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  2. Charles Stilwell - Wikipedia

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    Stilwell was born and raised in Fremont, Ohio. When the Civil War broke out he joined the Union. When the conflict ended he returned to his hometown and got a job as a mechanical engineer. His hobby, which later turned into a future occupation, was the manufacturing of improved paper bag. During that time, paper and grocery bags already existed ...

  3. Flypaper effect - Wikipedia

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    The flypaper effect in this paper is defined as: "bureaucrats and politicians find it easier to avoid cutting taxes when the government receives revenue-sharing monies than they do to raise taxes when some exogenous event raises the income of the community." [3]

  4. Timeline of United States inventions (before 1890) - Wikipedia

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    Stone, who worked in a factory that made paper cigarette holders, did not like this design because it made beverages taste like grass. As an alternative, on January 3, 1888, Stone got a piece of paper from his factory and wrapped it around a pencil. By coating it with wax, his drinking straw became leak-proof so that it would not get waterlogged.

  5. Hinde & Dauch Paper Company - Wikipedia

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    The Hinde & Dauch Paper Company was an international paper-making company that was based in Sandusky, Ohio, United States. The firm was founded as Sandusky Paper Company by W. J. Bonn in 1880. [1] Two developers of a hay-baling process, James J. Hinde and Jacob J. Dauch, later purchased the company. [2]

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  8. Frederick J. Loudin - Wikipedia

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    Loudin was born to free parents in Charlestown, Ohio, circa 1836.His parents moved to rural Ohio from Burlington, VT to be farmers, but when they learned that, although they had made regular financial contributions to Hiram College, their son would not be allowed to enter their preparatory program, they promptly removed their children from the local school and enrolled them in school in ...

  9. James Floyd Smith - Wikipedia

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    After Irvin lost a patent dispute to Floyd Smith with zero compensation due to US Army parachute orders, the US Government compensated Smith with $3500 to transfer his patent to Irvin's company. [3] Floyd's original 1919 ripcord parachute is on display at the Air Force Museum at Dayton, Ohio. [16] Smith was issued a total of 33 patents. [14]