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1 story matching forthcom
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:forth, fort, forti, forthwith, fortif, fortin
- The Professor Who Gave Colour Photography Away for Free
An Oregon experiment-station scientist stumbles on a way to fix true flower colours permanently in a photographic print — then walks into Seattle and refuses to patent it.