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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1913
Page
6
Motorists should protect spare inner tubes from tools, grease, light, and temperature by storing them in waterproof cloth bags rather than in cardboard boxes. Use bag storage to prevent rubber deterioration and tube damage during travel. Also includes a home method to freshen sickroom air using ground coffee heated with camphor gum.
A household tip suggests coating the wick with white varnish to prevent grease run and extend candle life. Let the candles dry for a day or two to harden the coating and preserve burn time.
Instructions praise bonbon tongs for handling small strawberries without staining fingers and for trimming any berry defects with their arms. A separate feature describes a 25 foot pillar near Augvaldnnes church on Karneon island in Norway known as the Virgin Marys Needle. Local legend says when the pillar touches the church the world ends and a preacher supposedly chisels the top to avert apocalyptic collapse.
Practical tips for girls with limited closets to keep clothes clean pressed and stored. Advice covers hanging space brushing airing and mending before storage. Emphasizes ironing, keeping shoes shaped with trees and maintenance of velvets and broadcloths with regular brushing.
Hot water for facial cleansing should be just warm enough to feel comfortable. After activity use a cleansing cream rubbed into the skin, left four to five minutes, then removed with absorbent cotton. Finish with a soft warm cloth held on the face and dry gently with a towel in a rotary motion.
Learn to craft a nail buffer by repurposing worn evening glove wrists. Roll five inches of flannel into a one inch diameter cylinder, sew edges, slip on the glove wrist, fold and tie with removable fasteners for fresh covers. Also, clean collars with a stiff old toothbrush dipped in naphtha for brisk rubs and fresh appearance.
Brakeman reports dyspepsia due to eating on duty as the train runs. Superintendent plans to slow the train at mealtimes to prevent harm, ordering the engineer to reduce speed during meals.
Shabby leather bags may be improved in appearance by rubbing with well beaten white of an egg and then polishing with beeswax and turpentine. Final rubbing should be done with a soft clean cloth.
Four housekeepers discuss frugal hospitality and form an economy club with a luncheon under a dollar per person, outfits under two dollars, shared sewing, a reading hour, and news items. Gossip is banned, meetings set every two weeks, and the idea is praised as a positive trend.
Gardening hints explain starting with six inches of top soil and proper drainage. Correct soil acidity with air slaked lime and spread well rotted manure or fertilizer. Sow in spring with a Pod pratensis and Agnostis acamna mix, then roll, cut, and sod any bare spots.
Poem celebrates Killarney with vivid imagery of Emerald Isle scenery including lake fells Innisfallen Castle Lough Glenn Bay and Muckross Bull and Tore Mountains. It attributes nature and divine beauty to Killarney and grants Balfe as the credited composer Michael William Balfe.
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