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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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United States
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