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JOHN H. PATTERSON John H. Patterson (1844-1922) was an innovative entrepreneur who popularized
the modern cash register,
the kind that rang a bell and popped open the cash drawer when a sale was entered. He entered the cash register business indirectly.
Convinced that clerks in his retail store had their fingers in the till, he purchased some of the newfangled registers. Realizing their potential,
he bought out the individual
whose firm manufactured them, renamed the enterprise the National Cash Register Company (later NCR), and proceeded to take the retail business by storm. Patterson is credited with introducing the idea of exclusive territories for his salespeople,
opening the world’s first sales training school, and pioneering the use of direct mail ads and big commissions for sales representatives. He promoted employee welfare programs and better working conditions in an era when to do so was considered all but unethical by the greater business community.
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ENRICO CARUSO Caruso (1873-1921) was the most famous operatic tenor in the world in the early s.
Born in Naples, Italy,
the eighteenth of 20 children, Caruso had no formal vocal training until he was 18. He made his American debut on November 23, in
Rigoletto at the opening night of New York’s Metropolitan Opera.
He would open each season therefor the next 17 years. Caruso was the first major musician or singer to record his work on gramophone recordings.
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