Modern marriage pitfall told through Tired Tim letter
Kathleen Norris discusses a young wife Bert who overspends on luxuries, ignoring a budget. The letter reveals how debt and extravagance strain a two year marriage with a seven month old baby. Norris warns financially secure husbands value serenity over lavish furnishings.
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Bert
Tim
Serenity
Emily
You May Have To Pay If You Let Your Husband Worry
Kath leen Norris warns that wives who spend on beauty treatments and clothing beyond the budget risk anger and heartbreak. Household spending should align with preplanned limits to avoid strife and financial strain.
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Kathleen Norris
Proper Feeding Nets More Eggs For Poultry
University of Nevada Extension Service advises gradual diet changes over a week to ten days to avoid drop in egg production. Provide ample hopper space with at least 10 linear feet per 100 hens and adequate watering, separate timid birds, and limit daily feed to prevent stale leftovers. Use fish oil vitamins in small batches used within 10 to 14 days.
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University of Nevada Extension Service
Sewing circle skirt pattern 8034 for sizes 11 to 19
Pattern No 8034 offers a circle skirt in red or bright green with three quarter sleeves. Size 13 requires 4 yards 35 inch material and 5 yards braid. order details provided for sending in.
High Egg Production Is Government Goal
Government calls for 3.7 billion dozen eggs in 1942 to meet home and British needs, an 11 percent rise from 1941. C. F. Parrish of North Carolina State College urges careful feeding and management over six to eight months to boost output and pullet numbers. Farmers should maximize hen production as prices stay favorable.
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C. F. Parrish
North Carolina State College
Farm Work Clothes Under Price Control
The Office of Price Administration extends price controls to farm work clothes materials like chambray cotton coverts and denims to curb rising costs. Wholesale prices for overalls and work trousers have climbed 35 to 37 percent in two years. The move aims to prevent retail price increases as fabrics join the existing ceiling on cotton goods.
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Office of Price Administration
OPA
Harriett Elliott
Profitable Pastures Offer Hope for Farm Income
Pasture land is seen as a major future income source due to rising defense demands for meat and dairy products. A soil management program with fertilizer is essential to maximize profits and promote rapid grass growth rich in nutrients.
Farmer Declines Lending Plow in Curious Visit
Old farmer Robinson plans to borrow a plow from Farmer Brown but doubts he will be allowed to take it. As he nears the farm he contemplates Brown will refuse. At the door Brown asks how he can help, and Robinson bluntly declares Brown can keep his plow.
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Robinson
Farmer Brown
Brown
Old Brown
Cigarettes as Christmas Gifts Feature Camels and Prince Albert
Cigarettes and Prince Albert tobacco become top Christmas gifts with Camels preferred nationwide. Local dealers promote Camels in ten pack cartons with a gift of four flat fifties while Prince Albert remains in a special humidor wrapped for Christmas giving.
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America
Adv
Prince Albert
Ask Me Another Trivia Challenge Answers
The responses identify Theodore Roosevelt as the adage author, the Fourteenth Amendment as due process, fishing as the sport where quarry is seen after capture, hacienda as a country estate, and the first European warfare flag use by American forces in World War I. It also notes Abraham Lincoln as the subject of a college course at Lincoln Memorial University in Harrogate Tennessee.
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United States
America
Europe
Theodore Roosevelt
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln Memorial University
Harrogate
Tenn
Dolphins are born swimmers from birth says study
A study asserts that dolphins are expert swimmers from birth. Researchers emphasize natural swimming ability in newborn dolphins and its implications for development and training.
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Massachusetts
Boston
Sarah Bernhardt
Christmas Gifts For Smokers Promote Tobaccos
Christmas givers turn to cigarettes and smoking tobacco as ideal gifts for smokers. Camels and Prince Albert top the gift list with special packages including cartons and ornate tins or humidors.
Home Care Tips and Food Staining Warnings
Instructions for washing delicate lace by wrapping around a milk bottle and dipping in soapy water, rinsing with clear water, and notes on rug maintenance and rebind. Advises trimming worn rug edges and pegging small rugs with wool yarn. Warns against acids on enamel and marks the pattern numbers when opening new designs.
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