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Mrs. Warren, an American by birth, lived at the corner of Wellesley and Jarvis Streets, was the very successful Chief Executive Officer of the Gutta Percha Rubber Company, and an extremely generous and cooperative friend of Dr. Currelly.
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Somebody had told her of a certain tailor of Pfalzen who, within memory of man, returning from a wedding at Percha, and having passed St. George on his homeward way at eight o'clock of the evening, suddenly saw the road divide before him.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 31, October, 1873 Various
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Co.tinental Gutta-Percha Co. Excellent information on British roads, distances, hotels, etc., with a general map.
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At one o'clock they pushed before them two sledges loaded with hay from Edelsheim, and one filled with straw from Percha, and, forming by this means a barricade in front of the Capuchin monastery, began firing, whilst troops of peasants still marched forward from other villages.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 28, July, 1873 Various
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We passed Percha, a small group of peaceful houses and a church, contrasting forcibly with the wild, tumultuous scenes which it must have witnessed when the enthusiast Von
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 28, July, 1873 Various
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On December 2 the insurgents advanced nearer and nearer, pouring down from the neighboring village of Percha, which they had chosen as their head-quarters.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 28, July, 1873 Various
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Or could you have heard it at Percha? or by the fire some winter evening?
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 31, October, 1873 Various
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Standing up in the village street of Percha, this leader animated them still to fresh attacks, and sent special messengers north, south, east and west, vowing fire and vengeance to all who succumbed; but on December 6, fresh French troops having come to the aid of General Almeras, the peasants saw that their cause was lost and refused to listen.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 28, July, 1873 Various
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The Pennsylvania Railway, the United States Steel Corporation, and many others in the United States have established research laboratories in connection with their works, and I believe the Massey-Harris people, the Gutta Percha Rubber Co., the Hamilton Steel Works, and others in Canada are following their example.
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The Glass, Elliot, and Gutta-Percha Companies were united to form the well-known Telegraph
Heroes of the Telegraph John Munro 1889
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