The Alvin Sun (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 47, Ed. 1 Monday, June 17, 2002 Page: 21 of 24
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• Bay leaves are great for cooking. But who ever
figured they'd ant-proof your pantry, too.
► The fresh whipped cream on your pie slays
fluffy all throughout the church social. Nobody
from the machine. It's easy with sandpaper.
► Get 50% more light from your light bulbs with
anoldrag.
► Fluff up a saggy comforter with a pair of old
sneakers
► Prevent drowned plants. If you have trouble
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► Put the sparide and shine back into jewelry with
a dab of one of Dad’s favorite beverages’
► Tuck a few pieces of this spice into the pockets
of your wool clothing — moths hate the smell
and will stay away!
• This childhood toy can rid your closets of
dampness and erase ring around the collar.
• Locate wall studs with an electric razor! No
more guessing. Just plug in a razor and ran it
along the wall. You’ll hear a different tone when
you cross a stud.
• You don’t need expensive carpet cleaners — a
half-cup of ammonia in a pint of water removes
stains just as well!
► Forget expensive fertilizers for your garden. Old
banana peels work as well for growing fabulous
flowers and yummy veggies.
• Retain the beauty of cut flowers by combining
two tablespoons each of sugar and vinegar in a
quart of water. The sugar acts as a food, while the
vinegar keeps flowers fresh.
• Rub countertop stains away with this all-pur-
pose disinfectant from your medicine cabinet.
► Color away carpet stains with a box of crayons!
This one is worth the price of the book!
• The easiest way to remove gum from hair quickly!
• Banish ants with an orange smoothie! Blend up
a mix of orange peels and water until smooth.
Then pour on an anthill early in the morning
(before the ants leave the nest.)
• Vinegar is an all-natural anti-bacterial agent.
Use it with this to clean cutting boards and coun-
tertops.
• Make an emergency ice pack! Place unpopped
popcorn kernels in a zip-lock bag and freeze.
Great for emergency injuries.
• Emergency! Your faucet is dripping and you
can't sleep! Try this tip and snooze all you want!
► A few mothballs in your tool chest will prevent
rust!
• Iron both sides of clothes at once! Simply slip a
piece of aluminum foil between your ironing
board and your cover. You get twice the heat at
half the effort.
• Get grease and grime out of your dishwasher for
good! Fill the soap dispenser with powdered
orange or lemon drink mix. and ran a normal wash
cycle. Your dishwasher will be sparkling clean!
► Eat this sweet, healthy snack regularly to reduce
your risk of yeast infections.
• No musty smell in luggage! When you store
away your luggage, toss in a sheet of fabric sof-
tener. Next time you travel, your luggage will
smell fresh and ready to go.
► Make a great “starter” solution for your
seedlings with a teaspoon of baby shampoo and
a quart of water!
► Restore body to permanent press clothing with
powdered milk!
► To get a better yield from your fruit tree, take a
rolled newspaper and smack up and down the
trunk (it loosens the sap!).
• Slice onions without tears! Just stab a small
piece of bread and push it down on the handle of
your knife before you cut. The bread will absorb
those eye-watering fumes.
• Keep critters out of your trash with a few squirts
of this on your cans and bags!
• If arthritis makes it difficult to get a grip, here's
a clever tip that will help!
► Surprising way tea can perk you up.
Learn all these amazing secrets and more. To
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your order. Copies will not be accepted!
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EXPIRES JULY 21, 2002
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► Keep bread soft and fresh longer with this easy
storage secret. Hint: You'll need a piece of celery.
► Stop cutworms from feasting on your prized
tomatoes with a ten-penny finishing nail.
► Wash lingering garlic and onion odors off your
hands. How? With a spoon and sane water.
► Dull pewter shines bright again. You just need
some cigarette ashes.
► Who needs expensive hair products? Hat beer
strips away soapy film and brings new life and
bounce to your hair.
► It's common for black cotton clothes and lin-
gerie to eventually look dull Put a shiny black
sheen back into them with two cups of coffee.
► Cut flowers last weeks longer! The secret is a
shiny penny and some sugar.
► Potatoes bake more quickly. Just use a muffin
pan
► Countertops looking unsightly due to stains?
Watch the stains disappear with this clever
bleach trick. No scrubbing necessary.
► Hardened microwave messes wipe away with
ease. Take a little lemon juice and some water,
and mix up this tonic.
► How you can use a bobby pin to hammer small
nails without smashing your fingers.
► How you can make use of those old mothballs.
They're great for keeping rodents and cats out of
your garden and rust off your tools.
► How you can get rid of a new paint smell in
your home with a bowl of water and an onion.
► How to fry bacon without loud, painful grease
popping The trick is to use a little salt.
► How to protect new grass seed from hungry
birds with an old screen door or window.
► How to silence a dripping faucet when you
don't have time to fix it... with a piece of string.
► Prevent a frozen keyhole in your car's door the
next time it dips below freezing ... with a refrig-
erctor magnet.
► Ketchup makes copper gleam better than any
polish.
► Loose shoes fit again with a cup of water.
► Whip up fluffier omelets and scrambled eggs
► Grow prettier flowers and yummier vegetables
with banana peels.
► Smooth dry, flaky skin with mayonnaise.
► Silence squeaky hardwood floor* with baby
powder.
► Loosen a rusted lock with Coca-Cola®!
► VCR on the fritz? Get a clear picture once again
with aluminum foil. Give this trick a try before
calling in a repairman.
► Quick cure for stomach problems costs just pen-
nies. Reach in your kitchen cabinet fa a little bak-
ing soda and follow the instructions in the book.
► The dings on your car need to be fixed, but
you're short on cash. No problem. Take out some
crayons.
► Wine stains on your white tablecloth mean a big
bill at the cleaners, right? Wrong! The stains
come out like magic ... with salt.
► Pantyhose that last fa years! Put an end to
stocking snags, tears. and runs with nail polish.
► Your carpet's stained badly and company's due
in 30 minutes. No sweat. A little ammonia cleans
it good as new in just five minutes.
► It takes most folks hours to get messy oil stains
off driveways. Na you. You make it disappear in
seconds ... with a little cat litter.
► Dread spending an entire afternoon taking up
leaves? I don t blame you But clean up s a snap,
if you use an old bedsheet.
► Old wallpaper loosens up and peels off in sec-
onds — almost effortlessly — with this amazing
white vinegar tonic.
► Your roses will bloom bigger and prettier this
summer without slaving hours in the ha sun
Just toss 'em a tea bag treat "
► No more scrubbing dull pots and pans. They'll
gleam like new it you let apples, rhubarb, a
lemon* do the cleaning fa you.
► Junior leaves filthy handprints and pencil marks
on the walls. No big deal He can clean the walls
instantly with a piece of old bread.
► Repel roaches without dangerous pesticides.
Instead, grab a cucumber and follow the direc-
tions in this book.
• Dogsy-do messing up your garden? Mix up a
little of this garlic brew, and Fido will never
come back into your yard.
► Tired of constantly cleaning bathroom mildew?
Take a little tub of car wax and forget about it for
a whole year!
► Simple secret that makes frozen fish taste fresh-
or when you serve it Take a cup of milk. and fol-
low these easy steps.
► If you dumped a bit too much salt in the soup
Household Product.”
telling whether a not a plant needs water. try the
easy pencil test.
► Deodorize your house for pennies. All it takes is
a few cotton balls, wintergreen oil. and these
directions.
► Keep potatoes fresher longer by putting just one
of these in the bin.
► A dozen ways to utilize an empty milk jug!
► Say good-bye to stains! Stains in your washable
fabrics don't stand a chance when you use vine-
gar. Mix it with equal pans of dishwashing liquid
and water
► Seven ingenious uses fa those cardboard tubes
inside paper towel and toilet tissue rolls!
► Rub stains out of clothing with this school sup-
ply and watch the stains disappear when you
launder them.
► A recipe for a homemade carpet freshener that
you can make in a jiffy that smells just like you
want it to!
► Rx fa scratched glasses. Make 'em like new
again with furniture polish.
► Repel ants with a line of flow!
► Remove old furniture polish, dirt, and grime
with this cold drink and restore the original look
to wooden furniture.
► No-cost tip! Prevent weeds from growing in the
cracks of cement a flagstone walks by pouring
this on them!
► Remove even built-up mineral deposits on a
faucet by applying this juice.
► 15 uses for empty coffee cans — a any other
can with a plastic lid!
► If you freeze bread, put one of these into the bag
and when you thaw the bread, it won't be soggy!
► Steam clean a dirty barbecue grill while you
relax. The secret is yesterday 's sport's page.
► Brew a better cup of coffee with this no-cost lip!
► Repel rain from automobile windshields with
baking soda!
► Easy clean up fa oven spills! Sprinkle them
with this immediately and when you're through
cooking, you’ll just have some ashes to wipe
away!
► A really cheap way to replace the floor mats in
your car.
► Don't let cats use your yard as an outdoor litter
box. Keep them away with orange peels and cof-
fee grounds!
► Don't fold clothing when you travel, but do this
and you'll arrive whinkie-free!
► Moist and tender chicken, guaranteed! Never
worry about roasting a chicken that gets too dry.
Just pop a whole apple inside the chicken and
roast as usual.
► Nine nifty ways that cornstarch can help —
from removing stains to easing sunburn pain.
► Clean dirty white leather shoes a furniture with
just a quick rub, rinse and wipe when you use
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Schwind, Jim & Holton, Kathleen. The Alvin Sun (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 47, Ed. 1 Monday, June 17, 2002, newspaper, June 17, 2002; Alvin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1602836/m1/21/?q=%22~1~1~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Alvin Community College.