1910s: Food and Drink
Housework continued to become easier in the 1910s, thanks to the continuing spread of electricity and running water, to the invention of new appliances, and to the availability o...
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Carpet Sweeper
Carpet cleaning before the advent of the mechanical carpet sweeper was a laborious task. Carpets were swept with hand-held whisk brooms and, once or twice a year, were taken outside, hu...
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Vacuum Cleaner
As mass-produced carpet s became widely available and affordable during the 1800s, the need for an effective method of cleaning carpets grew pressing. The carpet sweeper was one solutio...
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A dinosaur with a strange jaw designed to hoover-up food grazed in what is now the Sahara Desert 110 million years ago. Remains of the creature that "flabbergasted" paleontologist Paul Sereno went ...
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Hamburg (dpa) - A laptop, a mouse and a printer: that's the
complete list of standard equipment for many workstations. There has
however been a certain trend of late to add ...
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Perhaps it was one of those eureka moments, when the scientists realized they had discovered a new dinosaur with mouth parts designed to vacuum up food.The 110 million-year-old plant eater, discove...
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vacuum cleaners kill fleas
just as well as any poison, surprised U.S. researchers said
Tuesday. They said a standard vacuum cleaner abuses the fleas so
much it kills 96 perc...
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"Father Knows Less" (G.P. Putnam's Sons, 272 pages, $24.95), by Wendell Jamieson: Kids ask questions, and little ones ask them endlessly. Answering them will strain a parent's knowledge as well as ...
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Ghent (dpa) - They come from flea markets across Europe and the
United States, from internet auctions or dusty lofts: the vacuum
cleaners and hot irons, toasters and pots an...
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Hamburg (dpa) - Vacuuming the house regularly and wiping off the
dust is generally regarded as common sense but is often neglected
when it comes to the car interior, where ...
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Following is a summary of odd news briefs compiled from
stories that have run separately and are available in full on
the file.
100 arrested for not having toilets KAMPALA (Reuters) - Local auth...
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1910s: Food and Drink
Carpet Sweeper
Dinosaur found with vacuum-cleaner mouth
