Mites Promise You Will Be Missed In War Humor
A wartime column mixes affectionate verse about misses and memory with humorous anecdotes. It includes a bayonet joke from British Tunisia, MGM induction quips, a Moscow hospital soldier remark, and notes on rackets, theater criticism, and odd sights from a bus ride through New York.
Barbara Bell Pattern 1623-B for Young Girls
The Barbara Bell pattern 1623-B offers sizes 1 through 5 years. Size 2 requires 114 yards of 35 inch sateen and smock and playsuit fabric allocations.
Uncle Philé and the Courage of Conviction
The text critiques conceit and modesty, praising brave action over timidity. It argues that martyrs should be admirable yet are rarely seen, and that doing one’s best often avoids exhausting effort. It reflects on personal conscience and social approval.
Judge Own Voice A Concert Singer Uses Hidden Mic
A recital shows singers using a concealed microphone and wing mounted directional amplifier to gauge their volume since their own voice lacks room reverberation. The device helps vocalists judge performance by feeding sound back to them.
Bride's thrift shop furniture tips from Ruth Wyeth Spears
Max, a bride today, browses second hand stores for discarded furniture. She seeks beauty through good proportions and modern comfort, using chintz covers, trimmed edges, and altered legs to create low, comfortable seating with informal charm.
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Max
Wartime Household Hacks and Easy Repairs
A compact list of practical tips for wartime home care includes cleaning and maintenance methods. It covers cleaning corners with an orange wood stick, extending broom life by re-stitching, treating clothespins, preserving tub pins, grafting fruit trees with wax, removing onion odors with vinegar, using a potato ricer for hot water, paraffin on stockings, making sterilized bandages from sheets, whitening ivory with turpentine, refrigerating milk, securing casters with paraffin, and cleaning pewter with soap and hot water.
Man Fourth in List of Long Lived Creatures
A table lists long lived animals with carp at 300 years and man (Zara Agha) at 157 years. Other ages include tortoise 250, elephant 170, cockatoo 140, vulture 118, parrot 100, eagle 100, donkey 86, pike 70, horse 62, gull 60, goose 43, eel 40, cat 38, dog 34, cow 380, nightingale 25, skylark 24, lobster 20, canary 20.
First Call and Camel Favorite Among Service Members
The note states the first bugle call is First Call, not Reveille, but Camel cigarettes are the preferred choice among Army and all branches of service. Sales records from service men’s stores are cited, with mail restrictions noted but Camels still shippable to soldiers in the U S Navy Marines and Coast Guard wherever stationed.
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Navy
Marines
Coast Guard
Post Office
U. S
Ady
Barbara Bell Pattern 1806-B for Bust 27 to 33 Inches
Pattern No 1806-B for sizes 9 through 15 with busts 27 to 33 inches. Size 10 with short sleeves needs 3 yards 39 inch material plus 3% yards contrast. Due to high demand and war conditions, some orders may take longer. Send your order to:
Quiz Questions from a History Page
The right of the state to take property for public use is called eminent domain. The gladiolus is also known as the sword lily. The motto “Better to live a day as a lion than 100 years as a sheep” is associated with a famed leader. The first of Wilsons 14 points was open covenants openly arrived at. John Paul Jones served as a rear admiral for the United States Navy after the Revolutionary War. Bilge water is found in the bilge of a ship. A company whose main business is owning stocks or securities is an investment holding company. England pays taxes or tribute from its dominions in various forms. A prisoner of war differs from a prisoner of state in status and protections under international law. The world is divided into three zones of latitude and temperature.
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Wilson
John Paul Jones
England
Russia
British Commonwealth of Nations
Quiz and Answers Cover Broad Topics Across Nations
The excerpt presents a general knowledge quiz with answers on subjects including covenants Russia and England tax status, POWs, and climate zones. It notes open covenants reached, details on British dominions, POW release after war, and five latitude climate bands.
Spectacles Chosen for Three Pairs by Prompt Professor
After an eye test, the optician asks which to choose. The professor requests three pairs saying one for home and one for the office and a third to look for the other two.
Eminent Domain Case Seized Sword Lily Legacy
Eminent domain discourse centers on the transfer of property rights linked to a historic sword lily garden. The debate involves administrators and local authorities addressing compensation, use terms, and preservation concerns in a civic process.
Widows of Presidents Aiding War Stamp Drive
Six widows of former U.S. presidents are active in the war effort, helping sell stamps and bonds. The oldest is Mrs. Benjamin Harrison at 84, with five others including Mrs. Hoover and Mrs. Cleveland among the group.
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Benjamin Harrison
Herbert Hoover
Thomas Preston
Grover Cleveland
Woodrow Wilson
Theodore Roosevelt
Calvin Coolidge
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