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A compact domestic manual offers practical, step-by-step guidance for household tasks, including laundry techniques, room management, equipment care, cleaning and mending, stain removal, food storage, plant and pet care, insect control, and emergency measures. It explains wash-day procedures, setting colors, starching and ironing garments, renovating fabrics, maintaining china and furniture, sewing and altering clothes, and removing spots and tarnish. Additional sections address food selection and preservation, window gardening and cut flowers, disinfectants and pest treatments, routine pet care, and handling household accidents and illnesses. Clear procedural tips and household recipes aim to simplify daily chores and prolong the life of household goods.

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Title: Harper's Household Handbook: A guide to easy ways of doing woman's work

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HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS, NEW YORK

HARPER’S
HOUSEHOLD
HANDBOOK

A GUIDE TO EASY WAYS
OF DOING WOMAN’S WORK
HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
NEW YORK AND LONDON
MCMXIII

COPYRIGHT, 1913. BY HARPER & BROTHERS
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PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
PUBLISHED MARCH, 1913
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