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mid11-rclytomn-id-tcm-K-' V, lUI unedatiejwftcru,nrl,iaL1icdiein14.ay,?ss-mdARTIFICIAL STONE.But few people lire at all acquainted with the fact that a now Industry lma been quietly organixed in Humboldt and that the continued wnrk in this line is showing to what oxtont well directed efforts may take one oil the high road to success.Mr. Hugh McKtnstry is now turning out lit the factory north of the town hall, a fine quality of artlllcul building stone. Tiie stone is made of a good quality of Portland cement and gnivel and comes out ■ of the moulds In the shape of hollow concrete blocks Unit urc made by* tumping or pounding lu the right proportion a properly moistened m or ter of cement and gravel into the sized mould desired for the blocks. The blocks are cured and hardened by keeping them properly moistened while the curing and setting process Is going on,Later we shall undertake a morn full description of the work and the Industry when the product Iiub been tried ancl proved here where It is made. Kx-Senator Finch has eon II-doncc In the material and will use It for the front and uu all the main pro* JccMofiH’jn his new double block east of the Barely Savings Bank un nuilii street. That it is a success may be surely predicted an it lias long since past the age of experiment and has boon put ioto eomo of the lineal and most expensive buildings in'the northwest during the past ten years. It is only a question of doing It,
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Humboldt County Independent
Humboldt, Iowa, US
Thu, May 19, 1904
Page 6
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Ann P.
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