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	Podcast:		Local Features by WXPR
	Episode:		Why Are the Rhinelander Paper Smokestacks Missing the Letter "G" in Glassine?
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		00:03:20
	Publish Date:		2019-07-10 06:37:49
	Description:		This week's A Northwoods Moment in History comes from a Curious North question. Bob Nussbaum from Rhinelander asks: Why, and when, did the famous smokestacks of Rhinelander Paper, get shortened, so that the word "Glassine," the description of the butcher paper that changed the world, lost its "G"? To answer Bob's question, here's Gary Entz. The Rhinelander Paper Mill has two old smokestacks that stand out as landmarks in the local area. The southernmost stack has the words “Rhinelander Paper Co.” painted on it, while the northernmost stack has the words “Glassine Greaseproof.” But as an astute WXPR listener has noted, the letter “G” in Glassine has been cut off. Perhaps just as important a question is why the word “Glassine” was up there in the first place? What made this paper so important that it was singled out and painted on a smokestack as a point of pride for all to see? Glassine paper did not originate in the United States, and for a time most experts thought it wasn’t possible
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