Template:Did you know nominations/John Mason Loomis

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:28, 17 October 2019 (UTC)

John Mason Loomis

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• ... that John Mason Loomis determined through experimenting that boring for salt and distilling the brine could produce usable salt and brought about the salt industry that helped develop the city of Ludington, Michigan?
  • ALT1 : ... that John Mason Loomis determined through experimenting that boring for salt and distilling the brine could produce usable salt and brought about the salt industry in Ludington, Michigan?Source: "It was through his enterprise also that the salt industry of this region was brought into existence. Reaching the conclusion through careful investigation that a flow of salt water could be obtained by boring for it, he tried the experiment, was successful and thus inaugurated the manufacture of salt. Others followed his example, and to the lumber and salt industries, the little city of Ludington, Michigan, is mainly indebted for its existence."
  • ALT2 :... that industrialist John Mason Loomis was a Union Colonel in the American Civil War who fought in 57 battles, marching along with his men for more than 6,900 miles? — Parsons, 2019, Essay

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Created/expanded by Doug Coldwell (talk). Self-nominated at 10:42, 4 October 2019 (UTC).

• Article is new enough and long enough. No close paraphrasing detected with Earwig's dup detector. Images are in the P.D. No Dup links. Citations check. QPQ satisfied. First hook was too long (207 characters), so I rewrote it and added link to Ludington, per ALT1. The salt production topic is interesting but seems to lack the punch needed to attract a lot of readers to the article, imo. Recommend using ALT2. Nomination is Good 2 Go if we use ALT1 or ALT2. -- Gwillhickers (talk) 20:29, 4 October 2019 (UTC)
  (Note: Thanks are due to User:7+6=13 for the idea behind ALT2)
• As original creator of the article, I also prefer ALT2 as the best choice.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 21:00, 4 October 2019 (UTC)
• As original creator of the article and nominator I withdraw my original hook.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 11:09, 6 October 2019 (UTC)