New Window Treatments Pay Decorating Dividends
A vintage guide on transforming windows with fringing ruffles and dyed fabrics. Reuse old draperies, feed sacks, and sheer curtains to craft economical, stylish window treatments with careful planning and color coordination.
Hitchhiker Thumb Video Sparks Traffic Safety Satire
A humorous court scene mocks rising car crashes caused by screen viewers. A judge grills an autoist about a accident blamed on television stars and programs, lampooning media dependence and slippery road media intersections.
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Gracie Allen
Kuka
Fran
Ollie
Fitzgeralds
Dennis James
Autoist
Avoiding American Austerity A Family Guide
Kathleen Norris urges families to accept upcoming austerity as a shared challenge. She frames a wartime budget plan, cutting meat, luxury, and waste while stressing resilience, sacrifice, and mutual support.
Cleaning and preserving ivory and marble objects
The article advises safe ivory care with soap and water and lemon salt rubs for glued pieces. It suggests cutting mirrors into squares by a glazier for decorative use and cleaning marble with a salsoda paste in a 24 hour soak. Plaster of paris statuary is cleaned with a starch paste that dries and is brushed off later. It also recommends painting mattress springs to prevent rust marks.
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Paris
Women Privates Prove Natural In Criminology Field
New York Institute of Criminology has graduated two women, supporting Emma Predicker’s view that women are naturals in private investigation. She notes their thorough reports and keen shadowing skills, while licensing requires three years of experience despite rising demand for plant security and factory screening.
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New York, N.Y
New York Institute of Criminology
Emma Predicker
Miss Predicker
Watertown ad touts lumber deals and gubernatorial bid
A regional notice advertises cheap lumber at Gilbert's in Watertown with 2x4 prices down to SG$11. The spot urges listeners to vote for a candidate for Governor, listing several South Dakota towns including Sioux Falls Pierre Aberdeen Mitchel Lemmon Mobridge and Yankton.
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Dia
West Coast
Gilbert's
Watertown
Sioux Falls
Auron
Pierre
Aberdeen
Mitcell Lemmon Mobridge
Yankton
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