Leon Reporter, Leon, Iowa
July 23, l896

If clothespins are boiled a few minutes and quickly dried every few weeks it will cleanse them and make them more durable.

If a tablespoonful of vinegar is added to the water in which tough meats or fowls are boiled it will tend to make them tender.

A paste made of melted india rubber mixed with shellac varnish is the best thing to use for fastening leather trimmings on wood.

If a strip of webbing two inches wide is sewed tightly on the under side of a rug, close to the edge, it will prevent the edges from curling.

Warm bread and cake should be cut with a knife the blade of which has been heated by standing it in boiling water.

Before commencing to seed raisins after the stems are removed cover the fruit with very hot water and let it stand for a few moments. Drain the water off and the seeds may then be removed quite easily.

Copied by Cordelia Suzann
"With permission from the Leon Journal Reporter"
November l3, 2002