Start Your Jams And Jellies Early As Supply Fades
Advice and tested recipes for preserving fruits with rhubarb strawberry raspberry currant and cherry options. Steps cover prep jars paring, washing, sterilizing, paraffin sealing and storage tips with specific methods for Rhubarb Strawberry Jam Cherry Preserves Gooseberry Conserve Pineapple Pear Preserves and Raspberry Jam. Emphasizes small batches, organized work flow and keeping jars ready for fruit season.
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Lynn
Modernizing Kitchen Cuts Labor And Adds Color
A homemaking guide urges women to modernize kitchens for efficiency and beauty. It promotes colorful wall choices, planned work areas, streamlined cabinets, and built in storage solutions to save steps, with emphasis on organized wall cupboards and door racks for spices and colorings.
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New York
California
Reader's Courtroom: Breaks in Court and Confessions
A physician sues for medical bills after a daughter in adulthood leaves home and becomes independent. A dancer's rape confession collapses when the victim recants, yet the court invalidates a conviction on confession alone. A cow ordinance debate ends with a man found guilty for keeping two cows despite constitutional arguments. A shirt sleeve rule at a depot is upheld as sensible and not unconstitutional.
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Hoth
Culture for Children And The Great Upheaval
Kathleen Norris Etley Wilson argues against costly private schooling for children. The author urges keeping savings in Uncle Sam’s hands, while parents cultivate culture at home through public schools, family dinners, good manners, and shared experiences, to build character and independence.
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Etley Wilson
Portland
Ore
David
Betsey
Uncle Sam
David Junior
Margery
Dad
Cost of living stays high amid falling raw material prices
New York report notes wholesale commodity prices have fallen toward 1946 levels while the cost of living remains far higher. Wages lag, rents stay high, and price absorption by retailers persists as the index climbs from 120.65 in 1946 to 207.61 in 1948 before easing slightly by late 1948.
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New York
O.P.A
FIRST AID to the AILING HOUSE Curved Rafters Info
Roger C. Whitman offers guidance on constructing curved rafters with references from the National Lumber Manufacturers Association in Washington DC, noting several publications cover the method some free some for sale. For tarnish prevention, lacquer protects silverware and clear lacquer from paint stores can substitute when dealers are scarce.
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The
National Lumber Manufacturers Association
Washington, D.C
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