How Can I ?
A reader asked about insect control for house plants and sleep induction. Suggestions include using sulphur matches heads down around soil and naptha soap solution for pests, and eating bread and butter with cayenne for sleep plus fresh air and relaxed muscles.
Humorous exchange snippets and light anecdotes from daily life
A collection of witty exchanges and jokes from casual conversation. Topics include Edison on storage batteries nine thousand nine hundred seventy four ways they won’t work an insurance applicant’s hospital visit a cafe bill misreadings a minesweeper joke and a remark on winter warmth in small cities aided by smoke.
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Modern Etiquette Q and A by Roberta Lee
Reader questions on bread and butter letters thanking strangers wrap checks at hotels and dances. Answers emphasize immediate note writing sincerity polite thanks for gifts engraved cards are optional and not required. When introduced say How do you do and offering tea is optional.
Yeast meat from molasses could feed nations after war
The National Geographic Society highlights a new cereal protein yeast meat made from molasses and sugar cane by refining by products. It requires amonia water phosphates air and heat to form a nutritious, low-cost protein food. The British plan a Jamaica pilot plant to produce about 2000 tons yearly for surplus sugar regions. Yeast has long been used in food and medicine and dates back to early wine making.
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Make Any Automobile Operate Like Dampest Weather
Flexible engineering and design at 90 Charles St E Toronto offers simple cheap parts to improve carburetor humidity and driving smoothness. Complete plans postpaid by mail for $1.00. Hurry before demand makes parts scarce in your locality.
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United States Leads in Global Electrical Goods Output
The United States produces more than half of the world's electrical goods and Europe accounts for about 43 percent, highlighting a strong industrial lead in electrical manufacturing.
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First use of communism traced to Paris circles 1834 39
A fragment notes that the term communism originated in secret revolutionary societies in Paris during 1834 to 1839, highlighting its debated early coinage by 19th century radicals.
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