No Job Too Big for U S Printers Plant Could Publish Bible in Day
Washington report describes the United States government printing plant as the world’s largest, operating 24 hours to supply 70 publications with a multi-million circulation. Augustus E. Giegenback heads the office printing vast tax, weather, congressional records and postal cards. the plant employs about 5,500 workers, with a $12 million annual payroll and space of 22 acres. It can print a Bible in 24 hours and features three railroad spurs, a 1,000 foot mail belt, and emergency power for continued operation under adverse conditions. Continuous secrecy surrounds some confidential outputs.
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United States
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Congressional Record
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Supreme Court
Government Printing Office
Congress
City Post Office
Hints For The Housewife From Simple Household Tips
Practical advice for homemakers covering rust prevention for window screens as autumn storage, drying woolens in ventilated rooms, extending towel life by washing before dirt sets, restoring enamel dishes with salt and heat, and onion uses to prevent rust on steel cutlery and to treat scorched linen and tinware after washing.
Sun Office Sells Adding Machine Paper
Local Sun office advertises adding machine paper for sale. Prices and bulk options not specified in the readable text.
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Sun Office
A Good Friend and True Kinship Highlighted by Faith
A meditation on friendship emphasizes character over sentiment, noting real friendship endures adversity and reflects loyalty, faith, and courage. The piece cites Cicero and Emerson, compares friendship to charity, and ends with the idea that true friendship nears the Kingdom of Heaven. Radios barred from strictly religious Mennonite homes.
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Cicero
Emerson
Kingdom of Heaven
How New Hair Do s Change Famous Faces
Margaretta Byers co author of Designing Women in Good Housekeeping reveals in the November issue how famous women are shown with updated coiffures to illustrate theories for women who resemble them Elsa Maxwell is highlighted as a model, demonstrating how a well designed high coiffure can balance features and add dignity without losing friendliness
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Margaretta Byers
Good Housekeeping
Miss Byers
Elsa Maxwell
Pin-Head Electric Light Fifth as Bright As Sun
New York reports a General Electric reveal of a micro lamp producing 1000 watts from a mercury arc housed in two glass tubes. A pinhead sun glows inside a cigarette-sized quartz tube, cooled by a waterfall that pours three quarts per minute, enabling ultraviolet transmission and stable operation for engraving and therapeutic prospects.
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New York
Niagara Falls
General Electric Company
Niagara
General Electric Laboratories
Nela Park
Cleveland
General Electroi
Christmas Cards at The Sun Store
The Sun offers a wide range of Christmas cards from $3 per 100 to $42 per 100, plus assorted 21-card boxes priced 75c and $1.00. The $1.00 box is praised as the finest bargain yet, and readers are urged to place orders as Christmas approaches.
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the Sun
The Prince of Wales and an American colonel meet
A wary American colonel meets a boy in British subaltern uniform who claims to be the Prince of Wales. Later in a Red Cross hut the colonel learns the truth, and the prince greets him with Hello, dad. The piece ends with a playful spoof of a lamb rhyme and a comical cooking twist.
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Baloney
England
Red Cross
Prince of Wales
Dad
Wrong Number Mixup at Orpheum Becomes Funeral Home Call
A caller asks to order a box for four over the phone and learns the number is wrong. The operator corrects the misdial, explaining they are not at the Orpheum theatre but at the Friendship Funeral Home. The humorous exchange ends with a deadpan realization.
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Orpheum Theatre
Friendship Funeral Home
Will Rogers Deflects Neighbor With Wry Fence Reply
A neighbor teases Will Rogers about yellow corn in Oklahoma. Rogers replies that he planted the yellow kind and, when challenged as a fool, quips that the test lies in the fence between them.
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Will Rogers
Oklahoma
Will
Woman asks incubator timing for eggs returns note
City woman moves to the farm and asks the county agent how long to incubate eggs. He answers three weeks for chickens and four for turkeys or ducks. A few weeks later she writes that after three weeks no chickens hatched and she did not want to wait further.
Comic Quips and Farm Funnies From Daily Laughs
A collection of humorous vignettes and quick quotes. Jokes cover a boy dropp ing nickels and a sewer mishap to witty exchanges about women and cows. Light, period voice with sketches of family scenes and rural banter.
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Morning News
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