New Gimmick Uses Old Blades To Shave Lawn Whiskers
New York reports at the 1938 National Hardware Show a novelty called the Grasshaver a device using four old razor blades as cutting edges to mow rough grass. Invented by Cornelius Hubner it mirrors a oversized straight razor. Exhibits include colored tools plastic notions and plastic brooms with static electricity and novelty designs. The show highlights trend toward colored household items and new knife names.
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Richard Kleiner
New York
Cornelius Hubner
Hubner
Grand Center Palace
Rome
Pennsylvania
Lighes
Mocking Bird Casey Leads Life Of Riley
HIGH POINT North Carolina. Casey the mocking bird is an unfailing alarm clock. Casey’s owners Mr and Mrs Ray Caudle keep the bird fed with worms from corn and let him exercise daily on the back porch. He enjoys a settled life and may fly free if he wishes.
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High Point
N. c
Casey
Chaey
Ray Cardle
Caudle
Riley
Firemen Off Duty Build Own Homes
Macon Georgia firemen on off days abandon station play to construct houses for fellow members. Twelve to eighteen men split into three groups labor on three residences across different areas. They handle all trades from papering to wiring and plan to build homes for every member, noting two houses near completion without collapse.
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Macon
Coffee crop in Sao Paulo hit by drought and fires
Forest Vilkey and a long drought threaten next year's coffee crop in Sao Paulo after a two month rainless period. Silvio Pacheco of the farmers' association cites persistent heat and fires harming flowering plants, with prospects of a recovery depending on rain by the next moon. Sao Paulo, Brazil's top coffee producer, faces a sharply reduced crop from an earlier estimate of seven and a half million bags.
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Sao Paulo
Silvio Pacheco
Farmers’ Association
Interint Reas
Brazil
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