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Household discoveries : an encyclopaedia of practical recipes and processes / by Sidney Morse.
LIBRA - Rare TX145 .M32 1909 Malgieri copy
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Morse, Sidney, 1874-1939, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Home economics.
- Cooking, American--20th century.
- Cooking, American.
- home economics.
- recipes.
- Penn Provenance:
- Malgieri, Nick (donor) (Malgieri Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 21-744 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Other Title:
- Household discoveries and Mrs. Curtis's cook book
- Place of Publication:
- Petersburg, N.Y. : Success Company's Branch Offices, [1909]
- Summary:
- The main object of this book is economy. If rightly used, it will save a great deal of money in every household. It will also save time and labor, which are the equivalent of money.
- Contents:
- Chapter I. House furnishing and decorating
- Chapter II. Heating, lighting, and refrigeration
- Chapter III. The day's routine
- Chapter IV. Preparations for wash day
- Chapter V. Soap and soap making
- Chapter VI. Wash day
- Chapter VII. Ironing day
- Chapter VIII. Sewing and mending day
- Chapter IX. Sweeping day
- Chapter X. House cleaning
- Chapter XI. Household and garden pests
- Chapter XII. The family workroom, part one
- Chapter XIII. The family workroom, part two
- Chapter XIV. The family workroom, part three
- Chapter XV. The family workroom, part four
- Chapter XVI. The toilet and bath
- Chapter XVII. Toilet preparations
- Chapter XVIII. Hairdressiing both for men and women
- Chapter XIX. The teeth
- Chapter XX. Candies and candy making
- Chapter XXI. Canning and preserving fruit
- Chapter XXII. Vinegar, pickles, and pickling
- Chapter XXIII. Preservation of meat and vegetables
- Chapter XXIV. Weights and measures
- Chapter XXV. Health hints-what to do in emergency
- Chapter XXVI. What the home nurse ought to do
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes indexes.
- Contains:
- Curtis, Isabella, 1873-1966. Mrs. Curtis's cook book.
- Mrs. Curtis's cook book.
- OCLC:
- 3873623
- Bound With:
- Bound with: Mrs. Curtis's cook book / by Isabel Gordon Curtis. Petersburg, N.Y. : Success Company's Branch Offices, ©1909. 280 pages : illustrations (1 color) ; 23 cm.
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