Build Own Fireplace For Picnics At Home
Step by step pattern guides construction of an outdoor fireplace with safety tips. Check local fire laws before building and place away from trees, shrubs, and neighbors. Pattern details foundation, brick layout, and required materials. Send 25 cents for Pattern No 73 to East-Bird Pattern Company.
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Fresh Look Chair Set Crochet Pattern
Easy to crochet chair set for living room chairs. Chair back measures 17 by 13 inches, arms 9 by 9 inches. Send 20 cents for instructions and pattern No 00 with name and address. enclosure of 300 cents needed for pattern.
Record 1948 U S Agriculture Calls Fabulous Year
The 1949 Britannica Book of the Year notes 1948 had no crop scare and yielded record or near record crops. Corn exceeded prior marks by over 10 percent and 50 percent versus the prior year while wheat and cotton also posted historic levels. Prices rose in January then fell as crops were harvested, yet gross farm income neared 35 billion dollars despite rising production costs.
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Clear the Kitchen For Canning Time
Women who can vegetables efficiently plan like a factory. Reorganize the kitchen for jars and equipment, prepare sharpened knives, scissors, spoons, and dippers, and set them near the range. Use only high quality produce and pre-cook green vegetables before packing.
Salads and Sides Highlight Ocean Fresh Meal
A luncheon spread features salmon loaf baked potatoes buttered cabbage and a fresh apricot cherry salad with hot biscuits jam and a coconut cake to finish. The menu emphasizes hearty seafood dishes and classic accompaniments.
Vegetable Canning Pointers for Sealed Jars
Follow self sealing lid guidelines and handle jars gently to keep seals. For one quart of canned vegetables use 2 to 2.5 pounds of produce such as beets carrots string beans or tomatoes. Eight ears of corn generally fill one quart when canned.
VEGETABLE JAR PREPARATION AND STORAGE NOTES
After filling the jar with vegetables and water, remove air bubbles with a spatula. Do not test self sealed jars for sound until 24 hours after processing as they cool. Six pounds of greens such as spinach yield one quart of canned product.
Marriage and Divorce Rates Fall Worldwide in 1948
Across the civilized world in 1948 marriage and divorce rates declined as economies improved. In the United States marriages totalled about 1,800,000, down 10 percent from 1947 and over 20 percent from 1946, while divorces neared prewar levels with estimates not exceeding 420,000, down 10 percent from 1947 and 30 percent from 1946. National efforts to bolster family life included the White House may convening of the National Conference on Family Life, university institutes on family relations, and regional programs by the University of Florida extension division.
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Fortune and a drowning scare shuffle through town
A wealthy industrialist Mr DeKwickrich and his wife travel widely and insist on hotel pools. After his wife nearly drowns, the manager says doctors fear but the husband quips he can afford the real thing rather than artificial respiration.
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