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  2. Smith Brothers - Wikipedia

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    James Smith bought a cough drop recipe from a journeyman peddler named Sly Hawkins and in 1852 made his first batch of "Smith Brothers Cough Drops". The September 24, 1934 issue of Time Magazine featured the story on the rise of the Smith Brothers. [1] William and Andrew took over the business after their father died in 1866. [citation needed]

  3. Greige goods - Wikipedia

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    Silk rolls. Greige goods (Gray goods, Grey goods, Corah [1] [2] or korā) [3] are loom state woven fabrics, or unprocessed knitted fabrics. Greige goods undergo many subsequent processes, for instance, dyeing, printing, bleaching, and finishing, [4] [5] [6] prior to further converting to finished goods such as clothing, or other textile products. [7] "

  4. List of mills in Fall River, Massachusetts - Wikipedia

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    formerly Joan Fabrics 47: Sagamore Mill No. 3: 1882: 1 Ace St. Fall River Granite: 83000713: formerly Trina 48: Sanford Spinning Co. Mill No. 1: 1891: Globe Mills Ave: Red Brick: 83000714: later part of New England Cotton Yarns; Passaic Coton Mills; American Cotton Fabric Corporation; Firestone Cotton Mills; now part of Duro Industries 49 ...

  5. Moxon Huddersfield - Wikipedia

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    Moxon's archives, Yew Tree Mills. The company was acquired in 1993 [15] [n. 1] by British industrialist Firas Chamsi-Pasha, [17] formerly of textile firm Hield Brothers. [18] [n. 2] Mr Chamsi-Pasha dropped 90% of the company's customer base [2] and concentrated its production in the most expensive segment of the cloth market, [16] with retail price up to £4,200 a metre in 2005 [20] for ...

  6. Cone Mills Corporation - Wikipedia

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    In 1887 brothers Moses H. and Caesar Cone began investing in textile mills in North Carolina. In 1891 they incorporated the Cone Export & Commission Company in New Jersey to broker Southern textile products in the North. [1] Within several years the broker was trading products from almost 90 percent of all Southern textile mill owners. [2]

  7. Spotlight Group - Wikipedia

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    Spotlight was established by brothers Morry Fraid and Ruben Fried, whose names were spelled differently due to a mistake by their teachers. [1] They immigrated to Australia from Israel in 1956 with their parents, who established a fabric stall at the Queen Victoria Market in Melbourne. The first Spotlight store was opened in 1973 in Malvern.

  8. Hield - Wikipedia

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    Hield Bros / ˈ h iː l d /, or simply Hield, is an English textile manufacturer and retailer of men's clothing and luxury goods. [1] The company was established in 1922. In addition to manufacturing cloth for its own suits, Hield produces cloth for many labels and has supplied the upholstery used in Queen Elizabeth II's custom Bentley State Limousine.

  9. Transparency and translucency - Wikipedia

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    Absence of structural defects (voids, cracks, etc.) and molecular structure of most liquids are chiefly responsible for their excellent optical transmission. The ability of liquids to "heal" internal defects via viscous flow is one of the reasons why some fibrous materials (e.g., paper or fabric) increase their apparent transparency when wetted.