Home Heating Hints by Jom Barclay
Practical steps for refueling a furnace to maximize heat and cut costs. Move live coals forward, keep ash under the live coal bed, and stagger fresh coal to ignite gases. Don’t overshake, adjust dampers correctly, and open the firedoor slide minimally for efficient burning. Copyright WNU Service.
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Neglect of Self and Noble Action, a Froude Reflection
This quotation contrasts self neglect with noble deeds, claiming true nobility arises when the self fades. It warns that self preoccupation dulls the beauty of great acts, like a bloom ruined by soil. The aphorism centers on humility as the driver of meaningful, virtuous action.
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Froude
Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets Advertises May Apple Cure
An 19th century style ad promotes Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets made from May Apple as a remedy to remove accumulated body waste. It presents a period health booster claim and includes a maxim attributed to Lessing about knowledge and care.
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Adierika Ad Nauseam Gas Relief Advert
Mrs Jan Filler reports gas relief and better sleep after using Adlerika for bowel cleansing. An advertisement claims Adlerika clears old matter from the system and reduces bacteria, with Dr H L Shoub of New York endorsing its effects. Sold by leading druggists.
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H. L. Shoub
New York
Quotations on Work and Life from Historical Figures
A collection of brief aphorisms attributed to Dr Serge Vornoff Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt Sir Thomas Overbury Collins and V L Brownell. The quotes touch on effort virtue heritage peace reason and resilience in life and work.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Thomas Overbury
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V. L. Brownell
Inauguration Day Observed Amid Labor Turmoil and War Talk
Franklin D Roosevelt took the oath in a rain soaked Capitol portico and promised continued social and economic programs. Secretary Perkins pressed for GM settlement while labor and industry clash, and Congress moved to extend stabilization funds amid global fascism and rising tensions.
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Making Wishes Come True in the New Year
A reflective piece urges readers to assess their 1937 resolutions, questioning whether hopes have begun to sprout or remain mere wishes. It emphasizes taking action, planting and tending goals, and preparing oneself for steady progress toward a successful finish. Bell Syndicate. WNU Service.
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Foreign Phrases and Their Meanings in Brief
A compact glossary listing phrases from Latin and French with English equivalents. Entries include Kalendas Graecas meaning never and pays de Cocagne the land of plenty, followed by brief, classic definitions.
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Pays de Cocagne
Cockayne
Continental United States defined in common usage
The phrase continental United States commonly refers to the United States proper, excluding Alaska and all non contiguous territories and possessions, though strictly it would include all U S states on the North American continent.
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Question Set on General Knowledge
This prompt asks ten short questions across law, cuisine, smoking devices, language, geography, history, literature, mythology, education reform, and economics. Answers cover blue sky laws, sake, hookah, cloistral meaning, Belfast capital, World War II campaign, Red Queen in Alice in Wonderland, Norse Valhalla, Marie Montessori, and bonanza.
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Valhalla
Marie Montessori
Laws Protect Investors Against Fractional Food Securities
A translation of clues points to a set of ten terms. The list includes a statutory shield for investors, a Japanes e rice beer, a water pipe, a word meaning hidden, Belfast, Verdun battle, a Lewis Carroll work, the Norse people, a concept in schooling, and a mineral vein with ore.
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Verdun
Alice
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