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Many council representatives rejected this idea because they said the free popcorn, sno-cones and cotton candy are an important part of Springfest...
Thomas B. Cotton is a sophomore living in Adams House...
...18th century, a crisis shook the paper-making industry because cotton rags became extremely scarce. In the 19th century, mills turned to making paper from wood instead...
Books are decaying rapidly today because "a tree had more to it than a cotton ball," says Merrill-Oldam. The problem is that wood contains lignin, the substance that causes newsprint even today to decay and yellow within a matter of weeks if left...
...lignin, but in the process they often reintroduced other decants and acids. In the '50s and '60s, paper was sized-smoothed out for writing--with acidic salts--another decant. It was not until the 70s that mills were reengineered to manufacture alkaline paper, which, like paper made from cotton rags, has an extremely long life...