Arthur Hoyt SCOTT

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16 March 1875 , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Died

25 February 1927 , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Edward Irvin SCOTT Sarah Frances "Fannie" HOYT

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Born: 16 March 1875 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Father: Edward Irvin SCOTT

Mother: Sarah Frances "Fannie" HOYT

Paternal grandparents: Alexander Hamilton SCOTT , Sophronia Wood SEYMOUR

Maternal grandparents: Zerah Taylor HOYT , Sarah Mariah FOOTE

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Arthur Hoyt married Edith WILDER abt. 1900 . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Edith WILDER was born 8 November 1875 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA. Edith died 19 July 1960 in Wallingford, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA. Edith was the child of John Thomas WILDER and Martha Jane STEWART.

Arthur Hoyt SCOTT died 25 February 1927 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

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Recorded occupation: inventor of the paper towel

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Edith WILDER
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Edith WILDER was the child of John Thomas WILDER and Martha Jane STEWART

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Eleanor Wilder SCOTT

Born: 7 June 1902, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: 22 August 1993, , Maine, USA

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Birth — 1875
16 March 1875
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

1876 - March 7 – Alexander Graham Bell is granted a United States patent for an invention he calls the telephone.

1877 - Rutherford B. Hayes becomes President of the United States

1877 - November 21 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record sound.

1879 - Incandescent light bulb is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, United States)

1881 - The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton.

1881 - March 4 - James A. Garfield becomes President of the United States

1881 - July 2 - James A. Garfield was shot at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, D.C., at 9:30 am on Saturday, July 2, 1881. He died in Elberon, New Jersey, two months later on September 19, 1881. The shooting occurred less than four months into his term as president. Charles J. Guiteau was convicted of Garfield's murder and executed by hanging one year after the shooting. Chester Arthur becomes President of the United States.

1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)

The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)

1885 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1886 - October 28 - Statue of Liberty is Unveiled

1889 - The automobile is invented (Gottlieb Daimler, Germany)

1889 - Benjamin Harrison becomes President of the United States

1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)

The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)

First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented

1893 - Grover Cleveland becomes President of the United States

1897 - Aspirin is invented (Felix Hoffmann (Bayer), Germany)

1897 - William McKinley becomes President of the United States

1898 - April 25 – Spanish-American War: The United States declares war on Spain

1898 - December 10 – The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Spanish-American War.

1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 - William McKinley, the 25th president of the United States, was shot on the grounds of the Pan-American Exposition in the Temple of Music in Buffalo, New York, on September 6, 1901, six months into his second term. He was shaking hands with the public when an anarchist, Leon Czolgosz, shot him twice in the abdomen. Theodore Roosevelt becomes President of the United States.

1902 Birth of Child
Eleanor Wilder SCOTT was born 7 June 1902, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Arthur Hoyt was 27 years old.

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1904 - June 28 - U.S. begins construction of Panama Canal.

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1909 - William Howard Taft becomes President of the United States

1910 - Cheltenham, Montgomery, Pennsylvania
Name: Arthur H Scott
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Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1910
Event Place: Cheltenham, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States
District: ED 70
Gender: Male
Age: 35
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Birth Year (Estimated): 1875
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Immigration Year:
Father's Birthplace: New York
Mother's Birthplace: New York
Sheet Letter: A
Sheet Number: 39
Sheet Number and Letter: 39A
Household ID:
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: T624
Affiliate Film Number: 1377
GS Film Number: 1375390
Digital Folder Number: 004973754
Image Number: 00409

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
Arthur H Scott Head M 35 Pennsylvania
Edith W Scott Wife F 34 Tennessee
Eleanor Scott Daughter F 8 Pennsylvania

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1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic

1913 - The assembly line is invented (Henry Ford, United States)

The bra is invented (Mary Phelps Jacob, United States)

1913 - Woodrow Wilson becomes President of the United States

1913 - October 31 – The Lincoln Highway, the first automobile road across the United States, is dedicated

1915 - January 25 - First United States coast-to-coast long-distance telephone call

1917 - March 2 – The enactment of the Jones Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.

1917 - April 6 – WWI: The United States declares war on Germany

1918 - March 19 – The United States Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time

1919 - June 4 – Women's rights: The United States Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which would guarantee suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification

1920 - January 17 - Prohibition goes into effect on January 17, 1920, under the provisions of the 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution

1921 - Warren G. Harding becomes President of the United States

1921 - Charles Strite of Minnesota patents the pop-up toaster.

1923 to 1927 - Television is invented (Vladimir Kosma Zworykin (Russia), Philo Taylor Farnsworth (United States))

1923 - Calvin Coolidge becomes President of the United States

Death — 1927
25 February 1927
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
He died at the age of 51.

1931 - The paper towel is invented (Arthur Scott, United States)
'Arthur Scott, head of [Scott Paper Company], had big trouble. An entire railroad car full of paper, unloaded at his plant, wasn't good for anything because the paper had been rolled too thick for toilet tissue, its intended purpose. Was he going to send the whole load back?

Meanwhile, Scott heard about a certain teacher in the city school system who had developed a novel idea to help fight colds in school. She gave every runny nosed student a small piece of soft paper to use. That way the roller towel in the toilets would not become contaminated with germs. Scott decided he would try to sell the carload of paper. He perforated the thick paper into small towel-size sheets and sold them as disposable paper towels. Later he renamed the product Sani-Towel and sold them to hotels , restaurants, and railroad stations for use in public washrooms.

In 1931, Scott introduced the first paper towel for the kitchen and created a whole new grocery category. He made perforated rolls of...Read full story

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