Buckram and Tacks For Stiff Valance By Ruth Wyeth Spears
Reader seeks step by step directions to stiffen a valance with buckram for smooth curtains. Instructions cover buckram size, scallop outline, sewing facing together, trimming, pressing, inserting buckram, and tacking soft edge to a shelf. Note promotes Book 3 and related crafts by Mrs Spears with address for ordering.
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Ruth Wyeth Spears
Household Questions and Simple Fixes for Home Care
A compact guide covers biscuit pans for even browning, mending pillow slips by crocheting a picot edge, browning sliced cold potatoes with flour for better flavor, removing chewing gum with ice and carbon tetrachloride, and cleaning electric bulbs with a soda paste then soapy rinse.
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Bribery Plot Deepens in Indian Camp
In a tense camp tent scene Captain Norwood and aides confront a web of deceit. O Leary, Norwood, and Bengali doctor clash over a bribe scheme while Moses plots a surreptitious trap involving Gulbaz. Stoddart becomes entangled as plans unfold toward a dangerous betrayal.
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Moses
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Gulbaz
Miss Lynn Harding
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Mexico Cactus Varieties and Notable Specimens Feature
Mexican cactus varieties draw interest from Nature Magazine writer E C Hummel. The Old Lady of Mexico Mamiliaria hahniana blooms in pink roses and wears red berry crown after flowering. Deer foot Roscocactus koischubey anus hides underground until pink blooms reveal it. Cephalocereus happenstedtii towers up to ten meters with white spines. Red cockscomb arises from long cultivation and seeds, with growth anomalies noted as hereditary in some cases.
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Nature Magazine
New Vacuum System Achieves Unmeasurable Depths
A novel technique and equipment yield vacuums so extreme that existing gauges cannot measure them. The device operates without moving parts and relies solely on electric wiring and glassware, marking a significant advance in vacuum technology.
Hasty Regrets Follow Hasty Conclusions
A mischievous boy Jimmy in torn trousers hides upstairs. His mother orders repairs then finds the cellar door ajar. A voice answers from below claiming to be reading the gas meter, revealing a humorous misunderstanding.
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Just and Unjust Quote Proclaimed by Henry George
A concise, historical quote attributed to Henry George argues that injustice benefits none while justice harms no one, reflecting progressive era ideas on equity and public reform. The saying emphasizes moral balance in economic and social matters.
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Guibaz
Hell
Henry George
Camel Cigarettes Emphasize Higher Tobacco Content
A leading research laboratory tested sixteen top selling brands and found Camels contained more tobacco by weight than the average of the other fifteen brands. The notice promotes Camels as offering extra cigarette goodness based on the study results.
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