First Aid for Mildew and Home Wood Finishes
Household fix and finishing tips cover mildew on shower curtains and oak furniture. Advice includes airing curtains, using weak bleach, removing mildew with washing, and explaining pickled oak finishes. Also addressed are damp basement walls, plywood bathroom walls, powdery brickwork repairs, and a feline deterrent using moth crystals.
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National Association of Paint, Lacquer and Varnish Manufacturers
Washington, D. C
Mason Materials
Harvest supper recipes and crowd favorite pies feature
Readable fragments describe fall harvest gatherings with chicken fricassee meat pies and desserts. Recipes include Chicken Fricassee with two 3-pound chickens, dumplings, cabbage and apple coleslaw, and Steak and Kidney Pie with beef steak and kidneys. Emphasis on community meals sponsored by local groups and the comfort of shared cooking.
This Week's Menu Recipes Shared for Meals
Menu notes list chicken fricassee with baking powder dumplings cabbage and apple coleslaw spiced crabapples bread and butter pickles sauteed corn and green pepper honey pumpkin pies coffee millee and related recipes provided for readers.
Autumn banquet menu and kitchen tips from old Western Union
A fragmented cooking feature outlines beef with kidneys and crusted pie, savory cabbage and corn with green pepper, honey pumpkin pie with all bran pastry shells, and basic pastry dough. It includes a Q and A promise by Miss Gyn Chanders offering expert consumer advice via the Western Newspaper Union.
Sudsy Facts From Lynn on Soap Use and Oils
A Department of Agriculture report links higher industrial activity and consumer income to record soap consumption last year. The article notes domestic oils and inedible tat ion will replace imported tropical oils for this year's soap supply and emphasizes cleanliness in clothing home and kitchen.
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Lynn
Department of Agriculture
Blind with rage affects eye sight in stressed pilots and drivers
A Science News Letter report notes experiments by Columbia University researchers showing emotion changes vision and eye coordination. Tests reveal 36 percent saw better when aroused while 22 percent worsened. 14 to 22 percent showed decline in depth perception, with only 4 percent improving.
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Science
E. 3. Strongin
N. Bull
B. Korchin
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Columbia University
Sier
Tiredhess
Treatment for Painful Shoulders in Early Cases
A medical note discusses relief for painful shoulders and arm symptoms. Drs Spurling and Grantham report 75 percent improvement when the arm is kept above shoulder level, especially with the hand behind the head, during waking hours and preferably during sleep. Heat, infrared lamp, and diathermy may aid. If simple measures fail, surgery may be needed. Additional Q and A cover toe cramps possibly from infection and athlete's foot treated with Whitfield's ointment.
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R. G. Spurling
E. G. Grantham
Louisville
Missouri State Medical Association Journal
Tricky Qs and Curious Facts Answers Card
1 A harp usually has 47 strings. 2 Regular army khaki is made from wool or cotton fabric. 3 The combining form xylo means wood. 4 Beethoven began losing his hearing around his late 20s. 5 Most widely used given names globally are Muhammad and often variations of it. 6 The International Date Line sits in the Pacific Ocean. 7 A recruit soldier is called private as the lowest rank in many armies. 8 A kumquat is a small citrus fruit. 9 The saying Handsome is that handsome does is attributed to William Shakespeare and others. 10 Yes horses are natural jumpers with instinctive leaping ability.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Answers to ten trivia prompts from 1900s quiz page
The item lists ten prompts with answers: 1 Forty-six. 2 Cotton. 3 Wood. 4 Twenty-eight. 5 Mohammed and Mary. 6 Pacific. 7 Because he holds no rank or distinction. 8 A citrus fruit. 9 Goldsmith. 10 No. The note mentions horses dying of thirst when water holes were separated by a three foot fence, illustrating a cautionary tale.
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Mohammed and
Mary
Pacific
Goldsmith
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