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Did you know the town of Flaxville, Montana was originally known as Boyer? However, when the Great Northern Railway branch line, veering off the mainline at Bainville, moved north and then to the west in 1913, the site of the burg was moved to its present location and renamed Flaxville. The reason being the large amount of flax grown in the area.

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Watching one of those How It’s Made TV shows the other day, we found the production of toilet paper fascinating. About 2% of today’s toilet paper is made from recycled paper complicating the process, having to remove ink, staples, and all kinds of surprising materials from the muddy pulp.

Once the recycled or virgin wood pulp is processed into paper, it must be rolled, perforated, embossed, scented, and tailored to meet the specific ...