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According to an April 1st, 2007 National Public Radio interview (link NPR Interview ) of the owner of the S.S. Adams Company, David Haversat, Mr. Adams was employed in 1904 at a coal company. And it was coal derivative that was used in the sneezing powder. --Regc 01:02, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
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Soren Sorensen Adams
Danish-American inventor of novelty products
For other people named Sam Adams, see Sam Adams (disambiguation).
Soren Sorenson Adams
Born
Søren Adam Sørensen
(1879-05-24)May 24, 1879
Kolind, Randers County, Denmark
Died
October 20, 1963(1963-10-20) (aged 84)
Asbury Park, New Jersey, U.S.
Spouse
Emily Josephine Harrigan (m.1915)
Children
Emily Louise Adams Lewis (1916–2008) Joseph Harrigan Adams (1917–2001) Gertrude Frances Adams DeMeza (1921–2010)
Parent(s)
Hans Sørensen (1851–1905) Sofia Anderson (1849–1936)
Soren Sorensen "Sam" Adams (May 24, 1879 – October 20, 1963) was a Danish-American inventor and manufacturer of novelty products, including the joy buzzer.
Biography
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He was born Søren Adam Sørensen in Kolind, Syddjurs, Denmark in 1879 to Hans Sørensen, a clog maker, and his wife Sofia. They moved to the US when Soren was two, and settled in the Scandinavian community of Perth Amboy, New Jers