Recrafting Porch Rug and Dresses With Simple Tips
If the colored stenciling on the fiber porch rug looks faded this year touch it up with quick drying enamel. Patterns in the same shade as the leaves used for decoration will last longer if dipped in paraffin right after cutting. When making children's dresses make a wide tuck on the under side of the hem. The tuck makes lengthening easy and the stitch does not show.
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Veterans’. Administration
G.I. Bill
Falls City
G.I
National Guard
L. D
Albuquerque
M. A. VA
J. P
Norway
Mich
Veterans Administration expands hearing disability program nationwide
The Veterans Administration extends its rehabilitation course for about 230000 veterans with hearing impairments. The program offers hearing and speech tests, fitting of hearing aids, auditory training, and lip reading. Contracts cover multiple institutions nationwide including Boston’s Institute for Speech Correction and Walter Reed Hospital in Washington. A reader asks about GI bill repayment and re enrollment. VA clarifies repayment timing rules and future eligibility.
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Veterans” Administration
Institute
Boston
New University
Syracuse
Vanderbilt
Nee
York City
National
New Yorky ‘City
College of New York
New York ‘City
Navy Rural Rehabilitation Center
U. S. Naval Hospital
Philadelphia
Army
Walter Reed Hospital
Washington, D. C
Author Loses Fortune in Plagiarism Suit against Tully
A 1912 plagiarism case in New South Wales involved Richard Walton Tully and a claimant who alleged his play The Bird of Paradise plagiarized her manuscript. She disappeared until 1924, won $781,990, but the 1930 appellate court reversed, finding no resemblance, ruining Tully’s fortune and leaving him unable to write the last 15 years of his life.
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Richard ‘Walton Tully
N. S. State Court of Appeals
Tully
Islanders Debate Civilizing Plan For Work And Innovation
A Pacifi Islander questions a proposal to civilize him by teaching work habits and simplifying methods. The exchange explores whether the goal is to reduce labor or end it entirely through new tools and lighter tasks.
Trivia Questions About History and Scripture
A set of questions asks where the Song of Solomon is found in the Bible, the speed of shooting stars, who the Casket Girls were, who lived at Arlington National Cemetery, the number of words in the Bible, typical mushroom sizes, and the location of Mount Popocatepetl.
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Arlington’ National Cemetery
Mount Popocatepet
Bible facts and scattered notes from historical list
A fragmentary list mentions biblical chapters and words, speeds of meteorites around 180000 mph, immigrant women in Louisiana, Robert E. Lee, a 773692 word King James Bible, a 56 pound find in Thuringia, and a brief Mexico reference. The text mixes trivia, place names, and historical notes with uncertain context.
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Louisiana
Robert E. Lee
Thuringia
Germany
Mexico
Swordsmanship Incident Highlights Japanese Weapons Quality
A 1932 Shanghai incident illustrates the quality of some Japanese swords. A Japanese officer reportedly slashed through a Chinese machine gun barrel and water jacket with a single stroke, revealing the blade’s reputed precision.
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Shanghai
Paeiren
Eta
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