Economy in Dress Through Self-Made Wardrobe
Elizabeth Brown, a Washington government employee, demonstrates saving on clothing by sewing at home using a gummed paper dress form. Her wardrobe, built for 108.34 dollars, compares favorably with 210-dollar ready-made equivalents and covers coats, dresses, and an evening outfit while enabling social participation. Brown also taught over 50 others to make and use the dress forms, expanding the method's reach.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Elizabeth Brown
Elizabeth
Good Silver Polisher
Powdered tarch makes an effective silver cleaner and polisher. It improves results compared with breaderomss and dough for cleaning soited wallpaper.
Serve With Beefsteak and French Fried
Provide a simple reminder that beefsteak should be served with French fried potatoes. No additional details or context are given.
Ice in the Home Is a Necessity and Conservation Tips
A historical note argues ice in the home is a necessity and not a luxury. It claims ice can last longer by covering it with five or six thicknesses of newspaper, especially over the top sides and front around the door.
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Fletcher
Household Tips for Cleaning and Stains
Tomato rubbed into the hands removes fruit stains. Hard water can be softened with borax lemon juice or an oatmeal bag. Thickening gravy uses browned flour. Clearing mirrors of black specks uses spirits of wine or turpentine followed by whitening powder. Oil stains on carpets respond to petrol rubbed from edge to center. White shades clean with French chalk dusted evenly and left to set.
Dairyman War on Filth Promotes Clean Dairy Barn Floors
An agricultural engineer urges constant cleanliness in dairies to prevent milk contamination. He recommends concrete, impervious floors, proper curbs, and a disciplined layout for stalls and mangers to reduce disease risk and improve handling.
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W. B. Barney
Iowa
Storing Potatoes: Key Temperature and Ventilation Tips
The USDA outlines potato storage needs a temperature of 35 to 40 degrees Fahrenheit and adequate ventilation to remove foul air and excess moisture. Keep tubers dry and dirt-free, avoid light exposure, remove diseased or bruised potatoes, and avoid deep bulk storage without ventilation shafts.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Ways to destroy insects with arsenate of lead
Directions describe arsenate of lead as an insecticide for chewing insects. Mixing four to six tablespoons per gallon of water and applying with a sprayer kills biting and chewing pests. An alternative mixes arsenate with lime and dusts tender plants.
Making Best Top Silage From Beet Salage
The fragment suggests beet silage aims with minimal cash outlay for materials. It references natural earth sites and stacking above ground, plus concrete side retaining walls.
Thrash Grain Under Cover
A growing idea among Illinois farmers uses small threshing outfits to store bundled grain in barns and thresh during fall or winter. Machines stay set up for spare time. straw returns to sheds for livestock. No rush or extra help needed. it smooths workload in busy and slack seasons and boosts barn profits.
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Ilinois
Store Beet Pulp For Winter Feeding
The best method for storing pulp is to spread it over the beet top silo. This seals the silage mass and the heat from the silage warms the pulp, speeding curing. It also reduces the trouble of handling frozen pulp.
Summer Egg Production Feed Guideline
Summer feeding for egg production mirrors winter practice with grain amount. A good ration uses corn and oats in equal measure, with little to no feed in the morning and all hens eating at night.
Best Hen Feeding Practice
A farm practice article urges feeding hens the proper amount of feed to maintain laying. It cautions that letting hens forage themselves leads to reduced lay or earlier molt.
Late train on sour note sparks mourning train joke
The piece notes a delayed run on a familiar line with a weary traveler mocking the station atmosphere. A fellow passenger explains the black dressed refreshment room staff are in mourning for late trains, delivered in a solemn tone as the train crawls through a station.
Cherry Time in the Orchard Prompt Father to Stop
A boy named Richard slips into the orchard to eat unripe cherries despite warnings. His mother, who notes better timing for harvest, chides him and threatens punishment. He pleads that leaving the cherries would yield a future reward from a sturdy branch.
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Richard
Ler
A Satirical Note on June Wedding Day Lines
A humorous remark from a Boston Tran script comments on a line about weddings and June. The piece notes the line’s charm and compares it to Lowell, framing it as stylish prose from contemporary dress discourse.
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Avon
Lowell
Boston Transcript
Civic Righteousness Lecture and Opera Night At Home
Willis asks about his wife banning him out last night. Gillis replies he stayed in the hall an hour and gave a civic lecture, a bedtime story, and sang three grand opera selections, which led his wife to think she forgot to turn off the radio.
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Willis
Gillis
Judge
Cotton and Linen Prices Double in War Time
War drives up textile costs as cotton and linen prices double. Consumers urged to extend fabric life by using Red Cross Ball Glue in laundry and to visit grocers for supplies.
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Red Cross
Presbyterian Next Time Inspires Mary Lou to Reconsider Faith
A six year old girl, raised Methodist, visits a Presbyterian Sunday school and becomes taken with the teacher and setting. She confesses she might choose the Presbyterian path if she could live life again, reflecting on church influence.
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Mary Lou
Kansas City
Little Granddaughter Declares She Will Have Gran Stuffed
A visitor recounts meeting a child Mary in a rocker who overhears a talk about death and burial. The girl then unexpectedly proclaims she will not bury Gran but instead have her stuffed, delivering a macabre but innocent remark in a rural setting.
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Mary
The Profligate Dialogue Echoes a Frugal Lament
A clipped exchange features a quip about spending a last dollar and a jab at loneliness. The banter implies financial strain and a light, rueful tone from two speakers. No person or place names are given.
Lawyer Advice On Credibility At Trial
A lawyer cites a past case to warn a client about testimony on the stand. The plaintiff's attorney allegedly revealed too much by asking leading questions while a baker's wagon mishap led to a suit after a crossing collision. The driver claimed careful crossing though the crossroad moment showed no issue.
Majestic Brings British Crowd to New York Amid Rain
The White Star liner Majestic, then the world's largest steamship, arrived in New York from Southampton and Cherbourg on its third voyage to America. Passengers reported wet cold weather across the Atlantic with Brighton hosting a carnival where bathers wore oilskins and seas coats. Vendors claimed the royal couple received hot grog to ward off pneumonia in heavy rain.
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Majestic
New York
Southampton
Cherbourg
America
Brighton
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