How to Successfully Make Slip Covers
How to successfully make slip covers with a simple pin cut sew method. No patterns needed simply drape material on the chair pin along the top edge and sides cut beyond the pin lines and repeat for arms back and other sections illustrated step by step in booklet No. 35. Send 25 cents to Weekly Newspaper Service for Making Slip Covers Successfully to 243 West 17th St New York NY with name address and booklet No 35.
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West 17Th St
New York
N. Y
Quiz on History and Science Facts
Answers cover Cromwell beheading details, veto frequency in the US Constitution, human vocal cords count, a notable labor speech line, Suez Canal closure history, solar rotation, danger from baby rattlesnakes, and origin of linen manufacture.
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Oliver Cromwell
United States
Suez Canal
Not until he was dead and buried and beheaded
Not until he was dead and buried did this event occur. his body was exhumed and beheaded, with a chilling sequence implied by the terse notes. The fragment hints at historical intrigue surrounding executions and posthumous treatment in a European context.
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William Jennings Bryan
England
Observance Aims to Spotlight Farm Accident Toll
National Farm Safety Week spotlights a high farm injury toll with examples from Kansas Montana Wisconsin and nationwide. The campaign urges families to inspect farms and homes for hazards and adopt safety habits to prevent preventable injuries and deaths.
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United States
National Safety Council
Department of Agriculture
National Fire Protection Association
Sport trusts and crooks threaten American athletics
A dense critique argues sport, from boxing to baseball to racing, has become prey to corruption. It blames underworld rivals, lax enforcement, and political indifference, calling for decisive action from the presidency to governors to protect sport’s public faith.
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Labor
United States
Home Safety Checklist Questions
A series of questions assess safe home practices including maintaining steps and stairways, storing sharp knives separately, unplugging appliances, mopping spills, keeping electrical connections away from baths, using insulated pull chains, placing outlets to avoid cords on floors, guarding rugs on stairs, storing matches and poisonous medicines, drying cleaning outside, and locking up guns. The aim is to identify steps to improve household safety.
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National Safety Council
Young Army Corporal Sworn Kent Mayor at 23
David Mooney 23, a former army corporal and Kent resident since birth, took the mayoral oath in this 3,400-population Pacific Northwest town. He plans to run a sand and gravel business and stay with volunteer fire duties while pushing juvenile delinquency programs and a $100,000 community center war memorial.
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Kent
Wash
United States
David Mooney
Pacific Northwest
Mooney
Gun Packing Gals Guard Bank Cash in Albany
Five female bank tellers at the National Commercial Bank and Trust Company in Albany guard the cash with .38 caliber revolvers provided by the bank. The armed tellers, described as comely and friendly, are trained marksmen ready to confront prospective bandits.
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Albany
National Commercial Bank and Trust Company
Rough mill recalls days of big log rafts on Mississippi
McGregor Iowa. Pierce Lumber company operates a rough mill on the river bank reviving log rafting to the Mississippi from northern forests. Modern rafts are smaller and moved by motor boats instead of sternwheelers. Old timers and youngsters watch as logs are taken down the river from the Yellow river bottomlands once heavy with timber.
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Mcgregor
Iowa
Mississippi
Pierce Lumber Company
Yellow River
Star pitchers fade as Ewell Blackwell rises for Reds
In 1947 the Reds promote Ewell Blackwell as the new ace, surpassing legends like Newhouser Feller Pollet and others. The piece highlights Blackwell as a potential all time great, with backing from Red Terror and support from figures such as Frank Shea Warren Spahn Cat Brechear Johnny Sain Schoolboy Rowe and Dutch Leonard.
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Newhouser
Feller
Pollet
Ewell Blackwell
Cincinnati Reds
Blackwell
Newhenser
Hughies
Red Terror
Frank Shea
Yankees
Warren Spahn
Braves
Cat Brecheer
Cardinals
Johnny Sain
Schoolboy Rowe
Dutch Leonard
Phillies
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Oee
Zovic
McKesson Laboratories
WNU
Farmer A
Kansas
Montana
Wisconsin
Maynard H. Coe
Crooks
Sewing Circle
South Wells St
Chicago
Fleischmann
Eveready
National Carbon Company, Inc
42Nd Street
Asier Carbide and Carbon Corporation
Hegh
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