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Brothers find success with childhood invention sold in Lehigh Valley

An idea launched in their childhood to get out of washing dishes after holiday meals has turned two now-adult brothers into promising entrepreneurs. Michael Silva recalls what he and brother, Frank Silva, an East Stroudsburg University grad who now lives …
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Baysdorfer brothers, Omaha’s very own fathers of invention, were behind the 1st automobile and airplane built in Nebraska

Editor’s note: This piece originally was published on Oct. 23, 2005, as part of David Harding’s “Everyday History” column in The World-Herald. The horseless carriage first appeared on Omaha streets when merchant Emil Brandeis paid the ungodly sum of $ 5,000 …
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Ayrshire brothers’ invention to transform America’s railways

A machine to lay rail track, invented and patented by two brothers from Ayrshire, is set to revolutionise the job in America. Billy and Danny McCulloch have taken their Track Rail Transposer to New York to renew part of the city’s subway. Until now, the …
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Beer Pong Buzz: Can Hex Cup Dethrone CT Brothers’ Invention?

BROOKFIELD, CT– What’s the latest buzz in the beer pong game? Last summer it was a revolutionary new product five Brookfield brothers invented that took the beer pong world by storm. Now it has a challenger– The Hex Cup. Chase Treibt is one of five …
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Magnolia and Duplass Brothers Announce First Oscar Campaign for Transgender Actresses

His low-budget triumphalism and mother-of-invention ingenuity hews to a familiar heroic indie-film arc, though more remarkable still is Mr. Baker’s casting of Ms. Rodriquez and Ms. Taylor, both fluid, forceful screen presences. He met Ms. Taylor at the …
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Brothers of Invention

When Marcus Weller asked his brother, Mitchell, to help with his start-up, Skully Systems, he didn’t expect that it would also bring his family closer together.
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