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"textContent": "Before the advent of electricity in the home made electrically-heated clothes irons a possibility, ironing was a cumbersome process, with self-heated irons being an arguable improvement over solid (so-called sad) …read more",
"title": "The Montgomery Ward Gasoline-Powered Clothes Iron"
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