Bureau drawers bloom with color and scent tips for organization
A homemaking piece offers advice on lining bureau drawers with washable wallpaper, using division boxes, and storing cosmetics in small compartments. It also includes a personal anecdote about DIY curtains, a historical tale of Barnum's white elephant and rival "Light of Asia," and a Lancaster schoolhouse debate myth linked to railroads and telegraphs.
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P. T. Barnum
Siam
Ania
Barnum
Asia
Old John
Ringling Circus
Sure to Delight in Colors Bright Embroidery Pattern
Old fashioned bouquet design for bedspread with roses cornflowers and forget me nots. Pattern 5906 includes several motifs and a color chart with stitch illustrations and material list. Send 15 cents to The Sewing Circle Household Arts Dept 259 W 14th St New York NY with name address and pattern number.
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Household Arts Dept
W. 14Th Street
New York
N. Y
Elk and Bison Abundant in Alleghenies Once
Smithsonian mammalogist Dr Remington Kellogg notes elk and bison were plentiful in the Allegheny region in George Washingtons era, with bison last seen near 1825 and elk records to 1867, while birds and mammals were cataloged in West Virginia after a 1936 museum field program.
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Washington, D. C
George Washington
Remington Kellogg
Smithsonian Institution Mammalogist
West Virginia
State
Alexander Wetmore
United States Museum
National Museum
The
Kellogg
Allegheny
Great
Kanawha River
AIDS MEASLES FIGHT DISCOVERY MAY AID QUARANTINE
Dr. Jean Broadhurst, professor of bacteriology, announced the finding of the measles virus. The discovery could allow earlier identification and quarantine of cases and carriers by two or three days. It may also pave the way for control and prevention through vaccine use.
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Jean Broadhurst
Kitchen Tips from My Neighbor Says
Practical hints from a news brief listing tips on kitchen prep such as dipping onions in milk to ease frying and using a wet thread to cut butter. It mentions substituting butter in cocoa for chocolate in cake, allowing for shrinkage in glass curtains, and adding pepper for zest in eggs. It also covers plant care steps for houseplants including soaking roots and watering through a container.
Are You Tired By Leonard A Barrett
Fatigue in modern life is largely nervous over strain affecting moral norms and daily work. The article argues nervous exhaustion influences behavior and questions how fatigue relates to crime, noting limited energy in the brain governs action.
Fatigue as a warning signal and its effect on conduct
The text argues fatigue reflects depleted energy reserves and signals need for rest. It compares fatigue to a danger signal in a tower, noting fatigued people err in actions and speech, and may commit crimes under stress. It links nervous condition to morals and discusses the rights to work and leisure.
Rest cures for nervous strain through faith and purpose
The piece argues drugs fail against nervous fatigue and real restoration comes from inner sources. It stresses great love, faith, hope, and courage as the body’s unconscious healing, plus purposeful rest that fits one to their role and reduces monotony’s harm to society.
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Western Newspaper Union
High Point on Atlantic Coast Tops Coastline Elevation
Todt Hill on Staten Island reaches about 430 feet, the highest point on the Atlantic coast between Maine and Rio de Janeiro.
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Atlantic
Todt
Staten Island
Maine
Rio de Janeiro
Editor Phillips Prints Mixed Type News By Accident
In Leicester, Sir Richard Phillips faced a printer’s disaster when a tray of type toppled just before press. He improvised by printing from the scattered letters, including a late Dutch mail notice untranslated. A reader in Nottingham later kept the issue, hoping for a Dutch translation.
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Richard Phillips
Leicester Herald
Phillips
Holland
Nottingham
Gelatin Discovery Noted by Denis Papin Diary
In February 1679 Denis Papin records boiling an ox foot for four hours on a moderate fire. The flesh boiled well and bones softened to be cut like cheese, the juice forming a firm jelly. Gelatin soon spread in France, notably in hospitals.
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Denis Papin
France
Canny Politician Struck by Cat at Meeting
An English politician was struck in the face by a dead cat thrown from the audience during a heated political meeting. The assailant claimed misdirected intent, prompting the politician to urge identification of the culprit while a spectator apologized, saying it was meant for his opponent.
Insures Quality Advertising Promotes Better Merchandise
Insures Quality Advertising argues higher standards protect consumers against sub standard or fake goods. Manufacturers and merchants cannot risk their reputations by promoting inferior products.
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Lancaster
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Hell
South
Charleston
Clark County
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Scott
Alleghenies
Associated Newspapers
WNU
Marjorie Dunton
Paris
Amaze
Arnold
Leonard A. Barrett
Wichita
Navy Yard
Philadelphia
Margaret Ayres
Kan
W. A. Ayres
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