Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 63, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 March 1918 — Glassmaking Old Industry. [ARTICLE]

Glassmaking Old Industry.

Glass™*king in Venice is of remote antiquity. By a law of November 8, yiyi, the authorities of Venice, to avoid the risk of fire, ordered the glassmaking industry to be transferred to the adjacent Island of Murano. Ever since Murano has been the most important center for hand-made glass and glassbead manufacture in the world.