Houseboating Becomes Popular Summer Leisure
The article highlights houseboating as a healthful, affordable summer outing for families. It notes breezes from lakes or rivers improve wellbeing, that houseships range from small bachelor craft to larger powered boats, and that modern houseboats offer kitchens, baths, water and electric services, and garden decks. Women and children especially benefit from this homey recreation aboard, with comfortable parlor and reading spaces.
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Enall
Win
Accessories for the Popular Bridge Game and More
The article catalogs bridge game accessories including a card dealing machine, teaching boards with tiny decks, a celluloid trump indicator, bridge core pads, leather card cases, and portable folding chairs. It notes compact designs for travel and home use, and hints at safety items like a patent fire extinguisher while warning the nonexpert about risks from intruders and burglars.
Massage for Nervous Tension and Headache Relief
A 1900s style guide describes a skilled masseuse using gentle rotary temple strokes with massage cream and talcum powder to calm irritated nerves and ease headaches. It notes careful pressure to avoid skin damage and suggests hot water bottle therapy wrapped in cloth for additional warmth.
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le Manseuse
Modern gear makes long motor trips easier and nicer
The article reviews portable food gear for car trips, from insulated flasks and nickel cases to wicker baskets and collapsible aluminum ware. It notes compact designs, built in dining sets, tea gear, and ample compartments, suggesting fresh farm meals along shady roads and quick cleanup for multi day motoring excursions.
Picnic Basket Jealousy Sparks a Happy Tangle
Mrs. Justwed and a dozen Matrons join a Saturday picnic led by Homer Justwed who steals the show with his energy and baskets. After a merry day the couple quarrel over the fate of the worn picnic basket and a comic race to the corner ends in sharp tension.
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Dr. Omran
Homer
Mr. Justwed
Mra. Justwed
Mr. J
Homerdear
Pirita
Miss
Mia
Justwed
Plenie
Real Chronicle
Mrs. Justwed
Mrs. J
Brur
Mr. J. Edward Riddle Padgett
Handy Receptacle Pantry Door Craft
A pantry door handy receptacle for the housewife built from two cloth strips cut to length with one piece four inches narrower. The narrow piece is stitched across the width to form three pockets. The pieces are sewn together and bound with braid. The middle pocket holds bags. end pockets for strings and corks.
To Bleach Yellow Flannels by Simple Lather Solution
To restore yellowed flannels after laundering, soak for 2 3 hours in a lather made from half a cake of white soap two tablespoons borax and the same amount of carbonate of ammonia dissolved in about five gallons of soft water. Boil soap until dissolved, add remaining mixture. Rinse and hang to dry. treatment will not injure fabric.
A Corner for Men A Get There Club Vacation Ramblings
A humorous travel advisory urges men to plan budgets before vacations and to avoid romantic overreach. It warns against lavish hotel nights, chasing attention from waitresses, and risking a motherly scolding. The piece humorously notes risks of casual gambling and flirtations.
Dainty Five-Room Bungalow Designed by Chas S Sedgwick
A dainty five room bungalow designed by Charles S Sedgwick features a 46 ft frontage, estimated cost under $2600, and full basement. One story plus attic with five rooms on one floor includes living room, dining room, two bedrooms, kitchen, and bathroom, with Washington finish and heavy timber detailing.
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Chas. 5
Sedgwick
Washington
Plants Respond to Music Say Munich Scientist Claims
Professor Teitgen of Munich reports that most plants hear music and react by changing their petals. His experiments span many years and detail how melodies influence flowering, with Wagner and modern composers cited as examples.
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Hans Tritgen
Munich
Wagner
Violeta
Illes
Teitgen
Curious Amsterdam Stock Exchange Drum Parade
For nearly three centuries boys from Amsterdam gather at The Dam each summer after business hours. They march into the Stock Exchange floor beating drums and singing, a tradition linked to a 1622 act by a Dutch boy who claimed the exchange floor as a playground for all boys of the city.
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Amsterdam
Stock Exchange
Orly Bolland
The Toll of Industry on Death Rates
An analysis notes official figures on industrial casualties are unreliable and conservative. It cites 30 to 35 thousand fatal accidents among employed men annually, omitting wage earners and casual laborers. Other authorities project 60 thousand yearly deaths, with non fatal accidents exceeding 200 thousand.
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United States
White Heather Root Extraction in Algiers Sparks Controversy
A British consular officer reports government curbs on white heather root extraction in Algeria over five years across more than fifty thousand acres of forests in Constantine. An alleged American company operates in several forests near Bone, building facilities for root processing on reclaimed lands. Harvesting remains arduous as roots must stay wet to be cut and boiled, or they crack and spoil.
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Carridd
Algeria
Department of
Constanting
Bone
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