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—Miss Helen Blanchard, of Portland, Me., was the daughter of. a ruer-ehanfc who was unfortunate in business. After -an unsuccessful attempt at keeping a boarding-house in Boston she obtained work in a Philadelphia clothing house. One day, in a fit of desper-atioh, she abandoned the shop to invent a band in gentlemen1 s hats to prevent perspiration/ which proved highly successful. She has now re turned to Portland: to buy back thev o3d$ Homestead where the family lived in ffceir i^mer days of prosperi^.-~-Boston Journal*
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Elkhart Sentinel
Elkhart, Indiana, US
Sat, Nov 20, 1886
Page 3
Full Page
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