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    1. [ENG-WESTMORLAND] PENRITH HERALD January 24, 1874 / ADVERTISEMENT.
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    3. PENRITH HERALD and East Cumberland and Westmorland News. =============================================== ADVERTISEMENT. PATENT STARCH. PARSONS, FLETCHER, AND CO. 's INDIAN STARCH. THIS Superior Article is strongly recommended to Laundresses and Heads of Families by whom a trial is respectfully solicited. For its PURITY, STRENGTH, and QUALITY, it has never been surpassed. It does not require boiling, and is guaranteed to be entirely free from acid, so injurious to linen. Owing to its careful manufacture, it imparts to muslin, collars, lace, &c., a brilliant, glossy, firm, and elastic finish. It may also be USED WITH COLD WATER ONLY, By mixing to a smooth paste, and adding water in the proportion of a pint to two ounces of starch. When made in this way, the linen should be ironed soon after starching, to ensure a beautiful gloss. To be obtained of all respectable Grocers. Starch Works: Gravel Lane, Southwark, S.E. and 22, Broad-street, Cheapside, E.C., London. N. B. - Comsumers are requested to ask for " E L E P H A N T S T A R C H" =============================================

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