Ten Commonly Mispronounced English Words
The article lists ten frequently mispronounced terms with correct forms. Percolate, schedule, envoy, perspiration, attack, comptroller, factor, italics, lingerie, and column are clarified with standard American pronunciations and notes on common errors.
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Frank Colby
Envoy
Italy
Overeating roots and remedies through group support
A promotional piece from 1951 urges examining emotional triggers behind overeating rather than calorie counting. It highlights group discussions revealing habits, such as eating when bored or stressed, and shares a mother’s insight after uncovering associated cues with her twins. The article notes club tips like mood tracking and suggests a sample daily menu totaling 960 calories.
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Ida Jean Kain
Perhaps You Know Qs From A Trivia Card
The answers list Minnesota as the state with the most inland water area. Limburger cheese originated in Limburg, a Belgian province. Humans instinctively fear loud sounds and sudden loss of support. An octopus has eight arms.
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State of the Union
Gulf of Mexico
Great Lakes
Minnesota
Limburg
Patterned shirtfrock for homes and gardens
Daily pattern ECOMING describes a cotton shirtfrock with notch collar and panel pockets as the season’s favorite. Pattern T4992 offered in sizes 14 through 42, size 16 requiring 4 7/8 yards of 35 inch fabric. Send 25 cents to Anne Adams, The Canton Repository pattern dept., 243 West 17th St, New York 11, N Y with name address zone size and style number.
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Anne Adams
Canton Repository
Pattern Dept
West 17Th St
New York
N. Y
Chocol cola pudding and wafer pie desserts from cookbook
Recipes present simple inexpensive desserts using chocolate and orange or strawberry gelatin with cola root beer and lemon rind. Instructions mix pudding with carbonated beverage, heat, thickens, then fold in whipped cream and chill. Variations use vanilla pudding with root beer and lemon rind and vanilla wafers as crust.
Maverick Keeps Silence on White House Talk
Former San Antonio mayor and ex representative Maury Maverick visited Washington and declined to discuss a private meeting with President Truman. He said those who leave such talks often do not talk about them and do not usually return for further comment.
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Washington
Maury Maverick
San Antonio
Alamo City
President Truman
White House
Household Scrapbook: Storing Linens And Handling Hot Dishes
Roberta Lee advises storing linen items without starch to avoid cracking, rinsing and drying thoroughly, then storing away in blue paper to prevent yellowing. For soups, let stand overnight to blend flavors before reheating. Do not use damp cloths to lift hot dishes. use a dry cloth to avoid scorching fingers.
Meat Patties and Sides: Family Dinner Menu
Recipe outlines meat patties with baked potatoes savory spinach carrot slaw bread and butter coffee and a marshmallow dessert. Ingredients include frozen spinach butter flour milk salt onion and cider vinegar. Method cooks spinach then makes a thickened sauce to blend with spinach and seasonings. Makes 4 to 6 servings.
First Steam-Powered Ocean Voyage Ship Savannah
Oddities by W L Gordon recounts the Savannah as the first steam auxiliary vessel to cross the Atlantic in 26 days from Savannah to Liverpool using side paddles for 18 days. It notes the vessel was primarily sailing with steam assist and adds a curiosity about inserting a hen egg through a bottle neck after vinegar soak.
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Savannah
Liverpool
England
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