Bright oilcloth folders for book display in kitchen
Instructions describe making stiffened oil cloth folders to hold booklets of varying sizes, with green and yellow fabric matching kitchen decor. Diagrams show cutting cardboard, pasting fabric, labeling with a subject, and pressing under weight to dry. Offerings include sewing and home decor books with patchwork or rag leaflet freebies, orders from Mrs Spears in Chicago.
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Byear
Homem
Tove
Spears
Desplaines St
Chicago
Ill
Favorite Pedze Of The Week Kale Kool Aid Fluff Dussert
A quirky kitchen note outlines a fluff dessert recipe using lemon juice corn starch and butter. Steps include boiling sugar water then thinning with cold water corn starch and egg yolks, cooking till thick, cooling, then folding in stiffly beaten egg whites and Kool Aid.
Folding the Overcaution: A Sneaky Escape Strategy
A frail caution collapses too quickly, allowing the fold to slip free. The piece warns that rapid folding creates an opening for escape, urging slower, more deliberate handling to keep the object contained.
Defense Spending Soars As U S Mobilizes For War
Across 1938 to 1939 spending on defense accelerates with Army Navy and Coast Guard budgets rising sharply. Key figures show new planes delivered and orders placed, plus a wave of anti aircraft and artillery gear expansion. Navy and Coast Guard appropriations also surge, signaling a broad mobilization ahead of potential conflict.
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Army
Navy
Coast Guard
Laula Johnson
Journal
Prymaster
Ray Spear
Wall & Fr
America
Para Canal
DOD
Civilian Conseration Corps
Culta Cle
S& W
Flogan
Henter Construction
Whering Agers
Farley Weighs 1940 Path Over Roosevelt Record
A grainy, fragmentary draft discusses James Farley weighing a 1940 bid. It notes the doubt of his own stance, the danger to the Democratic platform, and the risk of alienating Roosevelt loyalists if he shifts his support or runs for VP under Garner or Hull. The piece hints at postmaster general fence-building and the party’s fragile unity.
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James Aloysius Fariey
Franklin Roosevelt
White House
Roosevelt
Jit Farley
Franklin Hoosevel
Jim Farley
Eres
John Nonen Garner
Cordell Hull
Pennsylvanian Dream of 1837 Rail Line Through Appalachians
Fragmented account traces an early idea to build a 5S rail cut from Harrisburg to Pittsburgh through the Appalachians. By 1900s two industrial giants debated lines parallel to New York Central, abandoning the plan by midcentury. By 1950 a toll highway was proposed over tunnels and cuts, with a total cost stated as $63 000 900.
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Pennsylvana
Penn
Appalachians
Harrsburg
Pittsburgh
Andrew Carmegle
Pitty Berch
William Ho Vanderbilt
Vanderbilka
Recruiting Drive Surges As Army Hails Enlistments
A fragmented wartime report notes a massive recruiting push with about 112,500 new recruits in a month. Families and communities rally as aviation and infantry roles draw rapid interest. The piece mentions air corps expansion and large-scale enlistment across multiple states.
Fragmented Uncle Phil Essay Fragments Reflect Social Views
A garbled OCR fragment discusses patience, virtue, attention, education, and gender roles. It mentions a woman’s duties, a husband, and a sense of duty, but the text is incomplete and inconsistent, offering a snapshot rather than a clear argument or narrative.
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Poll Suis
Calico Patterns Offer For Child Garments From 1773 Designs
A vintage sewing notice describes Bonnets Pinafores and Play Suits in calico seersucker gingham or linen for sizes 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 42 44 46 48 50 62 with yardage details for sleeves and trims and a line about ordering from The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept at 149 New Montgomery Ave San Francisco Cal 15 cents per pattern.
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Rcrac
Tom
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
New Montgomery Ave
San Francisco
Calis
Cains
Hell Syndicate
WNU
Faithful Friend Keeps Watchful Eye and Grain Safe
A fragmentary note recalls a faithful friend who fears for safety and watches over the grain and fellow keeper. The writer speaks in uncertain terms about weighing feelings and keeping others secure, with a sense of protection and vigilance implied throughout.
Ask Me Another Al General Quiz Answers
The quiz answers cover: 1 the flash precedes the report due to speed of light, 2 immigrant versus emigrant, 3 Plains of Abraham located in Quebec, 4 prestidigitator meaning a magician, 5 equilibrium defined as balance in one word, 6 Molle Pitcher identified as the wife of a Revolutionary soldier who took her husband's place at a cannon during the Battle of Monmouth after he fell.
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Quebec
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