She was granted Patent No. 743,801 in 1903 for her invention. By 1916, windshield wipers were standard equipment for American automobiles. Unfortunately, Mary was unable to cash in on her idea to any great degree. Manufacturing 1. rejected Disneyland Paris saying, “We do firms her application, 2. consider Frontierland not it to be of such commercial value as3.wouldThe warrant our undertaking its sale.” Monorail Having been granted a 17-year patent, it ex4. Space Mountain pired in 1920. In 1917, another woman, Char5. Fantasyland lotte Bridgwood patented the automatic wiper. (continued on next page)

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WOMEN INVENTORS (cont’d): • Prior to World War II, office workers typed on manual typewriters, with ribbons that made erasing mistakes easy. However, with the widespread use of electric typewriters and their new carbon-film ribbons, errors could no longer be corrected with an eraser. In the early 1950s, Bette Nesmith Graham, a secretary at Texas Bank and Trust, observed painters decorating the bank’s windows for the holidays. When a mistake was made, the painters painted over the blunder with another layer of paint. Graham tried using a white, water-based tempera paint on her typing errors, and the idea of white-out was born. She continued to experiment with the concoction and in 1956, she sold her first batch of “Mistake Out.” It didn’t take long until she was bottling the product full-time, working from her home in Dallas, enlisting the help of

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her son and his friends. By 1958, Graham had a patent in hand and had renamed the invention Liquid Paper. Nine years later, she had a new corporate headquarters and production plant, with annual sales of more than a million units. Graham maintained the company until 1979 when she sold it to the Gillette Corporation for $47.5 million. Sad to say, Bette passed away just six months later at age 56. • Dr. Guiliana Tesoro was an organic chemist who worked in the fiber and textile industry. With 125 patents to her credit, we are in debt to Dr. Tesoro for flame-resistant fabrics, staticresistant fibers, and permanent press textiles. Born in Italy, Tesoro immigrated to the United States in 1939 when she was denied admittance to Italy’s university system under their Fascist Racial Laws. She attended Yale University, graduating at the young age of 21. hair worn in a ponytail. His eyes are blue. The doll is dressed in a silk suit with a lace jabot and wears a tri-corn hat, black stockings and shoes with buckles. The costume is a familiar one. The doll probably was not made for a young child, but as a part of the 1889centennial celebration of Washington’s inauguration. It was made by Martha Jenks Chase, who started making portrait dolls in her backyard about 1880. A 25inch tall Chase Washington doll sold in 2016 at a Theriault’s auction in Las Vegas for $3,080. *** I’d like information about my greatgrandmother’s full set of beautiful dishes and serving bowls given to her as a wedding gift in 1876. They are marked “LS & S Carlsbad Austria.”

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Healthy and delicious! Tidbits’ focus this week is on the pineapple, a tropical plant with origins in South America. • Although pineapples seem to have originated in South America, in 1493, Christopher Columbus happened on to them on the Caribbean island of Guadalupe and brought them back to Spain, calling them pina de Indes, meaning “pine of the Indians,” because of the fruit’s resemblance to pine cones. Explorer Ferdinand Magellan discovered pineapples in Brazil in 1519, and by 1555, the fruit was being successfully exported to England, followed soon after by exports to India, Asia, and the West Indies. Captain James Cook introduced pineapple to Hawaii around 1770. • We might think that most pineapples come from Hawaii, but the majority of the world’s pineapples actually come from Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Thailand. • A pineapple isn’t a single fruit, but rather a group of berries that have fused together around the core. Approximately 200 flowers, varying in color from lavender to bright red, join together to create a single fruit. The fruit takes about two years to mature, and it’s not unusual for a pineapple to reach 20 lbs. (9.1 kg). The plant can live and produce for up to 50 years. • Pineapples are rich in bromelain, an enzyme that produces many health benefits, including anti-inflammatory, muscle relaxant, and digestive aid properties. Bromelain also contains chemicals that can slow the growth of tumor cells. Pineapple can help arthritis pain and they (continued on next page)

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