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"The worst," says Mrs. Moore, "were the semicommercial, semiresidential neighborhoods near the downtown area."

From Time Magazine Archive

Because of the similarity of hemp hurds to other materials which have been tested by the Office of Paper-Plant Investigations, semicommercial tests were conducted in cooperation with a paper manufacturer without preliminary laboratory tests.

From Hemp Hurds as Paper-Making Material United States Department of Agriculture, Bulletin No. 404 by Dewey, Lyster H. (Lyster Hoxie)