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Spring cleaning tips from old soot pits to modern homes
The article traces how soot from coal wood and oil furnaces spurred spring cleaning and offers practical modern house cleaning guidelines. It lists homemade cleaners for ovens copper glassware windows and fabrics, and answers reader questions on citric acid for water heaters and a maintenance book by the Wiengartens.
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James
Morris Carey
AP News
A.O. Smith
Larry
Suzanne Wiengarten
P.O
Monterey