Howchom Quick Home Fixes From Old Daily Tool Hacks
Air beds by opening clothes closet doors to ventilate in the morning and avoid damp odors. Use an old wood plane to shave soap into quick dissolving shavings. Secure shattered window panes with two buttons and a hairpin for a snug seal. Make cornstarch custard cones layered with currant jelly for a kids party treat. WNU Service.
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WNU Service
Joe Miller hoax and mass murder tale linked to Mark Twain
A Johnson-like hoax in a London trade journal claimed Joe Miller the jester never joked and inspired a joke book run. The piece also recounts a staged Latin inscription hoax and cites Mark Twain revealing a Nevada Empire City massacre story as fiction to promote local mining stock.
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Joe Miller
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California
Virginia City
Nev
Empire City
Mark Twain
Picture Parade Recounts Masks Versus Modern Roles
A retrospective notes mask use across sports industry stage and medicine with pictorial examples from US and Europe. A wedding cake cutting anecdote by Mrs. Post describes an elegant miniature reception and the challenge of slicing cake smoothly. The piece offers practical cake-cutting advice: spear the cake and stab the slice to avoid crumbling.
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Note of Thanks for Sympathy and Etiquette Guidance
Advice column summarizes when to send handwritten thank you notes for sympathy and gifts, including Mourning etiquette for a husband's death and appropriate response to club resignations. It covers using handwritten messages versus printed forms and proper phone introductions with school staff.
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Mrs. Green
X-town
Board of Governors
Mary K. Blank
Wool Is Going Places in Barbara Bell Fall Frocks
Women embrace wool styles for work and social wear in three new Barbara Bell patterns. Features include slim lines with a throat to hem zipper and contrasted collars in colors like French wine and blue. Patterns 1375 1302 and 1382 cover sizes 12 to 48 with yardage details and prices, delivered by Sew-Your-Own via The Sewing Circle.
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Ady
Legion
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
W. Wacker Drive
Chicago
Radio Signal Travel Time Breaks Records
Collier's Weekly notes a record longest elapsed time between sending and receiving a radio signal four minutes and twenty seconds. With radio waves at 186000 miles per second, the signal could cover about 40360000 miles, nearly 2000 Earth circumferences.
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Collier’s Weekly
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