Plumbers Urged to Daily Clean and Flush Waste Pipes
Home economics office of the Agriculture Department urges daily cleaning of bathroom fixtures and thorough flushing of waste pipes to prevent grease, hair, and dirt buildup. Use washing soda or caustic potash carefully, avoid damaging sinks, and scrub porcelain enameled surfaces with safe abrasives.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Substitute Flours for Making Breads
USDA home economics kitchen offers bread recipes using corn meal nuts and oats. Nut Bread uses flour walnuts or pecan hickory meats milk egg and sugar baked in a buttered pan. Rolled Oats and Wheat Bread combines oats and mashed potato with yeast and flour for a double rise and final bake.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Ironing Drudgery Reduced and Proper Techniques
A guidance note on ironing methods and equipment. It advises a clean padded board, smooth waxed irons, and rust removal. It covers dampening fabrics, rolling, ironing large sections, drying thoroughly, and using medium heat for silks woolens and colored fabrics with right or wrong side as appropriate.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Housewife Tips and Household Hints
Pineapples aid digestion and should be eaten after meals. Try using a long handled oiled mop for cleaning your car. Never add sugar to waffle batter. Serve with sugar or sirup. In making a white cake substitute two egg whites for a yolk. When washing keep a stiff vegetable brush handy to use on dirty neckbands wristbands.
Summer Millinery Blossoms in Fashionable Blue Tints
In bright weather, designers unveil trimmed millinery reflecting a lavish summer mood. The feature showcases all-black hats in elegant forms, braided leghorn styles with floral wreaths, feathered black chiffon brims, and a blue tinted round crown model.
To Take the Place of Suits in Street Frocks
The article describes one piece street frocks designed for utility and comfort with simple durable fabrics and conservative decoration. It highlights two pictured dresses a practical tunic skirt ensemble and a dignified braided frock with subtle trim and accessories enabling versatile wear from street to semi dress.
Natalie Jones Learns Charity Comes Home
Natalie, heartbroken over Paul Lester, seeks to prove herself in philanthropy. She helps a class, learns a boy is Bernard Limoges, and discovers the boy is Mrs. Limoges’ son. Paul appears as her host and fiancé, forcing a bold confrontation and change of plans.
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Paul Lester
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Natalie
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Bernard Limoges
Peter Limoges
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Miss Jones
Mr. Lester
Empress Elizabeth Kept Apart From Her Children by Court Rules
The article recalls how Empress Elizabeth of Austria was banned from seeing her babies without 24 hours notice. Royal etiquette enforced rigid gaps between mother and children, with ceremonial dress and formal reception.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Octogenarian Celebrities and a Vision of Aging
A London Chronicle writer notes the life spans of public figures in their eighties and beyond. Viscount Bryce's eighty three year old monumental work is cited as proof that old age can be active and intellectually engaged. The piece lists Lord Channing eighty one Viscount Mor ley eighty three Frederic Harrison near ninety Sir Henry Poland ninety one and the Earl of Halsbury ninety seven.
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London Chronicle
Lord Channing
Viscount Morley
Frederic Harrison
Henry Poland
Earl of Halsbury
Hampton of Macedonia the Thessalonica Institute
The Survey calls the Thessalonica Agricultural and Industrial Institute three miles from Saloniki the Hampton of Macedonia. It notes the campus as an American education outpost aiding post‑Turkish reform and agricultural training with orphans and refugees among ten nationalities. The school faces debt and needs a new dormitory to house more boys.
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Canton Graft Foes Plan Cho Kan Tun Killing Corps
Chinese residents in Canton reportedly organize a group called Cho-Kan-Tun or traitors killing corps to target dishonest officials, per Chinese press quoted by the North China Herald.
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