Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 138, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 June 1919 — Makes Pine Needles. [ARTICLE]

Makes Pine Needles.

A discovery has been patented which is of great interest and value In connexion with'the’textile Industry- By the process patented-there is obtained a useful substitute for cotton and jute from pine needles. The needles are first of All rendered chemically solufils and then thoroughly mlxed by-mechan-ical means, whereupon, the . fibrous material thus obtained can be spun ob any ordinary cotton-spinning machine