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Vernal Express

Location

Vernal, Utah, United States of America

Date

Apr 27, 1949

Page

7

Dress Front Button Frock Promises Easy Sewing

The pattern promotes a simple frock with a front button closure ideal for quick versions in varying fabrics. It notes easy construction for sewers and references practical use in Red Cross disaster relief efforts and post emergency rehabilitation.

Bobo

Household Tips From Old-Time Advice Column

A column of practical home hints covers ironing bias cut skirts to avoid bulging seams cleaning iron surfaces with corn meal stopping flower odor by dropping coal in vases thinning fine garden seed sowing with cornmeal and salt shaker use. winter cement mix with salt to prevent freezing and simple garnish ideas with peach halves cranberry sauce and almonds.

Understanding Nylon Gauge and Denier in Hosiery

Nylon gauge measures needles per inch and half inch, with lower numbers giving a coarser knit. Denier indicates yarn thickness, where smaller denier yields finer and sheerer stockings.

Most Useful Meals for Breakfast and Lunch

The article notes breakfast and lunch as the most useful meals because foods eaten early in the day are largely digested and absorbed during peak activity hours when the body needs energy. It emphasizes these meals sustain activity and support bodily functions through the day.

First Public Kindergarten in the United States

The idea of kindergartens proposed by Friedrich Frobel in 1840 Germany inspired education reforms. The first successful public kindergarten in the United States began in St. Louis in 1873.

Friedrich Frobel Germany United States St. Louis

Quiz on language and weather lore

The questions ask for the feminine of pea and the meaning of sour grapes. They note that a ring around the moon usually portends rain. They ask who said Dont give up the ship and how many legs a gate leg table has.

Answers 1 Peahen and Unsettled Weather Report

The list includes Answers 1 and a peahen with a phrase about pretend dislike due to unattainable goals. An unsettled weather outlook suggests possible rain or snow. James Lawrence is noted as a related name. Eight appears as a count or item in the sequence.

Peahen James Lawrence

Elevators Replace Labor on Electrified Farms

On modern farms elevators perform most heavy lifting and short transport tasks. Portable and stationary units vary from half to one horsepower. A study at Idaho State College shows a load of grain can be emptied and cribbed by one man in six to eight minutes with a portable elevator.

Idsho State College

Great Year Ahead for Winn Mack and Stagg in Sports

A nostalgic column recalls Matt Winn Connie Mack and Amos Stagg in their 80s and 86, linked by passion for sport. It notes Winn and Mack eye 1949 Derby and pennant chances while Stagg mentors young players at a Pennsylvania college, framing an optimistic outlook for the year.

Aristides Matt Winn Pittsfield Connie Mack Grantland Rice Yale Alonzo Stagg Messrs Winn and Mack Lonnie Stagg Messrs. Winn Mack Colonel Winn Colonel Wise Churchill Downs

Wildlife, minerals and weather noted in historical survey

National forests house more than two million head of deer and elk with millions more big game animals. The text mentions 90,000 miles of unposted streams, 1.5 million acres of ash-producing jakes, and 4.5 million hunters and fishermen in 148. It lists six platinum metals and notes platinum and palladium as widely used in adornment. A WWII note references Japanese control over Menchuria, and California winter weather is briefly described with gifts inspired by milder seasons.

National ‘Forest Naton

Dow announces DN-289 fungicide and insecticide for orchards

Dow chemical company introduces DN-289 a diniter fungicide and insecticide for orchard use. The triethanola mine salt of dinitro-sec-butylphenol is effective against eye spotted bud moth rosy apple aphid pear psylla and other pests while also controlling sooty blotch on pears. Commercial use follows experimental trials from 1942 with typical application rates of one to two quarts per 100 gallons of water.

Dow Chemical Company San Jose

Bees boost Ladino clover seed yield in experiment

Dr. H A Sculien reports bees visiting Vadino Clover produced 40 times more seed than excluded-bee heads. In 100 heads worked by bees he counted 13 948 seeds, versus 385 seeds from 100 heads with no bees, underlining pollination impact.

H. A. Sculien

Hemophilia in animals and the Monitor ironclad origin

The article notes hemophilia in animals, its male bias in dogs and humans but not pigs, and potential underreporting due to owner recognition. It discusses Western trees aging and decay, and Lincoln’s role in approving Eric Leon’s ironclad ship design leading to three ships.

Lronclad Monitor John Zricescu Merrimac Lincoln Eric Leon

New Corn Hybrids In Development Across States

Corn-breeding research is active at nearly all state experiment stations in the United States. New hybrids are rapidly produced to fit areas not yet planted with hybrid seed, aiming for higher yields and better disease and insect resistance in regions where hybrid corn is grown.

United States

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