Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 January 1912 — Origin of the Bath Towel. [ARTICLE]

Origin of the Bath Towel.

A towel manufacturer found that his machinery was not working right and that bls towels were suffering a vast tangling of the threads. While adjusting the machine he used one of the damaged towels to dry his hands. He found it pleasingly absorbent, and from the idea to which that gave rise was born the bath towel and a fortune to the patentee.—-