Her concept continues to be used in the manufacture of today's paper grocery bag. Margaret was born in Maine, later living in New Hampshire and Massachusetts. Her first patented invention, inspired by ...

SUGAR NOTCH – With home deliveries driving higher demand for paper bags and more states banning plastic bags, American Paper Bag in Sugar Notch is experiencing explosive growth, expanding and… ...

PORT TOWNSEND — Production at the bag-making plant of Port Townsend Paper Corp. is scheduled to end Saturday after 65 years of operation. Operations at the plant will cease at about 5 p.m., when the ...

Meet the Female Inventor Behind Mass-Market Paper Bags A self-taught engineer, Margaret Knight bagged a valuable patent, at a time when few women held intellectual property ...

July 12 (UPI) --Paper Bag Day, celebrated annually on July 12, commemorates the anniversary of inventor William Goodale patenting a paper bag machine in 1859.The holiday commemorates June 12, 1859 ...