Decorative illuminated glass art and sealing wax flowers
The article outlines making translucent home ornaments using opaque wax sealed glass scenes, cellophane and crepe paper flowers, and metal foil highlights. It describes petals formed from wire, covered with cellophane or crepe, then painted with sealing wax to achieve a glasslike, lit effect.
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Western Newspaper Union
Caan
Hints for Housekeepers and Everyday Health Tips
A collection of practical advice on flavoring tea with orange rind and choosing versatile hats. It suggests consuming raw fruits for vitamins, using many clothes for travel, and making whole wheat sandwiches with lettuce or carrots for children. It also notes wooden blocks aid in a child’s play and development.
Food Recipes from 1930s Western Newspaper Union
A scanned 1930 collection offers quick bouillon, tomato canapes, cider punch, cherry decorations, fruit juice frosting, oyster cocktails in grapefruit shells, orange fruit cake, lemon sponge pie, and decorative confections. Includes details for orange jelly, bakes, and gelatin based treats.
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Western Newspaper Union
Boston Baked Beans and Brown Bread Recipe Guide
A United States Department of Agriculture guide lists steps for traditional New England Boston baked beans with salt pork and molasses. Soak beans, simmer until soft, layer pork, bake slowly for six to seven hours, then steam bread batter and bake into a loaf to serve with beans.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Massachusetts
New England
Boston
Bureau of Home Economics
Englard
Europe Parade Narrated Through a Child's Wonder
A bedtime tale traces an imagined grand European parade led by Europe as master of ceremonies. David watches a multicolored procession from a grandstand, noting drums, map figures, international floats from Belgium to Italy, and personifications of cities and regions, ending with playful touches about olives and lemonade bottle stoppers.
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David
Europe
Holland
France
Italy
Russia
Rumania
Poland
Norway
Germany
Scotland
Iceland
Denmark
Alsace
Lorraine
Belgium
Paris
Birmingham
Dresden
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Budapest
Hungary
Amsterdam
Rotterdam
Florence
Athens
Bulgaria
Portugal
Western Newspaper Union
How to Live Longer Director of Public Health Education
The Pennsylvania State Public Health Education director outlines strategies for longevity. Guidance emphasizes balanced diet, regular exercise, and preventive health screenings.
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State of
Pennsylvania
Saving Milk Bottles Spark Waste and Cost Concerns
The bureau of dairy industry reports widespread reuse of milk bottles for non dairy uses raises milk bills by nearly 30 million dollars annually. In a large city last year junk men recovered about 20 million bottles from dumps, worth over 1 million dollars.
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Bureau of Dairy Industry
United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau
Fitting Sleeve into Armscye
Instructions from the USDA on setting a set-in sleeve correctly. It covers armhole alignment, how to locate high and low points, quarter points, side determination, fabric handling, and easing fullness to avoid strain. Guidance includes pinning points, seam orientation, and gathering steps for wool or similar fabrics.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Home Economics
Saving Time Is No Life Saver
A 65-year-old man chasing a faster schedule dies after a fall. The piece argues against speed mania, noting labor saving devices push activity into cities, risking health and lives while urging to self care over hurried living. It flags growth of machines without new assets and warns about prioritizing time over life.
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Garden of Eden
Much Ado On Age Limits And Fitness For Life
In a 1929 Western Newspaper Onion piece the author critiques age-based hiring caps while arguing real fitness comes from physiology and healthy living. He cites Henry Ford and U.S. presidents to illustrate vitality over years, urging prudence, right habits, and active effort for vigor and longevity.
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Henry Ford
United States
Onion
Student at St Andrews Wins Food Wager With Feats
A St Andrews student proved an extraordinary eater by consuming five large fried sole meals and fifteen tins of pears in one sitting to win a bet. The wager covered one pound worth of food, with colleagues paying if he succeeded, and the feat ended after a full round of golf.
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St. Andrews University
Olne
Animals smell fear in humans, study notes
Lower Anima's Smell Fear explains that wild animals detect fear beyond sensing it. The piece, attributed to L G Holcrot, states glands in humans release excretions from the brain when fearful, an information-attack animals exploit.
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L G. Holcrot
Icelanders Use Dried Codfish Powder as Flour Substitute
The article notes that dried codfish turns into powder and is used as a flour substitute in bread making, reflecting a novel culinary adaptation among Icelanders.
California Fig Syrup Promises Happy Children Through Pure Formula
An advertisement extols California Mg Syrup as a fifty year proven laxative and nutritive aid for children. A Western mother from Nebraska reports her daughter Roma Lucile improved quickly from constipation, color, energy, and cheer, calling her the happiest girl in the West. The copy notes genuine California Fig Syrup bears the California name on the carton.
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California
Il. J. Stoll
Valley BP. O
Nebraska
Roma Lucile
West
Honor Comes Too Late to Interest Inventor
The Washington Star recounts the life of Jim Fitch, a Philadelphia inventor who built a Delaware River steamboat years before Fulton. Despite early success, he faced opposition and setbacks, leading to decline, travel south, and eventual death. His descendants plan a late commemorative celebration, too belated to aid him.
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Old Jim Witch
Philadelphia
Delaware River
Fulton
Thadson
Fitch
Old Jim Fitch
Washington Star
Panoptic English Aims for Universal Language
A Cambridge group proposes Panoptic English a simple universal tongue based on about 500 words. The compact two to three page book claims any nationality can learn it in months and fast learners in weeks.
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Cambridge
Mass
Idle minds drive chatter into busy tongues
A pithy warning that unoccupied thoughts fuel gossip and loose talk, implying quiet reflection prevents unnecessary verbal spill.
Cleanse Kidneys by Drinking Water and Jad Salts
Eating rich food may strain kidneys by creating acids that overwork and clog them. Drink plenty of water and take Jad Salts as directed to flush clogged kidneys, stimulate function, and reduce bladder irritation and related pains.
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