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Old Fashioned Tinder Box Gave Way to Modern Matches
In an 19th century reminiscence Henry M Brooks notes the shift from tinder boxes and flint and steel to friction and patent matches. Households once kept tinder in a tin, learned to strike sparks, and relied on slow flames before modern store bought matches and droppings of tinder.
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Henry M. Brooks
Jane Wile
New England
Ullon
Salem
MWD
PST
Tie Collione Dings
Beaty
Lee Amedd