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An ad for baking powder in a local 1916 newspaper meant he could use that as a leavener, a welcome alternative to drafting pearl ash from a campfire.

At that time there were about thirty families in the district, whose farms were in a respectable state of cultivation; and a large trade in timber, pot and pearl ashes was carried on.

Purified potassium carbonate is known as pearl ash.

Fifteen minutes in Brazil, and then three or four in pearl ash gives full red purples deepening to maroon.

But some persons prefer pearl ashes, pounded marble, or other calcareous or alkaline substances; and perhaps with reason.