This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Household Hacks From An Old Time Almanac
Handy tips on tightening knots with moistened strings and drying shrinkage. Protect pine gum from fireplace stones with boiled linseed oil. Salt and lemon scrub tile firesides. Chimney soot as garden fertilizer if salt free. Rub a white candle on addresses to resist smearing. Chill an ice cube in a rag to ease licking envelopes. Soften hard vegetable glue with hot and then cold vinegar. Use colorless nail polish as glue substitute. Clean stone or brick fireplaces with hot water soap, or a pumice paste with ammonia. Keep glue fresh by blocking air with a clay ball on the can lid.