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This is a 1919 newspaper advertisement for Worthington Throttle Governor Kerosene Farm Engines made by the Worthington Pump and Machinery Corporation, Cudahy, Wisconsin. -- The Worthington Corporation and its predecessors, the Henry R. Worthington Pump Works (1845-1899), the International Steam Pump Company (1899-1916), and the Worthington Pump and Machinery Corporation (1916-1952), have manufactured steam pumps, pumping engines, condensers, and hydraulic machinery.
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