Insects Essential in Timber Destruction Warns Officials
Special correspondence from Washington notes insects play a major role in timber decay. They create air channels that let rainwater in, moistening wood and aiding fungal spores. A study with preservatives on telephone poles shows protected wood resists insect damage, suggesting widespread protection is needed for longest timber life.
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Washington
The
Forest Service
Georgia
Vilorida
United States
Parents Prohibited From Whipping Child in Alabama Case
Chancellor Whiteside ruled that Mr. and Mrs. Saunders cannot chastise Annie Gordon Saunders and must allow her to spend at least two days weekly with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Gilmore, effectively placing the child under chancery protection and opening the path for grandparents to gain full possession under a English law provision cited by Attorney Sterne.
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Sterne and Wharton
W. W. Whiteside
W. Saunders
Annie Gordon Saunders
J. J. Gilmore
Sterne
Alabama
Whiteside
Beauty Rules For The Sallow Complexion And Dress
A beauty guide advises the sallow to alter diet and avoid coffee and strong tea while emphasizing plain water and fruit like oranges and apples. It recommends choosing dress colors to contrast skin tones and test colors in different light, citing Mile. Montansier as an example of fashion influence.
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Ecru
Japanese husbands praised as best in world by Mrs Yakamine
Mrs Yakamine wife of a renowned Japanese chemist asserts in defense of international marriages that Japanese husbands are considerate patient and home loving. She contrasts them with American husbands noting their calm responses to mishaps and daily life. She says Japanese marriage rests on equal rights and mutual duties benefiting wives.
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Yakamine
New York City
Mise Hitoh
Japan
Looking One's Best by Using Bucklen’s Arnica Salve
A vintage advertisement touts Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as a remedy for pimples skin eruptions and sores. It claims the product makes skin soft and velvety and is infallible for piles. Listed retailers include West End Drug Co Elam Ordway Houser and Searbrough Drug Co.
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West End Drug Co
Elam
Ordway & Houser
Searbrough Drug Coa
How to Make Vinegar by The Housewife
A tested recipe outlines vinegar making from basic ingredients and steps. Mix fourteen pounds dark brown cigar tobacco with ten gallons soft water and two yeast cakes, dissolve yeast in warm water, add bread slices and sugar, heat, cool, strain into a keg, stir daily for a week, then cover and ferment in a warm place for six months. Start in May for a November readiness.
Food preservation directions for citrus juice and fruit
Wash nine oranges and three lemons. Quarter all oranges and one lemon then slice thinly with rind. Strain juice from other lemons. For each pound of fruit, add one quart water and stand overnight. In the morning boil fifteen minutes then let stand until next morning. Weigh and add one pound sugar per pound juice and fruit and boil twenty minutes. Pour into glasses.
Maple Sugar Syrup Meringue Mixture Notes
Roil one cup maple sugar with one third cup water until hot then pour slowly over beaten egg white while stirring constantly. Beat with spoon until firm to spread. If needed add a little cold water and half cup buttermilk. Walnuts may be added for nut lovers.
Remedy for facial brown spots with elderflower and zinc
An old Philadelphia Press formula notes brown facial spots are hard to remove. Mix one ounce elderflower water with twenty grains zinc oxide, rub on at night, wash with hot water in the morning, then apply a lotion of rose water and thirty grains citric acid.
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Philadelphia Press
Soaking Pecans Eases Shell Removal for Home Use
It is hard to free pecan meats from shells and ready to use pecans are costly or unavailable in small towns. Soaking pecans overnight softens the shells and allows the meats to be removed cleanly.
Simple Egg Freshness Test
A water test shows a fresh egg sinks and rests on the bottom. If older, the big end rises, and as the egg ages the air space at the butt end enlarges. Eventually the egg floats as the pouch grows larger.
Preventing Damp Hands During Plain Sewing
Advice suggests keeping hands dry on hot days by dipping fingers in a saucer of flour. This technique helps prevent moisture transfer to fabric and keeps work clean without frequent washing.
To Restore Faded Ribbons with Pearlash Soap
A brief note explains restoring faded ribbons by adding pearlash to soap lather. It claims silk ribbons can regain color if treated the same way, using a simple home method.
When Cooking Peas Do Not Shell Them
Instructional note on cooking peas without shelling. Wash pods, boil until done, pods rise to the top and peas stay at the bottom, suggesting improved flavor from this method.
Potatoes Turn White With Vinegar While Boiling
Old potatoes turn black during cooking but a splash of vinegar in the boiling water keeps them white. The tip promises improved appearance and unchanged texture as they cook.
Brighten Carpets with Ammonia Water Cleaning Tip
A cleaning tip recommends sweeping then dipping the broom in ammonia water to run over carpets. This restores color and leaves floors cleaner, finishing up the cleaning job.
A Man a Maid and a Chaperon on a Transatlantic Voyage
On a ship from Southampton to New York Mrs. Burns confronts past love and a dangerous liaison as Ruth's debut era looms. George Hackett, dressed in charm, closens the chaperon’s duty while unveiling a long suppressed connection with Leslie, threatening trust and future happiness.
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Ruth
Mrs. Cuscadden
Paris
London
Leslie
Leslie Burns
Rogers Cascadden
New York
George Hackett
Orient
Ruth Boldly Espoused His Cause and Informed Mrs. Burns
Mr. Hackett
Baedeker
Southampton
New York Harbor
Cascadden
Hackett
Mrs. Cas
Mrs. Burns
Ransome
Cable
Madrid
America
Africa
India
Wall Street
Curzon
Mrs. Cascadden
Student Blurts Water Sign In Class Mixup
In a local technical school's chemistry class a pupil, asked for the sign for water, blurts out "E o s e" after a chorus of whispered attempts from fellow students. The incident shows how rapid student aid can lead to a misstep in a basic term.
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Red Cross
Pittsburg
An Insinuation Sparks A Leap Year Query
Stella says to Jack she made him the happiest man. Mabel challenges the leap year timing as a jest from the post.
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Stella
Jack
Mabel
Howston Post
Corny Pickup Line Sparks Two Kisses
A lighthearted exchange in Cleveland where a man compares a woman's bat to a corn basket and then kisses her twice, joking that the kisses are for her two red ears. The playful moment concludes with her surprised reaction.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Exiled Leader Abdul Hamid Said to Have Twelve Wives
Mrs Stubbs reads that Abdul Hamid was exiled with twelve wives. Mr Stubbs notes the fate follows him, saying the exiled ruler will find no peace anywhere. This Chicago News item reflects on the personal toll of exile.
Boy sobs over nothing in an old Saint Louis Republic item
A kindly elder asks why the boy cries and he explains he is crying because there is nothing to cry about. The humorous exchange captures a moment from the St. Louis Republic archive.
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St. Louis Republic
Perils of Fleshiness in Venice Canal Arrest
A humorous quip notes a fat man abroad finding trouble in Venice when he blocks a canal and is arrested for obstructing navigation. The exchange lampoons travel mishaps and social stereotypes in a lighthearted Pick-Me-Up snippet.
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Venice
A Cruel Insinuation at a Baseball Game
A Baltimore American quip questions gender seating norms at a baseball game. The debate centers on whether girls belong in grand stands or bleachers, reflecting dated attitudes toward spectators and gender roles.
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Baltimore American
Public Land Notice for Walter Heifner Jr. Claim
Department of the Interior notices Walter R. Heifner Jr. of DeArmanville Ala filed intent to prove final commutation on land in section 32 township 16 south range 9 east Huntsville meridian. Hearing before the Circuit Court clerk in Anniston Ala on June 5 1909 with witnesses Dennis Beck W Nathan Coleman William Teague and Jesse Craft.
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Walter R. Heifner, Jr
DeArmanville
Ala
Township
Huntsville Meridian
Circuit Court
Anniston
Dennis M. Beck
Oxford
W. Nathan Coleman
William FE. Teague
Jesse G. Craft
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Anna & Richardson
First National Bank
M. B. Wellborn
W. W. Stringfellow
A. J. Goodwin
H. A. Young
J. T. Gardner, Jr
Asst. Cashier
Department of the Interior
U.S. Land Office
Montgomery
Nathan H. Alexander
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