FYI June 29, 2020

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On This Day

1888 – George Edward Gouraud records Handel’s Israel in Egypt onto a phonograph cylinder, thought for many years to be the oldest known recording of music.
George Edward Gouraud (30 June 1842 – 20 February 1912)[1] was an American Civil War recipient of the Medal of Honor who later became famous for introducing the new Edison Phonograph cylinder audio recording technology to England in 1888.

Civil war
He was the son of the French engineer François Fauvel Gouraud (1808–1847) who came to the US in 1839 to introduce the daguerrotype technology for photography. Both parents died in the summer of 1847. Gouraud fought for the United States Army during the Civil War 1861–1865, and received the Medal of Honor for bravery as a captain with the 3rd New York Volunteer Cavalry on November 30, 1864. He was later brevetted lieutenant colonel.[2]

Working for Edison
He moved to London at the behest of American Railway magnate William Jackson Palmer to promote the Edison telegraph system. Gouraud did not meet Edison himself until 1874 when the latter was sent to demonstrate new equipment that he had invented to the British Post Office. As an enthusiast of new electric inventions, in the late 1880s and early 1890s he had many gadgets installed in his house at Beulah Hill, Upper Norwood in South London, which he renamed “Little Menlo” after Menlo Park, New Jersey where Edison’s research facility was situated.

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Born On This Day

1858 – Julia Lathrop, American activist and politician (d. 1932)
Julia Clifford Lathrop (June 29, 1858 – April 15, 1932) was an American social reformer in the area of education, social policy, and children’s welfare. As director of the United States Children’s Bureau from 1912 to 1922, she was the first woman ever to head a United States federal bureau.[1]

Biography
Julia Clifford Lathrop was born in Rockford, Illinois. Julia’s father, a lawyer and personal friend of Abraham Lincoln, helped establish the Republican Party and served in the state legislature (1856–57) and Congress (1877–79). Her mother was a suffragist active in women’s rights activities in Rockford and a graduate of the first class of Rockford Female Seminary.

Lathrop attended Rockford Female Seminary where she met Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr. After one year, she transferred to Vassar College, developing her own multidisciplinary studies in statistics, institutional history, sociology, and community organization and graduated in 1880.[2] Afterwards, she worked in her father’s law office first as a secretary and then studying the law for herself.

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FYI

By Dani Anguiano, in San Francisco and agencies: Golden State Killer: former police officer says he will plead guilty to rapes and murders
 
 
 
 
The Flip Side: Your Monday Morning Report: DC statehood, On the bright side: Dog’s best friend
 
 
 
 
The Bored Panda: Meet African Rain Frogs That Look Like Angry Avocados And Have The Most Adorable Squeeks; People Are Pointing Out Examples Of Alleged ‘Everyday Racism’ In Shops; Moose And Her Calves Decide To Spend A Day In This Family’s Backyard, Man Documents How It Went; Artist Beautifully Illustrates This Monster Story That’s Been Making People Emotional For Years and more ->
 
 
 
 
By Colin Marshall, Open Culture: Milton Glaser (RIP) Explains Why We Must Overcome the Fear of Failure, Take Risks & Discover Our True Potential
 
 
 
 
By Ayun Halliday, Open Culture: Behold Octavia Butler’s Motivational Notes to Self
 
 
 
 
The Rural Blog: Opioid epidemic caused OD deaths on tribal lands to spike; Natives in Okla. 50% more likely to die than non-natives; Pennsylvania attorney general releases ‘scathing’ grand jury report on state fracking industry, regulatory industry and more ->
 
 
 
 
STORIES OF NORTHERN CANADA AND ALASKA: Stone Sheep
 
 
 
 
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By MessyNessy 13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. CDXCXIX): An Entire Old West Town for Sale in New Zealand; Barcelona’s Gran Teatre del Liceu performs to a Theatre full of Plants; Alphonse Mucha model reference photos and final artworks.; Behind the Scenes at the Casting Agency for Hollywood Extras; This is actually a black and white photograph; A Movie about the small but fascinating world of Booksellers and more ->
 
 
 
 
By Rocky Parker, Beyond Bylines: Blog Profiles: Homeschool Blogs
 
 
 
 
By Kyle Bagenstose, Dinah Pulver and Kevin Crowe, USA TODAY: Millions of Americans think they’re safe from flood waters. They aren’t. Some federal flood maps haven’t been updated in years. This new, nationwide flood risk tool includes projections to 2050.
 
 
 
 
By Melissa Quinn, CBS News: Supreme Court gives green light to Justice Department for resuming federal executions
 
 
 
 

By Ken Doctor, Nieman Labs: Newsonomics: The New York Times is opting out of Apple News
 
 
 
 

By Grace & Violence: Music to Write By, Part 3; Music to Write By, Part 3
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 

 
 

 
 
 
 
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Recipes

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