Word: vacuum
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...there any particular reason why well built dormitories should thus fill-with dust. There are, even in such hinterlands as this of greater Boston, vacuum cleaners. And somewhere there are funds to purchase, if not better "goodies", at least carpet sweepers. Man, indeed, must all too soon return to dust. The Senior year at Harvard need not be such a direct threat of doom...
...taking the liberty of writing you regarding your comment on the Hoover v. Eureka [vacuum cleaner] suit as outlined on page 33-34 of TIME, April 18, because it makes rather adverse reference to the carpet sweeper and even specifically mentions Bissell sweepers...
...negative side, we might point out certain disadvantages of the vacuum cleaner which we have determined by careful tests of such devices, but the Bissell sweeper has enough merits of its own to stand on without indulging in recriminations regarding the worth-while contemporary products. In other words, each device has its own distinct field of usefulness...
...Murray Spangler invented a machine which was a combination of a carpet sweeper and suction pump. A small electric motor created a vacuum that sucked the carpet up away from the floor and against a carpet sweeper brush. This brush, revolving, beat against the carpet and loosened the dirt, which the vacuum in turn pulled into a convenient sack. This was, and is, the Hoover. William H. Hoover and his three sons, (Herbert W., F. G., and D. P.) made...
Another type of vacuum carpet cleaner moves across the floor, and sucks air laden with dirt from the carpet. This type does not beat the carpet. The Eureka is an excellent vacuum cleaner 01 this type...