Rhubarb Conserves and Jams From 1930 Guide
Nellie Maxwell explains a 1930 guide to preserving fruit, emphasizing education as liberty, and detailing rhubarb based jams. Rhubarb improves berry jams and provides tart flavor, with recipes for Rhubarb Jam and Rhubarb and Pineapple Jam, plus tips on season timing and cost savings.
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Western Newspaper Union
Sapient Sally Declares Woman’s Mind Always Generous
A humorous Sapient Sally quip about women’s minds seeming inexhaustible and ever ready to share with their husbands, reflecting lighthearted gender banter in the era’s humor column.
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Tastes of Young Men and Women By Jean Newton
A mother discusses the compatibility of tastes in marriage with her daughter who admires a long-standing suitor. She emphasizes balancing big shared values with differences in books drama and music, noting that love and compromise matter more than specific preferences.
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Jean Newton
Schopenhauer
The Chilean Nork by Hugh Hutton note
A playful piece describing a zigzagging line of works forming a picket fence to deter hoboes from nitrate beds. The character is a young novie with a comic mix of food—Brazil nut body, popcorn spikes, a peanut head with navy bean ears, macaroni neck, toothpick legs, split bean tail. Metropolitan.
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Metropolitan
Knights of Old Ride to a Circus City Adventure
Two boys from the capitals of Montana and South Dakota ride for two hours on horseback. They encounter a wild audience of make believe quests and a frightened stampede as a travelling circus horse breaks loose near a city on Lake Erie. End report notes the tale was printed by Mrs. Clifford Hastings.
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Lake Erie
The Pneumatic Tube: From Papin to Philadelphia Mail System
A historical overview of pneumatic tube development from Denis Papin's 1667 concept to 1898 US Post Office use. It traces early proposals in London and Berlin, notable inventors like Medhurst and Beach, and the spread of pneumatic dispatch for mail and cash in cities.
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Royal Society of London
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Philadelphia
Russell Sage Foundation Founded In 1907
The Russell Sage foundation established in 1907 by Mrs. Russell Sage in memory of her husband aims to improve social and living conditions in the United States. It has provided substantial support to charities and funded many social surveys and industrial studies.
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Russell Sage Foundation
Russell Sage
United States
Oberlin College and Co-education Pioneer Roots
Oberlin College in Oberlin Ohio pioneered co education by granting the A B degree to women and men since 1841, marking a notable early advance in gender inclusive higher education.
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Oberlin College
Oberlin
Ohio
How to Live Longer Director of Public Health Education
State of Pennsylvania publishes guidance from the Director of Public Health Education outlining longevity tips and health recommendations for residents. The material emphasizes preventive care, nutrition, exercise, and regular checkups to improve lifespan.
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Proper care of milk bottles and raw foods in summer
The article stresses sanitizing milk bottles after use even when milk is pasteurized, washing bottle exteriors and tops, and bringing contents inside promptly. It warns against handling raw foods at markets and urges thorough washing of meats fruits and vegetables before refrigeration to prevent spoilage and disease.
Dental Hygiene and Public Health Promotion Remains Vital
An excerpt from a 1929 Western Newspaper Union piece urges regular dental care and school health campaigns. It stresses that two daily brushings and semiannual dentist visits build a strong defense against diseases and that many lives hinge on public adoption of proper dental hygiene.
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Onion
Symbol of the Lemon at Funerals Explained
Berlin reports reveal the lemon funeral rite once observed by the Hamburger Zimmerteute, with 15 000 carpenters at a memorial. A leader tossed lemons into graves to symbolize life sourness and postdeath peace, linked to plague era protection inscribed by ancient burying customs.
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