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More NEPA – Klots Throwing Co., Carbondale PA

© Frank H. Jump

© Frank H. Jump
© Frank H. Jump

Klots Throwing Company opened in Carbondale, Pennsylvania in 1894 by Henry D. Klots “to use available workforce of wives and daughters of local coal miners.” Read about Katherine Nougle, an indentured silk throwster from 1392 London.

OPERATION KILLS H.D.KLOTS; Head of Silk Throwster Concern Twice Under Knife for Appendicitis.

March 20, 1914, Friday

© NY Times

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