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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1942
Page
3
Practical household hints advise treating belongings with vaseline to prolong life and using simple tricks for pens and fabrics. Add salt to blue water for even color, make soap jelly from unused soap, and reuse one side of letters to save paper as a patriotic note.
If you bake at home you can receive a free yeast recipe book featuring Oven Scones Cheese Puffs Honey Pecan Buns Coffee Cakes and Rolls. Send your name and address to Standard Brands Inc 691 Washington St New York City Adv.
The American Red Cross reports a sixfold rise in material aid to service members dependents across its 3,700 chapters. Officials urge continued contact with chapters to resolve wartime family problems and prevent new ones amid troop movements and discharge delays.
A homemaking note suggests using a sturdy wooden box as a stool base with padding and fabric covers. It recommends repurposing moss hair feathers and fabric scraps from old draperies and bedspreads, sewn in cheese cloth bags, and washing before reuse. It invites readers to order BOOK 8 for 31 ideas.
A wartime appeal stresses protecting troop morale through the USO. It urges readers to donate to local committees or USO National Headquarters in New York to fund “home away from home” spaces for sailors and soldiers worldwide.
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