Making Conical Hoop Fly Traps From a Barrel Hoop Frame
An illustrated National Geographic piece describes Sarawak’s white rajahs and the Brooke lineage in Borneo, alongside instructions from the United States Department of Agriculture for building a conical hoop fly trap. The article covers Sarawak history, culture, and society, then provides a detailed trap construction method using barrel hoops, screen cylinders, and a cone for efficient insect capture.
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National Geographic Society
Washington, D. C
Sarawak
Borneo
Ohio
Brooke
United States
Brunei
Philippines
China
Venice
Rajah Muda Hasim
James Brooke
United States Department of Agriculture
Hair Shapes Explain Curliness In Biology
The article explains that curly hair is not about taste or smell but cross sectional shape. Flat hair coils like a ribbon and round hair is cylindrical, while wavy hair is intermediate and oval. Biologists prefer terms flat and round to describe head hair shape.
Dutch Navigators First to Reach Far Japanese Shores
Dutch navigators were the first foreigners to venture to distant shores of Japan and established rich colonies in Java and Sumatra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Java
Sumatra
Farm Women Lead Poultry Clubs Raise Over Two Million Chickens
Farm women in extension poultry clubs produced 2,083,127 standard bred chicks last year and earned 1,617,047.83 dollars from chickens and poultry products sold. They also supplied extra poultry for home use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agricultural Extension
Children’s frocks in yellow or lavender organdie
For Children. Children's frocks seem to delight in being of yellow or lavender organdie. The days when children dressed only to pinks or blues le decidedly over.
Subtle Flavoring Tips From Kitchen Guidance
Discussion on varying flavors in cooking using garlic bay leaf curry and lemon. Advises adding faint hints to please diverse tastes, with methods to avoid overpowering dishes and achieve delicate, unobtrusive flavor enhancements.
Making Sticky Fly Paper
The article describes outdoor fly traps as more effective than sticky papers. It cites Farmers' Bulletin 754 and advises mixing two pounds of rosin with one pint of castor oil, heating to molasses, then brushing onto paper and drying. A dozen sheets cost about one cent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers’ Bulletin
United States Department of Agriculture
Quality of cream to whip from USDA guidance
The best cream to whip is good rich raw cream aged 24 to 48 hours. It should contain at least 30 percent butter fat and be kept very cold. Pasteurization lowers whipping quality and homogenization is harmful, together destroying cream value for whipping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Domestic tips from a Housewife column
Practical kitchen and home advice gathered in a homemaking column. Tips cover cooking fats for pastries, ice cream preparation, vegetable handling, chicken dishes with currant jelly sauce, olives in soup, freezing compared to ice cream, using violin strings to improvise tools, fish prep, stuffing vegetables, fuel efficiency, cake texture with flour and cornstarch, nut considerations, thermos care, piano maintenance, and drying bed clothing with spaced lines to speed drying.
Gods Promise of the Savior and Giving
A survey of Malachi outlines Israel’s ingratitude and God’s severe indictment of priests and people for profane offerings greed and injustice. It notes wrong marriages divorce public sins and blasphemy, and describes the coming judgment and the future second coming of Christ with rewards for the righteous and retribution for the wicked.
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Jesson
Malachia
Nehemiah
Haggai
Zechariah
Zerubbuabel
Jerusalem
Israel
Jacob
Esau
Edom
God
Christ
John the Baptist
Elijah
Not until the right is right and God strengthens the weak
A religious exhortation quotes Philips Brooks urging men and women to grasp that true rectitude comes from conviction that the right is right and that God will grant strength to those who strive to do right, calling for spiritual resolve.
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Philips Brooks
The New Book as Bible Study Limited by Honest Purpose
The passage argues that the Bible should be read humanly with a sincere aim to understand its origin purpose and influence. It warns that only then can its teaching be truly owned and its inspiration grasped, though it may reveal familiar ideas in a new light.
Fortune in Scrap Iron and War Profits Case
Charles Perrutt faces a Paris court on charges of concealing 180000 dollars in war profits to dodge taxes. He ran a Saint Denis cafe during the war while amassing riches buying scrap iron and purchasing a war stock hoard in Romorantille.
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Charles Perrutt
Paris
Saint Denis
Romorantille
Child questions church identity in playful reply
In Indianapolis News a parent relates Mary Jane, a five year old, saying she is half Presbyterian half Baptist and half Catholic after being asked which church she belongs to. Dr Samuel McGaughey notes they live near Acton where several churches are present.
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Samuel McGaughey
Acton
Mary Jane
Indianapolis News
Red Cross Ball Blue Ad Promises Safe White Clothes
An advertisement claims Red Cross Ball Blue should be used in every home to make clothes white as snow without injuring fabric, endorsed by grocers.
A Stylish Pup Trims Black On White Pup
Westport Indiana resident S A Pearce bought a two month old fox terrier. The four year old daughter of Rev C L Carmichael saw the pup and exclaimed that the dog was a little white dog trimmed in black, reported in the Indianapolis News.
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S. A. Pearce
Westport
Ind
C. L. Carmichael
Cuticurn Toilet Trio Advertises Cleansing and Care
The advertisement promotes Cuticurn products for daily use including Soap to cleanse, Ointment to soothe and heal, and Talcum to powder and perfume. It claims the trio keeps skin clear after cleansing and should be a staple on every toilet table.
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Cuticurn
Foreman Bravely Faces Wall of Fire in Forest Blaze
Joseph Golla, sixty four, section foreman on the Low Grade branch near Penfield, organized his crew to fight a forest fire. He became separated and must dash through the flames to live, leaving his beard burned off after forty years of service. Pennslyvania News references the peril and heroism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penfield
Joseph Golla
Inchia
Pennslyvania News
Life Shortened by Time Waste
A reflective line notes that life, though brief, is further shortened by wasting time, implying the value of purposeful living and efficient use of moments.
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Singapore
Kuching
Hasim
Mr. Brooke
Manila
Mr. Krouke
Brooke Rajah
Rajah Brooke
Great Britain
Waj
Charles Brooke
Long House
Plan of
For Children
P. B. Pitzwater
D. D
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Western Newspaper Union
Malachi
Wrigley
Buffalo
Eli
Chicago Herald and Examiner
Terror
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