The invention of the light bulb transformed human life forever by bringing safe and reliable light into homes, streets, and ...

German immigrant Mathias Klein, according to “Made in Illinois: A Story of Illinois Manufacturing” by Rolf Achilles, used his skills as an iron worker to repair a broken tool for a telegraph lineman.

Before blockbusters, Orillia’s first ‘moving picture’ was a Boer War re-enactment that heralded a new era of entertainment ...