Housewife Advice on Caring for Brooms
A Pebble Ledger item notes a broom lasts longer with proper drying. Do not store with the handle down if wet, or water will travel to the wire, causing rust and the handle to loosen.
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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1935
Page
3
A Pebble Ledger item notes a broom lasts longer with proper drying. Do not store with the handle down if wet, or water will travel to the wire, causing rust and the handle to loosen.
Week's supply of Postum offered free by the Costum Company to anyone who writes for it. The notice promises a full week’s supply of healthful beverage to readers who request the sample via mail.
A compact aphorism notes how poor behavior spreads more quickly than kindness, urging awareness of conduct in shared spaces. It emphasizes social influence and the need for personal responsibility to curb negative habits.
Advertises Milnesia Wafers milk of magnesia tablets to relieve waste build up. Promises quick pleasant elimination and relief from odour gas headaches and bloated feelings. Sold in bottles for 5 and 50 cents or tins at 20 cents. Recommended by physicians and available at druggists.
Readers offered to freeze themselves for science as urged by a Los Angeles chemist. Willard is accused of a hoax involving freezing a dead monkey and substituting another presumed frozen. Doctor Fishbein of the American Medical Association calls any freezing attempt still lethal.
New York union labor actions against President Roosevelt and the Works Progress Administration collapsed briefly. Meany predicted a full walkout with nonunion followers, but nonunion workers did not join and union members returned to work. Robert Mosen notes 11 cent deserters among 23 000 park project workers.
An odd photograph from Adilis Ababa shows two of the Lthiapian emperor's servants, a man and a woman, riding lions in the palace garden. The caption claims the emperor trains his sons as watch dogs for war, with tear gas and poison gas noted as deterrents.
In Chicago stockyards hog pens close and prices soar as workers lose jobs. The piece recalls a government drive to cull farrow sows to curb supply, claiming too many piglets would create oversized hogs. Ghosts of the past echo from the yards in a cautionary fable.
Mussolini declares Italy ready to meet any outside peril and asserts no power on earth can attack Italy. He touts a new air weapon “overwhelmingly powerful” without detailing its nature, noting plain TNT and polyongan are powerful enough.
The passage notes that money lashing privileges and paper dollars worth about 50 cents plus coins with less than half their value have yielded the treasury a profit near 3 billion dollars. It claims this has not harmed anyone and ends with a rhetorical question about who understands money.
The London Daily Mail notes stocks rise in London and Wall Street and says a stock exchange beam boosts world trade by providing confidence that is unseen and intangible yet crucial, saying it can be destroyed easily.
Text recounts universal service fashion dispatches portraying women in revealing gowns. It mentions transparent fabrics, lace-like curtains, capes, and a gown woven from plaited gold braid. The piece questions when women will settle down and name an ideal partner.
The article discusses income tax collection on public relief payments and how the government could take back large portions of federal aid. It notes a hypothetical $4 monthly check could be taxed heavily, with unions resisting the change and debates about taxation of assistance.
The ringneck pheasant also called the Mongolian or Chinese pheasant and its female exhibit protective brown or yellow brown feather coloring as described in the article segment.
In Uncle Uben's wry remark the speaker questions how a man judges his friends and hints at self-critique for personal treatment of others. The line suggests social humor about reciprocity and perception within friendships.
Government survey explored 4000 acre tract near Columbus Kentucky as a potential site for the national capital in 1521. The record notes naming Mexican Indian babies by birth day and repeats instances where titles share the same name among ancient Mexico Indians.
Unclear text notes that a large number of unidentified dead are buried in the United States each year, with references to UC public administration staff. The fragmented source lacks verifiable details, making a precise count or attribution difficult.
A description outlines a rotary motor revolver using a stationary crankshaft and a radial motor configuration. The passage contrasts a rotating component with a fixed crankshaft to drive motion.
Timber wolves are observed following the same hunting beat for years within a roughly fifty square mile territory. Local observers note persistent patterns in patrol routes and prey selection.
Fragmentary quote mentions Bachkaliders and Backalideras with unclear context and names Tunde Eben referencing camp meet fogs. The garbled text yields no definite event or outcome to summarize further.
Government land in Ohio was sold at two dollars per acre until 1920 and then at one hundred twenty five dollars per acre thereafter. The note outlines the price change and its time frame, highlighting the shift in land value for future sales policy.
The name Juanita is the Spanish feminine form of John meaning gracious gift of God.
Ancient Egyptians swore oaths by garlic and onions, naming these vegetables as witnesses. The practice linked dietary staples to ritual truth telling.
Unclear OCR reads mention of the dollar sign following figures in Israel and other late American countries. Specific names, dates, places, or events are not provided. The fragment hints at currency notation practices rather than a full report.
Australians and New Zealanders serving in World War efforts were commonly known as Anzacs. The term originated from Anzac Cove and became a widely used label for Allied troops in campaigns across the Pacific and beyond.
The article urges mothers to start varied feeding in infancy to prevent future finicky appetites. It warns against relying solely on milk and explains how early introduction of orange juice, vegetable juices, cereals, egg yolk, and baked potato supports nutrition under doctor's guidance.
Local note reports a cat named Tommy based at the Carnale station restaurant plots to travel by train. The quirky tale places a feline in the station hub as a humorous slice of daily life.
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