How To Clean Lettuce And Lighten Potting Soil
Separate the lettuce core and rinse under running water to separate leaves. For silverware the preferred finish is a butterlike patina. use cold water soak to firm plants and improve soil texture by adding sand to claylike mix.
Home Remedies and Food Storage Tips From a Historic Guide
Ground or chopped meat requires colder storage and has a shorter shelf life than other meats. Scratches on dark colored furniture can be hidden by applying a cotton swab dipped in iodine, then polishing after drying. To seal corks tightly in bottles, boil corks for five minutes, press hot into bottles, and allow to cool for a perfect seal.
Cupid Rules Munition Plant Romance With Notice
A munition plant foreman witnesses a love affair among his workers. Doris tells him she ended things with her beau but explains she gave him seven days' notice by dating him again that evening. The lighthearted exchange ends with Doris asserting the notice was served.
Crocheted Beret and Bag Set Pattern 560
Crochet pattern 560 offers beret and purse in one long crochet strip using straw yarn. Includes stitch illustrations and materials list. High demand and wartime conditions cause slight delays in filling orders. send orders to specified address.
Largest Bible Constructed in Los Angeles by Couple
A carpenter and his wife built the world’s largest Bible in Los Angeles over two years. The volume measures 43 by 34 inches and 34 inches thick, weighs 1,094 pounds, spans 8 feet 2 inches when open, contains 32 sections and 8,048 pages, all produced on a hand stamping machine.
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Witty snippets and a wartime gift guide excerpt
A collection of short humor items and a Post exchange gift note. Gulls versus pigeons and a joking Irishman caption the quips. The piece closes with a servicemen’s gift idea, highlighting cigarettes as a top home-packaged morale item and noting sending Camels to troops stateside and abroad.
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Lost traveler asks for gate pass in hay load remark
A town visitor asking to pass a gate is advised by a passing boy who notes a hay load went through earlier. The exchange shows a rural scene with social humor as the passerby assesses the situation.
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Hollywood Producer Promises Bigger Business Next Week
A film star asks about business, and the producer replies with grand claims that profits are booming and will improve further next week, signaling high optimism for Hollywood production and earnings.
Funicular railway and quiz quick hits
A cable operated railway is a funicular. The Children’s Crusade occurred in 1212. Two thirds of radio entertainment is music. India’s literacy is eighty five percent. The largest U S navy mess hall is Treasure Island in San Francisco serving about 6000 men in 40 minutes. The northernmost town is Penasse Minnesota. Quid pro quo means something of equivalent value in return. The English pact that died fighting the Turks was Byron.
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Bumblebee Defies Aerodynamics Says It Can Fly
The text notes a claim that a bumblebee cannot fly due to its size and weight relative to wing span, yet the insect reportedly manages to fly and produce honey daily, defying supposed scientific limits. It quotes wind tunnel reasoning and a contrarian conclusion.
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