Polar Bear Mischief in a Summer Tale
A quirky dialogue unfolds as Mr. and Mrs. Polar Bear discuss temper, heat, and weather while critters gossip about summer plans. The scene shifts to bears and other woodland characters debating patience and weather, ending with a tense interruption.
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Polar Bear
Polar Mear
Myra
Polar
Mr. Polar
Polar bears debate winter plans in a frosty ramble
A fragmented mock dialogue from a 1929 Western newspaper piece features a polar bear narrator arguing about winter, freedom, and foolish others. The speech contrasts the bears’ supposed wisdom with fools who lament cold weather and summer business alike.
Helps for Housekeepers and Home Decorating Tips
Practical advice for kitchen and home care. It discusses using scrawlers to cut bacon, grinding cheese with a meat chopper, guiding children in early habits, managing waste, cleaning dishes, and cooking cheese slowly to avoid toughness. It also covers wall color choices and wallpaper design to avoid overpowering a room.
Pectin Added To Strawberries For Jam
The article explains how pectin aids strawberry jams and jellies. It notes that strawberry juice alone lacks sufficient pectin, suggesting adding pectin or extracting it from apples or citrus fruit. Lemon juice can improve color and aid jelling, and instructions are available from the United States Department of Agriculture.
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Bureau of Home Economies
Enya
United States Department of Agriculture
How to Fumigate Clothing for Summer Storage
Guidance on fumigating wool garments in a roomy closet before summer storage. Use carbon disulfide or carbon tetrachloride to kill moth infestations. ensure tight door and smooth walls to contain fumes.
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United States
Bureau of Entomology
United States Department of Agriculture
Cold Meat Platters and Fancy Daytime Dishes for Warm Weather
Aroomy guide describes cold meat platters with thin beefsteak or veal, salmon tuna sardines and cheese plates with garnishes, and quick cookies. It adds fruit preserves and marmalades for meals, plus a fumigation method for closets using carbon disulphid or carbon tetrachlorid to protect clothing from moths.
Four Piece Luggage Ensemble Guides Wedding Travel Style
The article details a four piece luggage set for travel that forms a cohesive ensemble for weddings. It describes leather palettes in natural pigskin and tan cowhide with cream lining, matching covers, and practical features like a flat shoe case and a versatile dressing case. The bride is pictured in medieval inspired rayon satin.
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Western Newspaper Union
Posture tips for housework from farm education program
Extension workers advise proper working height and posture during common tasks like egg beating, washing dishes, and mopping floors. Anillustration from the USDA shows a Hamp shire County, Massachusetts, woman demonstrating the impact of bending over a table. Improved height reduces fatigue and may shorten task time, increasing leisure.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Hampshire County
Massachusetts
Campaign for Highway Beauty Across the Midwest
The Vermont Chamber of Commerce leads a national effort to beautify highways with trees and greenery, arguing money should fund maintenance first. While upkeep concerns dominate, readers note how other states plant thousands of trees and vines along roads and replace trees during widening with new plantings.
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Vermont Chamber of Commerce
Middle West
Utne
California
Massachusetts
Indiana
Michigan
Mare
Connecticut
New Jersey
Minneapolly Journal
Americans Slow to See Ugliness Doesn't Pay
In this commentary Europeans admire quality urban design and preservation, contrasting with American real estate tendencies. The piece notes German and English efforts to regulate architecture and safeguard rural beauty, arguing broader public rights and conservation would benefit the United States and pay off.
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America
Europe
England
Exterior walls in suburban houses blend multiple finishes
English style influence prompts varied exterior walls in suburbs. Houses mix brick stone stucco and frame to suit site and taste. A typical example shows a stone first story with brick trim and a brick wing plus a second story stucco section in the gable end.
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Ft Street
Money for Home Improvements Edges Toward Expansion
Money for improvements shows over two billion dollars available from thirteen hundred lenders and four associations. Banks may fund up to half of savings on realty loans for five years or less, enabling financing for remodeling and modernization of homes. Portland Oregon.
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Portland
Town Forests Help Reduce Local Taxes Across States
The American Tree Association says municipal forests have long existed in Europe and in parts of the United States. In several eastern states such forests provide material tax relief, with Massachusetts Minnesota New Jersey New York Ohio Pennsylvania and Vermont noted for special legislation.
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Europe
Asys
American Tree Association
Astern States
Massachusetts
Minnesota
New Jersey
New York
Ohio
Pensylvania
Vermont
House Width Principle Shapes Architectural Beauty
An old text argues that a house should be wider than it is tall to harmonize with the horizon and please the eye, emphasizing a design principle linked to visual balance and proportion.
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