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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1948
Page
12
A set of Q and A style home advice addressing gutters venting floors varnish removal and heating. Recommendations include a quarter inch copper mesh for gutters and scraping floors with an electric sander, varnish build up, faucet noise from worn washers, varnish removal with trisodium phosphate, and cleaning a clogged heater jacket to restore hot water.
The widow refuses cremation and insists her late husband Henry be made useful in death. She demands his ashes be placed in an hour glass to symbolize his laziness and lack of work, despite the undertaker’s objections.
In 1947 farm workers faced an accidental death rate of 52 per 100000, double the 26 per 100000 in non agricultural industries. Total farm resident deaths reached 19,500, with injuries around 1.8 million. farm home deaths 7,000 and non fatal injuries about 1.05 million. Motor vehicle incidents killed 7,300 farm residents and injured 250,000 more.
Betty Barclay, a cool secretary nicknamed Bandbox Betty, endures a hot day at the office and a pushy suitor John J. Thomas. A surprise picnic with his niece Muggsy leads to a roller coaster of mishaps and a sudden kiss that changes Betty’s view of romance.
This guide urges using summer fruit abundance to boost winter canning, with budgets for tomato juice apples peaches berries and pears. It notes choosing firm ripe fruit, proper equipment, jar prep, and a boiling water bath or pressure cooker for safe processing.
Acid foods include fruits tomatoes ripe pimientoes sauerkraut and green peppers. Non acid foods are vegetables meats fish poultry game and soup mixtures. Precooking means boiling food a short time until thoroughly heated. Head space is the space left when filling a jar at the top.
The article explains boiling water bath method using a large vessel with a rack or platform for jars and a cover. Sealing means rendering jars airtight. Cold pack fills jars with raw food. hot pack fills jars with hot food from precooking.
Donald R. Braun promotes do it yourself lawn furniture with a full size picnic table pattern. Readers are invited to send 25 cents to East Bird Pattern Company at Pleasantville New York for the pattern. The piece emphasizes economy and relaxation from woodworking and encourages joining a growing movement of self builders.
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