Better Homes And Gardens Indian Village

November 1955

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Have you heard the Latest Garden News?

You may be using antibiotics in your home garden soon. A streptomycin-- terramycin mixture will be marketed in home-size packages for the first time next year.

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More bathroom in the same space

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Harmonious room--from odds and ends

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HERE'S YOUR Decorating preview

A corner sectional now boasts two sleeping units, both of which can be used at the same time! The end sections easily pivot away from the corner section to stand together as a double bed. You can put a table and lamp behind the stationary corner section where they won't need to be moved when you're making beds for overnight guests.

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They're catching up with the common cold!

This week some 24 million Americans have colds. That's more than twice the number that will suffer heart disease all year. But, science has learned more about heart disease in the last 10 years than it has learned about the cold in the last 30.

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Take care of your thermostat

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HOW-TO for the handyman

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We visited an Indian village

We were making the Olympic Peninsula loop tour, on U. S. 101, in the northwest corner of the state of Washington, when we decided to leave the beaten path and turned off on State 9B, an unpaved road, to the Pacific Ocean 13 miles away.

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It's NEWS to me!

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THE FAMILY ROOM

Living is ninny activities: working, playing, eating, talking, reading. A few years ago, the stylish house offered as many rooms as there were activities. While house size shrunk, activities expanded. And the small, postwar house sent the family in all directions but home for their activities.

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The Pacific Coast

The place is high on a lonesome mountain leaning above the sea near Monterey. Here, the wind moans in from the Pacific, day after day, until the grasses of the folded meadows and the occasional trees list permanently away from the salt spray and the chill that the wind brings, even on a summer night. An inn and a set of cabins, indifferently lighted, clutch the mountain's shoulder; but the only welcome to a late traveler on the black and twisting highway is provided by a dog who protests from the dark at the sound of an automobile engine or footsteps on the inn's wide porch.

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Winter driving secrets

In snowstorms and ice, there are always a few drivers who seem to "get through" while others skid and stall. Why do salesmen usually get through? And news trucks, highway police, and "food drivers"?

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Plants for indoors...

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HOUSE PLANTS

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Good to look at, easy to live in

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What a difference decorating makes

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Go fancy with coffee

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Money for your recipes

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Melt-in-your-mouth three good ways pastry...

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Batter rolls--jiffy quick

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Stuffings for the holiday bird

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IT'S NEWS TO ME! Toys to put big smiles on little faces

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Seven ways to treat a fireplace

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Who's afraid of small rooms?

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On the road to BETTER HEALTH

Cerebral palsy. One of the most promising new developments for cerebral palsy is an operation to remove tumorlike masses of blood vessels from the brain. Of the first 22 children who underwent the surgery-- they ranged from 2 to 13 years of age-- 20 have shown progress. In some, it has been remarkable progress, Dr. Samuel Rosner of Bronx, New York, reported recently to the New York State Medical Society.

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When you shop for a kitten

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Is your garden ready for winter?

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Answers to your questions on Rug cleaning

Q. How of ten should carpets be cleaned for longest wear? A. Daily quick pickups with a carpet sweeper or vacuum, careful vacuuming once or twice a week, thorough cleaning once a year by a professional rug cleaner (depending on the amount of soil).

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Safety primer for parents

Today's nationwide effort to save children's lives is supremely for parents, because every other agency working on the problem is doing about all it can.

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YOU and the passing of time

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For happier shopping with your children

Cast: 6-year-old Marjorie, her mother, and a salesclcrk. Location: The children's department at Jones and Smith department store.

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Design your own gifts

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Now's the time to...

Inspect evergreens and shrubs for the two-inch long, brown bagworm cases. Pull these from the plants and burn them to prevent worms from stripping plants next season.... Finish raking lawn to prevent wet, matted leaves from smothering grass. ...Cut stalks from any perennials that have turned brown. Dead tops may be spread in border for a mulch....

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The diary of a Plain dirt gardener

Nov. 1 What a day! At dawning, as I looked out, the ground was covered with snow again-- wet and soggy, so it melted by noon.

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It'll pay you

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Midmorning snack

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It's so easy

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Personal help

When you're looking for ways to make your home more comfortable and attractive, look for this seal. It identifies the Better Homes & Gardens Home Planning Center, where you can get personal counsel on your home-planning problems.

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THE MAN NEXT DOOR

You think maybe your small son is abnormal or "maladjusted" or some such? Look into his pockets-- if he has fewer than 20 assorted articles in them, you may be right.

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