First Aid to the Ailing House
Advice column on home renovation and maintenance covering peeling whitewash on a country house cellar and requests about garden fireplaces indoor painting cold weather wood whitening and stain blocking methods, foundation cracks, cleaning fingerprinted doors, and attic insulation plans with practical step by step guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buromer
Sunset Magazine
San Francisco
Popular Science
Popular Mechanics
Mny
On the Scent to Solsts and attic venting methods
Neighbors discuss venting gables and attic insulation as a taxed method. A tavern table query about straightening a warped wood piece leads to instructions using weights and coating. Readers suggest fixes for plaster nail hooks with wooden packing and fixture installation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse Herald-Journal
Slondie
Genter Prese
Qoospaer
Urreweiz
Ieee
Nervy defense in a key bridge hand prompts caution
North dealer vulnerable. The hand shows how a defender can foil a declarer by timing the diamond king. East must hold up the king on the first diamond lead to avoid surrendering and force declarer into a risky second finesse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Declarer
East
West
Daily Crossword Puzzle and Libel Note from Exchange
A mixed page features a dense crossword with clues across and down including animal and object entries, plus a CASE OF LIBEL joke about reporters and copyreaders. A light Exchange of flirtation comments rounds out the column with the tag EQUALLY FRANK.
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George Clax
Chic Young
Lee Falk
Ray Moore
Diana
Josephine Culbertson
North
la Pass
Witara
Kele
Salty
Geez
Ardor
Samarium (Sym
Samart
Uneage
Constellation
Colese Oficial
Jerem
Youngschild
Injure
Mineo
Biekisar
Tae
Gene Ahern
Judge Puffle
By E. Simms Campbell
Telegra
Hattie
Edith
KE Dugan
Secret Agent X-9
Miss Frame Z
Belinda
Skippy
BY Striebel and
Mevoy
AHISA
Rootin
LEP
By AL Capp
G-man
Robert Storm
Snifter
Percy L. Crosby
Flash Gordon
Dale
Tigra
Toots and
Casper
Jimmy Murphy
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