FIRST AID TO THE AILING HOUSE
The reader reports a 36 year old two family brick house with a furnace chimney passing through the front room. After a furnace fire, smoke remains and later smoke appears through the brick exterior. A mason should assess as the mortar may have degraded creating a serious fire hazard.
Mantels as Eye Catchers for Living Room Style
A decorating feature story urges making mantels the room’s exclamation point. It suggests reflecting personal interests through art, maps, and framed prints, arranging them in bold displays rather than the old ivy shelf trope to spark conversation and personality.
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Ertta Haley Ust
Mantel Decor and Hobby Displays for Spring Homes
Shorties for Spring Jar point. gatherings around the mantel with chairs and a hobby map. Discuss antique pieces and painting a mirror in modern colors. Mantel cupboards and what-not shelves showcase china, glass, pottery, or knick-knacks with balanced backgrounds.
Summer bulbs brighten the garden with bold display
The article explains care and planting of gladiolas cannas dahlias and crocus like summer bulbs. It notes gladiolas are superb for cutting with long spikes and weeks of flower, explains mixtures for beginners, planting depth, and storage after frost. Cannas offer tropical foliage and showy blooms but are not ideal for cutting. Dahlias come in many forms and require specific storage in sawdust or peat to prevent shriveling. Summer bulbs add bold color and fill gaps in garden borders, rewarding steady work.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Easter Is a Continuing Miracle by Kathleen Norris
The essay argues Easter reveals a miracle through Jesus's radical compassion and forgiveness. It traces Jesus from humble carpenter to world changing influence, noting Christianity's global spread and its impact on Europe, art, and humane laws. It calls for living Jesus's teachings to address poverty and inequality.
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New World
Europe
Western Hemisphere
World Rations Battle Insects
New York harbor scene shows a U S health service doctor immunizing passengers for typhoid before entry. At ports worldwide, WHO agents monitor cholera, smallpox, yellow fever, typhoid and the plague as part of global epidemiological intelligence.
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United States Health Service
New York
United States
Mediterranean
World Health Organization
Hong Kong
Egypt
United Nations
Bacilli
League of Nations
Papettrere Art Health Institute
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Knitted Set Offers Scarves and Pipes Patterns No 712
Crochet knitting pattern notice inviting readers to obtain a complete set with stitch illustrations and finishing directions for scarf and pipe shapes in medium and large sizes. Send 20 cents, along with name address and pattern number 712.
Home Tips and Fabric Warnings From Experts
Readers are advised to use cinnamon to mask cooking odors and to avoid bleaching nylon as it can discolor. A silver knife or spoon placed in a hot liquid is suggested to prevent glass breakage.
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