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merits. Slogans improve entire communities. And did that inventor, a century and more ago, dedicate the message on his first oven door in the same Christmas spirit which calls for “Glory to God in the highest and on Earth Peace, and Good Will toward men”?
(A footnote: Research about the Home Comfort wood stove reveals an enthusiasm of undiminished popularity from generation to generation throughout the United States. Manufactured by the Wrought Iron Products Co. in St. Louis, these cooking and heating units are working antiques, still in good condition and excellent favor.
The early wood and coalbuming models were finished in agate or a spotted gray. The medallion (the telltale sign) on the front bore the date 1854, a sheaf of wheat, and the manufacturer's name. These prized possessions could not be found among the mundane stock of the every day hardware store, but were sold individually, door-to-door.
Sales territories extended across several states, such as the one headquartered in Culpeper which served Maryland, Pennsylvania and West
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