Sewing Circle Notes on Needlecraft and War Time Orders
Fragment reads as a sewing circle update on needlework and wartime household orders. Mentions Feit Fowl and various pieces, with references to directions and current needs. Ends with a request to send an answer.
Household Tips From Old Time Pantry and Workshop
Practical home hints cover laundry shine using starch water, milk wash to protect white paint, kerosene wick cleaned with vinegar, avoiding soaking chicken, mattress flipping technique, methods to prevent picture marks with thumb tacks, chimney soot control with salt on hot coals, blotting for spilled pages, and using sour milk or buttermilk as a lime binder for whitewash on trees and walls.
Flounder Eye Color Adapts to Surroundings
Studies on winter flounder show its eye enables color matching to sea bottom. When the head was against black, the fish darkened. against white or varied backgrounds it blended, even on a black and white checkerboard from ten feet away.
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Flounder
Collier’s
Battle Front Photographs Sent to U S in 7 Minutes
For the benefit of news syndicates and the war and navy departments as many as 1200 battle photographs are transmitted monthly to the United States from abroad over the 16 station Radio Telegraph Network of the U S A Signal Corps. Many machines are of the latest type capable of sending or receiving a 7 by 9 inch picture within seven minutes over thousands of miles with such fine lines 100 to the inch that only an expert can distinguish the original from the transmitted copy.
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War and Navy Departments
United States
U.S.A. Signal Corps
Saps Collier's
Cold Storage Classes and English Automobile Terms
The text defines two commercial storage classes cooler and freezer with temperature ranges and notes that freezer space needs scarcer materials. It also lists English equivalents for several American auto terms, such as petrol for gasoline, accumulator for battery, and bonnet for a car hood.
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United States
Old and New Blend In Mexico City Churches
In middle America churches fuse Old World and New World elements. Mexico City’s chief cathedrals rise on the Aztec temple site, using the same stones for the Christian edifice.
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Middle America
Mexico City
Cooking Bones Boosts Calcium in Broth
Breaking bones into small pieces and cooking with a mild acid like vinegar dissolves calcium. This method enhances mineral extraction from bones used in soup.
Powder plant safer for women workers than home says Dol Gerber
Army ordnance safety director Dol T. C. Gerber cites accident statistics to claim that a woman worker is far safer in a powder plant than in her own home, a statement tied to safety norms and workplace protections.
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Dol T. C. Gerber
Army Ordnance Director of Safety
Washing Powders Proper Use in Laundry
Guidelines advise adding washing powders to water first, ensuring suds are formed, then immerse clothes. Do not sprinkle powder directly onto garments to avoid spots or damage.
United Photo Supply Service Ad Sparks Gatesville Catalog Offer
A Gatesville Texas advertisement from United Photo Supply Service promotes cameras movie equipment and photographic merchandise for professionals and amateurs. It invites readers to write for the latest equipment list and notes they buy sell and rent hundreds of items.
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United Photo Supply Service
Gatesville
Texas
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