Turning over a new leaf in thrift minded times
A witty note from American Legion Weekly on frugality in daily life. A couple discusses economizing on clothes as prices rise, suggesting a fresh start with a new leaf. The piece ends with a reflection on life’s ongoing beginnings and each day as a blank page.
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Adam
Eve
American Legion Weekly
Cleaning and Caring for Household Plumbing Fixtures
Daily bathroom cleaning is urged with clear guidance from the U S Department of Agriculture. Flush waste pipes after use to remove grease and dirt, keep traps filled with clean water, and avoid letting grease or hair accumulate. Use washing soda mixtures or caustic potash carefully for stubborn wastes, and scrub porcelain with mild abrasives. Handle acids safely, wear gloves, and never let acid touch glaze.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Home Economics Office
Substitute Flours For Making Breads
A USDA home economics guide lists alternate flours to vary bread, including corn meal and nuts. Recipes cover Brown Bread with corn meal and molasses, Nut Bread using various nuts, and Rolled Oats and Wheat Bread with oats and potato mash.
Ironing Tips From Old Housekeeping Guide
Instructions emphasize proper ironing setup and technique. It covers board height, smooth irons, wax maintenance, dampness of clothes, rolling, lengthwise ironing, and working large areas. Materials like silk and wool require careful temperatures and right or wrong side ironing with cheesecloth when needed.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Cleaning and Kitchen Tips for Home Helpers
Practical quick tips cover car cleaning with a long handled oiled mop, avoiding sugar in waffle batter, serving waffles with syrup, substituting two egg whites for a yolk in white cake, and using a stiff vegetable brush to scrub dirty neckbands and wristbands for easier washing.
New Laws To Be Tested Soon In U S Congress
Congress moves emergency tariff and immigration bills to the statute books in coming months. Tax and permanent tariff measures follow, with debates over relief, economy, and Hoover recommendations. Germany reparations talks continue as disputes and evasions are examined.
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Washington
Congress
United States
Poland
Turkey
Hoover
State Department
Tanlac credited with restoring health in Oakland woman
Mrs Christina K. Dingman of Oakland credits Tanlac with curing three years of stomach trouble and rheumatic pain. She recalls a near drowning as a child and says she gained twenty pounds and now enjoys good health. Tanlac is sold by leading druggists.
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Staouues
Texas
Caengres
Tanlac
Christina K. Dingman
Alice St
Oakland
Calif
Dingman
Insect Pests Threaten Crops Across States
The Japanese beetle and the European corn borer threaten crops as they spread. Japanese beetle, introduced with the peach moth, is unlikely to be exterminated due to its habits and flight. Quarantines by the federal horticultural board have been set to curb the corn borer in several states and protect the corn belt.
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United States
Federal Horticultural Board
Corn
Judge Calls For Law On Courtship Length
A Kansas judge proposes a legal minimum courtship to curb hasty marriages, acknowledging legal authority but arguing it cannot fully prevent two determined lovers from marrying.
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Kansas
Observant Judge Finds Button Dispute Trivial in Divorce
In a divorce suit a husband complained his wife neglected his buttons. The judge replied that a woman is used to pinning things and cannot understand why a man makes a fuss over a missing button or two. Boston Transcript report.
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Boston Transcript
Apparition Story Follows Edward Fitzgerald Tale
Edward Fitzgerald, translator of Omar, recounts a clear vision of his sister and her children having tea in his dining room seen through a window from his garden. He notes the sister withdrew quietly as if not to disturb the children and died in Norfolk at that moment.
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Edward Fitzgerald
Omar
Norfolk
Pampered Person Etymology From Vine to Verse
A brief look at how the term pampered blends notions of softness with fruitless vines and watered phrases. It traces roots from Latin and French phrases linked to vines and bread while noting literary use in Paradise Lost and Italian variants.
Arctic Sheep Raising Says North Lands Offer Hardy Livestock
An American agricultural expert in Popular Mechanics Magazine suggests Arctic Canada as a source of hardy sheep cattle Siberian alfalfa and even fruit. He endorses cross-breeding Canadian and Siberian sheep to acquire the needed resilience.
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Arctic
Canada
Popular Mechanics
Writer's Cramp Defined as Occupation Neurosis
The condition is linked to excessive writing and tight grip, primarily affecting the thumb and middle and forefingers. It rarely appears before middle age and can hinder hand control while other manual tasks remain easy.
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