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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1942
Page
3
Whitman outlines practical home remedies for damp summers with closets around chimneys and a small 25 watt bulb to keep air dry. Also includes septic grease traps, refinishing tables, wall colors, copper stains, asbestos removal, oak chair finishing, and cleaning burned aluminum with baking soda.
Slip into a practical bib top slack suit with sun exposed back and matching bolero. Pattern 8169 covers sizes 8 to 16 years with yardage details for 35 or 39 inch fabric. Pattern 8161 fits sizes 12 to 20 with options for short sleeves and specified yardage. Send orders to gingham or chambray for coordinated tops and slacks.
A new two piece frock mimics a suit and can be worn as a suit with a blouse or dickey. Made in washable seersucker, it offers a practical addition to summer wardrobes.
War time shortages of canaries from abroad spurred Americans to breed canaries at home. With imports halted and a wartime ban on shipments from Central Europe and Asia, hobbyists turned a small initial investment into a profitable home business, transforming a supply gap into opportunity.
The Perseids, a major annual meteor shower, peak around August 11 with a spectacular display in the Northern Hemisphere. It is among the oldest recorded showers with a first appearance about 1,111 years ago.
The Wool Conservation program coordinated by the American Red Cross and the War Production Board mobilizes 3,700 chapters to collect unused wool scraps from tailors and shops. Clippings from 21 trousers can yield one soldier’s uniform. a single city chapter collected enough wool in one day for 1,755 uniforms. Proceeds stay with local chapters for war relief and civilian defense training.
The article discusses planning quilts as bedspreads with coordinated colors and the impact of a balanced bed frame. It notes trimming footboards and adding dotted Swiss frills for a crisper look and mentions Mrs Spears Booklets offering eight 32 page guides on crafts including quilt block patterns and a Whirl Wind illustration, with a 10 cent price and order details.
An Army unit with many new recruits spots a hole in a rifle during the first inspection. The officer and sergeant urge the recruit to look down the barrel and the recruit discovers the hole, remarking on the surprising defect.
The text offers advice on substitutes for tea using red raspberry leaves, saving spinach stock for vegetable soup, renewing mower wheel corrugations with a rattail file, serving salads cold and drained, frying in a heavy aluminum kettle with a wire basket, and marmalade tips to avoid graining along with a pancake roll with marmalade. It also mentions pure sugar for preserves and serving pineapple syrup with breakfast.
A reflective note cites Stanley Hall on play as mental and physical training. It frames play as preparation for more significant tasks and as a natural law of life where childhood play informs adult achievement.
USO organizes 264 weekly shows at army camps and naval bases with an average 50 000 nightly audience. It coordinates movie stars headliners bands and their leaders and schedules visits to boost morale for fighting men. Contributions welcome to USO Empire State Building New York.
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