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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1910
Page
8
An essay argues small urban yards can bloom with effort not money. It advises planning, soil checks, and scale to fit houses, plus benefits of a kitchen garden for fresh produce and lower costs. It highlights blue roses Weilchenblau, praises Ramblers, and stresses gardening as character and family education.
The article extols the blue rose as a premier rambling variety and describes climbing roses for arbors, trellises, and doorways. It offers planting and pruning guidance, mulching needs, pest remedies, and winter protection for hybrid teas in northern climates.
An article urges household hygiene starting at home noting the dangers of uncovered refuse and dust. It warns housewives to supervise janitors, keep garbage in covered containers, and use bricked outdoor furnaces to burn dust to prevent germs and health issues.
The article urges households in small towns to burn or dispose of yard waste daily. It warns uncovered dust barrels breed germs, suggests using brick furnaces or improvised metal containers to dry garbage, and notes cremators selling for seven to ten dollars can safely dispose of garbage and fuel a kitchen stove.
Hints describe tea-chest matting sunbonnets for at home wear with calico bindings and optional ruffles. The article also explains using small amounts of saleratus with sour milk in baking powder or yeast recipes to avoid waste, advising to add powder with a knife and taste to balance acidity.
The article instructs using kerosene for cleaning very dirty fabrics with boiling water, washing soda, and shredded soap, followed by thorough rinsing. It then covers durable laundry fittings such as solid ironing boards, washing boards, wringing machines, and the need for clean, well maintained equipment and proper ironwork.
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