Tenant Faces Questions At Modern City Apartment House
A man seeks to rent an apartment in a premier building when the owner challenges him with a blunt query about having children. The encounter highlights era attitudes toward family status in housing.
Trivia answers and historical note pack
A list of quiz style questions and answers covering topics from government terms and dry ice to Dead Sea levels and fortunates Isles. Includes details on a 1905 federal trademark law prohibiting flag ins insignia as a mark and notes on the Fortunate Isles also called Isles of the Brest.
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Dead Sea
United States
Fortunate Isles
Isles of
Brest
Canary
Madeira Islands
Four Odors and Notable Facts Cover Broad Range
The text lists four fundamental odors fragrant burnt acid and cathylic. It names Sarah Bernhardt as a notable figure. It describes a solid compressed carbon dioxide snow at minus 114 degrees. It states a purpose for life and notes the Dead Sea mean level at 1,292 feet below sea level.
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Sarah Bernhardt
Dead Sea
Mistake-O-Graph Answers List
A list of stage mishaps and oddities from a show includes wrong exit and no smoking signs, people and a cow in the audience, an automobile and flea references, a radio cue about color of a flower, a candle on stage, timing quirks, and improvised instrument use. It notes a snore with taps, a loose music rack, an oversized audience member, and nonstandard mic setup.
Natural Singer Quote on Work Ethic and Talent
A Carlyle quotation extols the value of a natural singer who performs with evident joy in any occupation. It argues such a person excels through effort, pace, and perseverance, surpassing others who labor in quiet, somber tones.
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Carlyle
Discretion of Speech Echoed by Francis Bacon
A Bacon quote on speech notes discretion surpasses eloquence and pleasing words, as agreeable speech to the listener strengthens dealings beyond mere politeness and good order.
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Francis Bacon
Around the House Handy Spring Tips
Practical home tips cover sprucing tubers and linen stains. Advice includes sprinkling dahlia tubers, removing iodine stains with ammonia solution, tightening cane seats with salt water, planning gardens on paper, keeping doughnuts fresh in a covered dish, cleaning leather with vinegar and linseed oil, checking seed catalogs, whitening chicken skin with lemon juice, and bleaching white goods with blue water.
Favorite Recipe of the Week Scalloped Tomatoes
ScaALLoreD dishes are favorites for cold weather and oven use. The recipe for Scalloped Tomatoes layers tomatoes with onion breadcrumbs butter sugar and salt then bakes for about 30 minutes at 350 degrees. Optional cucumber pickles add a tangy crunch. MARJORIE H BLACK.
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Marjorie H, Black
Pepsodent with Irium Brightens Dull Teeth
A vintage pitch extols Pepsodent toothpaste containing Irium. It promises sparkling teeth without bleach grit or pumice and claims safe removal of surface stains for natural gleam.
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