Cleaning and cleaning aids for home interiors in old manual
The text describes various home cleaning methods including steaming walls to loosen dust, alcohol-wiped mirrors, and mixing wax with turpentine for dust cloths. It also covers floor cleaning with benzene and wax, preparing a kitchen cleaner, and gardening notes about future fruit varieties. The passages segue into dessert recipes featuring strawberries and demonstrations of strawberry based dishes and sauces.
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Reniky
Telvigg
Tolerant Minds and Slightly Odd Notes
A collage of wry quips and fables appears, including a line about a tolerant mass and open minds, a note on water slowly drip feeding plants, and a Moralist warning about overthinking. The piece concludes with a Birmingham Age Herald quip on happiness and a Boston Transcript pun about butter.
Satin and Lace Fashion Shaped By War Demands
Loyal readers urged plain clothes as economy amid wartime restrictions. Satin and lace, once lavish, reappear in controlled uses for wraps and evening outfits, with fiber satin popular for capes and coats, and practical alternatives like georgette and voile advised for women’s attire.
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War Department
Worl
Della
WOVEL HANGING BASKET CRAFT IDEA
A decorative and inexpensive handmade novelty for young girls. Crocheted brass rings form a hanging basket that holds a flower pot with ferns or blooms. The cradle and chain are crocheted, colored as desired, varnished or stiffened with starch, and hung by a crocheted hook.
Silk Gingham Frock for Summer Mornings
A chic blue and white checked silk gingham frock features a white georgette bodice and sleeves. The light fabric and airy design suit warm mornings, offering a refined yet simple summer look.
Scent Caps For Hair and Rainy Day Dress Advice
A 1920s style guide item describes scented hair caps worn one night weekly, using delicate perfumes and sachets to keep hair pleasant without overpowering. It also offers rainy day dressing tips emphasizing warm colors, practical outerwear, and comfortable golf footwear trends with lightweight, washable leather oxfords.
New Pillow Kit Adds Convenience for Travelers
A playful novelty blends comfort kit efficiency with real pillow softness. Create a customizable pillow by folding a fabric strip and stocking pockets for items needed on bike trips or at the shore. Material choices include cretonne, plain fabric, waterproof cloth, denim, or embroidered wool.
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Cretonne
Denlin
Surgeon General Warns Coughing Spreads Respiratory Disease
According to Surgeon General Gor Ene, nearly all sickness and death in the nation’s new organs results from diseases of the respiratory system. He explains that coughing sneering and spitting spread such illnesses and has launched an educational campaign to curb these acts.
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Gor- Ene
Platinum Recovery From Chromite Ore Reported
A historical note describes platinum extraction from chrome-iron ore in rock. An experiment yielded 200 ounces of platinum from 9,720 pounds of chromitic rock. The report includes a harsh remark about Miss Didgitt recalling embarrassment as a teen and a reference to Ther.
Oary Barn Can Be Kept Glean Concrete Best For Floors
William A. Radford offers advice on farm buildings. Plans should allow sun and air for stock. He notes 19th century readers seek lasting farmstead architecture and practical, well lighted structures built to endure.
Modern Dairy Barn Design and Labor-Saving Equipment
This article praises streamlined dairy barn equipment and design, noting manufacturers provide plans and support. It describes steel stalls and sanitary fixtures replacing old wooden ones, stanchions that give cows freedom, and feed and litter carriers that save labor. A basement barn example from Winona County, Minnesota highlights built-in sanitary features and favorable design.
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Old Salem
Winona County
Minn
Inside Dairy Barns for Sanitation and Efficiency
The article advocates permanent, well planned dairy barns with durable construction. It favors two rows of cows facing each other across a central feed alley for labor savings, concrete floors for cleanliness, ample light and ventilation, and basement bank barns with reinforced concrete bridges and moisture barriers. It notes a 38-cow capacity and includes details on walls, drains, and wash rooms.
Dainty Waists Drying and Pressing Tips
Instructions on drying delicate waists using a bath towel to squeeze out moisture, followed by pressing on the wrong side to preserve their shape. Emphasizes not hanging on a line to dry and keeping a good crease.
We Are as Fine as People in a Dove Tale
Miss Pigeon and Miss Dove discuss hospitality and what it means to be “as fine as people” in a playful dialogue. They imagine portable houses for doves and pigeons, and share views on rest, baths, and green white summer homes while dreaming of being human.
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Miss Dove
Miss Pigeon
Mind Pigeon
Miss D
Finland Declares Independence and New National Colors
Finland, since March a republic after ending its status as a grand duchy, will adopt three flags: a national standard, a merchant service flag, and a pilot and customs flag. The national colors were celebrated during the revolution era and are to be officially proclaimed.
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Finland
Nations
Merchant Service
Barnacles on Warships and Asia Comparisons
Barnacles on warships required heavy cleaning with 200 workers scraping 600 tons of growth from a vessel over two years of travel, increasing coal use by up to 40 percent. A Korea status piece notes women occupy a unique social role in the Orient, better in some fields yet overworked and often ill treated. An Ohio State Journal quips that wealth cannot be taken after death, while locals cling to the belief that the rich are left behind.
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Korea
Orient
China
India
Japan
Flag designs and emblems described for Finland and services
A fragmented description details a yellow lion on red with nine white roses, for a Finnish flag variant. It outlines a merchant service flag with a yellow vertical cross on red and nine white roses in the top right corner, plus a pilot and customs flag with the ice of Finland instead of white. It ends with a garbled line about bees and snails.
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Finland
Merchant Service
Pilot and Customs Services
Ice
Overcoming and Self Reliance Reflected in Speech
A fragmentary dialogue contrasts persistence and ascent with blunt talk. The speaker notes a French doll cannot comprehend English, then comments that a man can work twice as much if he desires. The saying that man pays for success with his constitution appears as a moral aside.
The Way of a Famous Medicine Best
Fragmentary OCR reads like a praise for Pinkham's Vegetable Medicine. It claims popularity and ease of preparation, noting continual attestation to its virtue and health benefits, with references to Serene and health improvements.
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Pinkham
No Pretzel Word Banned in Indianapolis Dairy Lunchrooms
East Washington street lunchroom clerks refuse the term pretzel and instruct patrons to call tea ring. The ban prompts reminders of American identity as staff quote movie-era cautions about Germans, reflecting wartime sentiment.
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Indianapolis
East Washington Street
Solis News
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