Insecticides and homemaking tips for summer pests
Readers receive guidance on safe use of DDT based products to eradicate pests in closed rooms, plus storage, room-by-room procedures, and cautions about heat and pet exposure. Additional hot tips include cooking aids like meringue shells and cheese creams, plus cashew cookies and pepper tips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hallo Homemakers
House of Pesky Ies
ROX Mra
Mra. S. T
Alice
Coures
Tam
Towan
Bob
Nelce Joy
Moderates in Labor Movement Share Practical Voices
Samuel Pettengill praises moderate labor leaders and actions in the July Leather and Shoe News Weekly Bulletin. He cites Ford UAW agreements against wildcat strikes, AF L electrical workers offering six thousand dollars in prizes for construction cost ideas, and calls for production efficiency to raise wages. He highlights community councils in Toledo and Evansville as practical labor governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
UCC
CLO
Ford Motor
UAW
Masacow
District 50
United Mine Works
Washington
Tom Jefferson
L. Electrical Workers
Avorkers
John Tt
Lewis
John
Labora Monthly
Communista
Toledo
Ohio
Evansville
Indiana
Samuelh Pettengill
Outlaw Thunderbolt Grave Letterbox Removed by NSW Council
Arella council in New South Wales took down a letterbox on an outlaw’s grave Frederick Ward known as Thunderbolt. The box had received mail since his 1870 death from admirers worldwide but letters grew uncomplimentary to local politicians, prompting the removal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Australia
Arella
New South Wales
Thunderbolt
Frederick Ward
Council
United Church celebrates anniversary with mortgage burning
The 1st United Church in Canada marked its 10th anniversary with the burning of a $2,000 mortgage. Built in Woodville in 1921 in an Annapolis Valley orchard community, it began with an $8,000 gift from 14 local families. The rest of the $20,000 cost was raised by church workers selling potatoes and distributing mite barrels, plus donations from nearby orchardists who contributed barrels of fruit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodville
N.S
United Church In
Canada
Electric stove trials and family misadventure
A diary style note from Halifax recounts trying an electric stove for the first time with mixed results. The writer describes bungled timing, unpredictable burners, and the kitchen chaos as helpers and visitors arrive. The piece closes with a separate brief notice: Point Pleasant Park bans horseback riding and cycling on Sunday afternoons.
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Halifax (Cp
Halifax
Point Pleasant Park
Sudbury Woman Boosts Ontario Tourism Publicity
Mary Ainslee, Ontario’s publicity director from Sudbury, promotes 22 vacation areas with booklets and press features. She notes visitors praise Ontario tourism while locals offer critiques and aims to raise standards, while stressing private ownership remains.
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Toronto
ICP
Ontario
Mary Alnalee
Alnales
United States
Ontasio
Miss Ainslee
Chicago
Cincinatti
University of Toronto
Wisconsin
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United Church
N. S
Gow Chronicles
Ginger Farm
Sudbury
Mary Almalee
Acton
EF. E. Harrop
Police
Acton Park
Johnny Boyd and His Orchestra
Rob Martin and His Orchestra
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