Putting Furs Away After Easter Aprils Care Tips
Housewife advice on timely fur storage to prevent moth damage. Clean furs in sunny April, remove dust, treat stains with turpentine and alcohol, rub long hairs with cornmeal, scrub fur rugs with soap and water, and comb. Improve lustre with browned corn meal and a flannel rub. Dry on line, then pack in tar bags or a lined trunk with moth deterrents. Store in cedar chest or closet sealed for summer months.
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Weader
Jay
The Spring Menu from Domestic Science Department
The Spring Menu features lentil soup meat balls with rice and cheese croquettes with desserts of stewed figs and whipped cream. Recipes describe lentil soup with onions milk butter flour and pepper, meat balls with bread crumbs and egg, cheese croquettes with pastry rounds, and fig dessert with cream, plus cake roly poly and lemony sponge cake with marmalade fillings.
Arbor Day Observances Spread Across States
Arbor Day and Garden Day are celebrated in Indiana, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Illinois and New York. The Indiana Forestry Association plans a statewide observance with nearly a million trees to be planted. Governors in Pennsylvania and Connecticut urge observance, while Illinois separates Arbor Day and Bird Day. New York schools begin garden work in city boroughs with outdoor plots and window boxes.
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Indiana
Pennsylvania
Connecticut
Illinois
New York
Indiana Forestry Association
Tener
Baldwin
Dunne
Japanese Knitting Exhibit Opens in Reading Pa
Knitting interests in Reading plan to study competition from Japan as a new exhibit of hosiery and underwear made in Japan opens today. The display includes knitting machinery from Japan and is sponsored by the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce. Japan and China may ship under wear and hosiery to the United States at lower prices due to reduced duties, potentially undercutting German knit goods.
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Reading
Japan
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic, Commerce
China
United States
Germany
The Tailor's Cloth and Pickering's Rise
Pickering buys a costly suit as rumors swirl at his firm about layoffs. He reinvented himself, shedding mustache and old ways to gain confidence and win respect from customers and bosses. A dramatic push leads to a sudden promotion to Boston branch manager.
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Pickering
Florence
Boston
Bids for Police Uniforms Opened by Cumberland Council
Cumberland Maryland April 17 1914 notice invites firms to bid on police uniforms at the April 27 1914 council meeting. Specifications available at City Hall from Police and Fire Commissioner T A K Hummelsheim. April 7 31.
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Cumberland
City Hall
T. A. K. Hummelshime
Is the World Growing Better Discussion by W F Hudgings
Advertisement announces a Sunday 3 p m talk by W F Hudgings known as the Boy Preacher of America at the Liberty Theatre. The message invites thinking people to attend and bring friends.
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W. F. Hudgings
Liberty Theatre
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