Kitchen Helper for Housewives
A compact sanitary kitchen cabinet design aids the housekeeper by keeping all tools and ingredients within reach. The article details a 6 ft 3 in high cabinet with flour bin, drawers, open shelves, knife rack, and a fold out table, plus tips on materials, finish, and keep-clean construction.
Home conveniences improve farm households and free time
Under USDA guidance home demonstration agents have installed thousands of kitchen aids in country homes. The improvements save labor and increase happiness for farm women. Many devices suit village and city homes as well.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Building a Moisture Proof Dough Board and Kitchen Drawer
The guide describes a tasteless odorless dough board with battened edges to prevent warping, a roomy drawer for utensils, and space beneath for a kitchen stool or fireless cooker when unused. Pie pans and lids have a convenient place in the rack.
Seed Corn Warning Urges Farmers to Save Seed Ears
The United States Department of Agriculture warns a seed corn shortage threatens the 1918 crop across New York Pennsylvania Ohio Michigan Indiana Illinois Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa Nebraska North Dakota and South Dakota. Farmers should select and dry sound ears now test kernels, discard moldy ears, and keep seed separate for 50 to 60 percent germination to ensure a stand next spring.
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United States Department of Agriculture
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Michigan
Indiana
Illinois
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Nebraska
North Dakota
South Dakota
State Experiment Station
Washington, D.C
Parmners
Toasted cigarettes sent to boys by Red Cross nurses in Europe
The Red Cross nurses in Europe distribute toasted cigarettes to wounded soldiers, citing the Lucky Strike toasted tobacco product. The American Tobacco Company manufactures these cigarettes, and newspapers fund drives funnel them through the Red Cross to French front lines. A seed-testing station opens in London to test seeds and regulate important seeds sales under government oversight.
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RED Cross Nurses
Europe
American Tobacco Company
Red Cross Society
France
England and
Wales
London
Board of Agriculture
Ministry of Food
Scientific Atmerican
Lemon Skin Bleaching Lotion Ad Promises Beauty
A vintage advertisement urges women to mix two fresh lemons with three ounces of orchard white to create a quarter pint lemon skin beautifier. The lotion claims to soften and bleach freckles and tan, refresh skin, and smooth rough hands, with monthly freshness if strained well and stored.
Scrapple Recipe From Hog Heads and Spices
A historic recipe describes making scrapple from hog heads with livers and hearts, beef optional, corn meal and flour, marjoram sage thyme and pepper. After boiling meat, grinding, and thickening with flour, the mixture is molded, cooled, sliced, dusted, and fried until crisp.
Take Care to Prevent Bloat in Altairin Pastures
The notice warns caretakers to guard against bloat when Altairin is grazed. It emphasizes careful monitoring, proper grazing management, and timely veterinary advice to reduce risk and protect livestock health.
Noted Marital Motive Sparks Alimony Talk
In a heated exchange a speaker questions a wife’s marriage to an older man, while another voice counters it was driven by alimony, highlighting financial motives in the union.
Tetterine Clears Eczema and Improves Complexion Ad
Southern women praise Tetterine for blotches and itchy patches yielding to treatment. Sold by druggists or by mail for 50 cents from Shuptrine Co, Savannah Georgia. Also a jingle for Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets to regulate liver bowels and stomach and a light quip about husbands paying club dues.
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Shuptrine Con
Savannah
Adv
Dr. Pierce
Dodson's Liver Tone Promises Safer Calomel Alternative
Dodson's Liver Tone claims to replace calomel with a safe liver medicine that cleanses the liver and bowels by morning without causing sickness. The ad asserts quick relief from bilious symptoms and promises a money back guarantee if expectations are not met.
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Dodson
Adv
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