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Better Homes & Gardens January 1951 Magazine Article: How to enjoy a remodeling

Pages: 6, 9, 97

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How to enjoy a remodeling

Remodeling is fun-- before you remodel and after you're finished. But when you're in the midst of remodeling, it is agony and crisis. At least it was for us.

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Better Homes & Gardens January 1951 Magazine Article: What's wrong with this family?

Pages: 10, 11, 99

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What's wrong with this family?

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Better Homes & Gardens January 1951 Magazine Article: The Kinerks built a Second room to live in

Page: 12

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The Kinerks built a Second room to live in

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Better Homes & Gardens January 1951 Magazine Article: The NEW Social Security law

Pages: 14, 15, 16

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The NEW Social Security law

On January 1 of this year, under the terms of the new Social Security Act, 10 million new wage earners were added to the 45 million already covered by Federal Old Age and Survivors Insurance. You may be one of them. Or someone who works for you-- even part-time like a gardener or a baby-sitter-- may be covered for the first time.

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Better Homes & Gardens January 1951 Magazine Article: Snow shoveling--minus the backache

Pages: 18, 21

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Snow shoveling--minus the backache

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Better Homes & Gardens January 1951 Magazine Article: Have you heard the Latest Garden News?

Pages: 26, 28

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Have you heard the Latest Garden News?

A "seedless" watermelon is the latest product of the plant breeder's skill. Seeds are reduced to small, immature specks like those in a young cucumber.

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Better Homes & Gardens January 1951 Magazine Article: How to referee your children's fights

Pages: 30, 107, 109

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How to referee your children's fights

Whenever I hear my 6-year-old sing out "Danny is a Doh-o-ope!" I brace myself for the crash and the roar of pain which inevitably follows. It seems to me that it is Jimmy who is the dope; he must know by now that retaliation by his bigger brother will be swift and unpleasant. Yet he still goes on deliberately provoking Dan's wrath.

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Better Homes & Gardens January 1951 Magazine Article: ABCs of decorating

Pages: 37, 38, 39

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ABCs of decorating

FIND the right colors, and your decorating is off to a good start. It's color that gives your home personality and makes a room cheerful. And color can do surprising tricks, too. Some colors seem to change the shape and even the size of a room. Color can warm a cold room and cool one which gets too much brilliant sun. So the first step in decorating is to learn all you can about color.

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Better Homes & Gardens January 1951 Magazine Article: New All-American flower champs

Pages: 40, 41, 120

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New All-American flower champs

You'll have reasons to boast-- if you plant what we've picked out for you. You'll have the best. We've made the choice from advance trials of all the dazzling assembly of new flowers available for the first time this year.

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Better Homes & Gardens January 1951 Magazine Article: Big enough to grown in, small enough to pay for

Pages: 42, 43, 92, 93, 94, 96, 97

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Big enough to grown in, small enough to pay for

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Better Homes & Gardens January 1951 Magazine Article: How a home can be a comfort--not a constant care

Pages: 44, 45, 118, 119

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How a home can be a comfort--not a constant care

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Better Homes & Gardens January 1951 Magazine Article: Here are seven good homes

Pages: 46, 47, 48, 49, 103

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Here are seven good homes

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Better Homes & Gardens January 1951 Magazine Article: How to plant around your house

Pages: 50, 51, 108

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How to plant around your house

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Better Homes & Gardens January 1951 Magazine Article: Throw in a Thriller on your next vacation!

Pages: 52, 53, 100, 101, 102, 122, 123, 124, 125

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Throw in a Thriller on your next vacation!

What makes a vacation fun? The things you do that you couldn't do at home. What makes a vacation exciting?

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Better Homes & Gardens January 1951 Magazine Article: Make your flowers pretty as a picture

Pages: 54, 55

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Make your flowers pretty as a picture

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Better Homes & Gardens January 1951 Magazine Article: DARK WALLS --all through the house

Pages: 56, 57, 58

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DARK WALLS --all through the house

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Better Homes & Gardens January 1951 Magazine Article: Cooks' contest

Page: 70

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Cooks' contest

Fruit Pies and Salad Meals are the moneymaking recipes in this month's contest. There are 21 prizes to try for: first prize of $10 and 20 prizes of $3 each. The top eight recipes will be pictured in the August Cooks' Round Table.

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Better Homes & Gardens January 1951 Magazine Article: how-to helps

Page: 90

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how-to helps

Home Building Ideas-- it's exciting to pick out things you'll want in your new home-- no matter how far into the future the actual building may be. And in this new book, there are 140 new homes. Over 200 pages of modern ideas, all fully illustrated with pictures and floor plans-- $1.

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Better Homes & Gardens January 1951 Magazine Article: Do they think you're made of money?

Pages: 91, 104, 105

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Do they think you're made of money?

"Hey, Pop, I'll need a dollar for the game tonight." You undoubtedly recognize both the voice and the request.

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Better Homes & Gardens January 1951 Magazine Article: Your dog and mine

Pages: 98, 99

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Your dog and mine

Boredom is one thing an active pup can't stand. So he whiles away long hours by chewing, or doing anything else that enters his head. Any bad habit a dog has must be corrected when he's actually in the act. The only thing to do when you are absent is to tie or pen up your doe where he can't reach forbidden objects.

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Better Homes & Gardens January 1951 Magazine Article: January Garden Guide

Page: 106

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January Garden Guide

Feed azaleas and camellias shortly before they reach the peak of their bloom, and six weeks later. Use the special plant food available for these plants.

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Better Homes & Gardens January 1951 Magazine Article: Add that touch of green with a dish garden

Pages: 110, 111

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Add that touch of green with a dish garden

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Better Homes & Gardens January 1951 Magazine Article: The diary of a plain dirt gardener

Pages: 112, 114, 115, 116

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The diary of a plain dirt gardener

Jan. 1 This year began last night-- at the supper table. It was an oration by Mrs. Maggie that got it started.

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Better Homes & Gardens January 1951 Magazine Article: Article

Page: 119

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Better Homes & Gardens January 1951 Magazine Article: The MAN NEXT DOOR

Page: 130

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The MAN NEXT DOOR

Gardening would be a lot more fun if we could lie dormant all winter, like our perennials.

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