A Rag Rug That Has Grown With Our Family
A reader explains starting a braided rug from old sheets and expanding it each winter as the family grew. She shares a method using a power machine to braid strips and stitch edges, plus a sketch for a room size rug. Requires advertising two home decor books by Mrs Spears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruti Wyeth Spears
Mrs. Spears
Spears
Desplaines St
Chicago, al
Adlorika
Schott
Adlerilea
al Drug
Humorous Snippets From Everyday War and Travel Life
A light collage of jokes about drill sergeants and pompous soldiers, a butterfly collector recalling loss, a boastful recruit seeking fame, and a vacation postcard from Florida wishing for affordability.
Hale Faces Off With Ainsworth At Halcyon Camp
Rex Hale reveals he has proof of Ainsworth’s schemes at Halcyon Camp. He warns the guest he can ruin him with forensic fingerprints, medical testimony, and a calculated confrontation, while detailing past provocations, threats, and near murder via a poisoned drink.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kneeland
Ainsworth
Casper Kneeland
Rex
Hale
Craig
New York
Treasure of Lorette: Ancient French Gifts to Quebec Mission
In Loretteville near Quebec, a tiny church houses a brick vault with iron doors guarding gifts from Louis XIV and Anne of Austria. The back cabinet displays silver and gold plate, candlesticks, and tremendous spoons, plus jewel studded hosts, saints relics, and embroidered chasubles from 1664. The priest uses these treasures during rites, making the church notably splendid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loretteville
Quebec
Louis XIV
France
Anne of Austria
Paris
Chartres
Louis
Lorette
A Screw Loose Phrase Origins Through History
The expression fo screw loose traces to a sense of fault in conditions or arrangements and to a dangerous weakness in a system. It later describes flaws in a person’s credit or a rift between people, with the common modern use denoting mild insanity.
Hotels and supplies ad collage in Reno and Salt Lake
A fragmented advertisement listing hotels in Reno Nevada including Hotel Golden and associated travel notes, plus multiple suppliers in Salt Lake City offering office equipment, trusses, surgical instruments, and beverage equipment. Mentions Golden Rule Chicks in Fresno and various farm and manufacturing offerings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Lake , Sr
State St
Reno
Nevada
Golden
Physicians Supply Company
South St
Salt Lake City
Utah
Each Key Gives Two Notes in The Accordion
The accordion produces more sound for its size than any instrument. Each key yields two notes: one when bells are compressed and another when opened. Moisture alters reed vibration changing tones. Rope industries consume over half of all rope produced.
Origin of pumps name traces to pomp in fashion circles
An authority notes the term pumps may derive from pomp as slippertike shoes emerged in ultra fashionable circles. The etymology remains uncertain but suggests a link to stylish footwear origins.
Maligne Lake A Jewel of Jasper National Park
Maligne Lake in Jasper National Park Alberta Canada stands as a glacier fed lake renowned for its size beauty. The lake draws visitors for scenic views and pristine nature experiences in the Canadian Rockies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian Rockies
Jasper National Park
Alberts
Canada
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Florida
Lucien’s
Mary
LUDEN
Carlyle
BY Elizabeth Jordan
D. Appleton—Century Co., Inc
Bert
Spencer Forbes
Big Boy
Halcyon Camp
Neeland
Daisy
Old Indian
Photography
Photo-Kraft
Schramm-Johnson Drugs
BABY
Golden Rule
Hanson
Jose Money
Fresno
California
S. Esk BX
W. Broadway
Salt Lake
Terma Moser-Hartman CO
Akae
Reka
Cairo
R. Hardesty Mfg. Co
Third West St
U.S
Hampshires
Rock
Superior
Turkey
Tve
Ramshaw Hatcheries
South State Street
Lusuty
Guy Toombes
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