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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1950
Page
2
Practical tips from the era cover enamel pots safety drying blankets and foolproof shortcuts. Use enamel pot with chipped surfaces avoided to prevent rust and enamel food contamination. Dry blankets faster with gas dryers claiming three to four minutes per hour saved. Make a food chopper from an empty baking powder can by punching holes and discarding the lid.
A reader asks how to darken white imitation leather table pads to brown. The answer suggests washing and drying surfaces, wiping with turpentine, then applying two coats of quick drying enamel, dulling the first coat with fine sandpaper before the second coat and thorough dusting.
General J Lawton Collins Chief of Staff declares the Army will back the 1950 March of Dimes campaign to defeat polio with every American joining the effort. He says dimes serve as ammunition in a nationwide counter attack on the disease.
Pattern No 1928 features a perforated sew right design for sizes 11 through 18. Includes size 12 with three quarter sleeve and 4 yards of fabric for 35 or 39 inch widths. Free pattern printed inside the book. priced 25 cents.
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