[Newspaper] Publication: The Muncie Star Muncie, IN, United States |
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Seen and Heard in Our Neighborhood By Dick Greene
RAMBLINGS OF THE DAY . . . Ernie Parkison, 2215 S. Grant St., was reading the notations about cigar boxes, the wooden type so commanly [sic] commonly seen, and he hastened to call attention that Kimble Glass Company makes cigar boxes of glass.
Ernie, an employe of Kimble, brought one of them this way and asked. “Do you know what it is? I promptly replied that it looked like a dish for beans. The transparent glass box, with its glass lid, is among the products of Kimble, a subsidiary of Owens Illinois Glass Company. It holds 40 cigars and is sold especially at this time of the year to cigar manufacturers. It is a gift item. Learn something new every day. . . . · · |
Keywords: | Hemingray : Owens-Illinois Glass Company : Kimble Glass Company |
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Researcher: | Bob Stahr |
Date completed: | February 1, 2023 by: Bob Stahr; |