Cheating the Junk-Pile — The Purchase and Maintenance of Household Equipments

Ethel Rose Peyser (1887 - 1961)

This book of advice about the purchase and care of household appliances is intended to cheat the junk-pile by inspiring the buyer to get the utmost advantage out of every purchase thru wise buying and proper care of equipment after it is acquired. The book explains what the householder needs to know about the practical home use of electricity, about such modern appliances as electric washing machines and vacuum cleaners., about electric, gas, and oil stoves, heating and ventilation, kitchen furnishings, water supply, lighting, fire prevention, etc. - Summary by Book review digest, 1923

Genre(s): House & Home

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 00 Foreward and Introduction Wayne Cooke
00:10:27
Play 01 Introducing You To Electricity Bahram
00:34:00
Play 02 Keeping Out Of Hot Water Bahram
00:15:55
Play 03 Electrocuting The Wash Bahram
00:56:59
Play 04 The Portable Vacuum Cleaner Emily Maynard
00:15:28
Play 05 A Pipe Dream Kathy Kay
00:11:07
Play 06 Cooking By Electric Current Bahram
00:30:48
Play 07 Taking Guesswork Out Of Gas Cookery Johnny Wong
00:14:04
Play 08 The Oil Range James R. Hedrick
00:21:04
Play 09 Cooking By Absent Treatment Kerry Adams
00:07:28
Play 10 Questions From The League Of Rations CynChyl
00:10:14
Play 11 Keeping It Cool Robin Lee
00:12:50
Play 12 The Passing Of The Ice Man Emily Maynard
00:11:41
Play 13 A Burning Question Emily Maynard
00:11:59
Play 14 Air And Its Entrance And Exit BettyB
00:13:25
Play 15 The Plumbing In Your Kitchen James R. Hedrick
00:28:05
Play 16 Knife-Life In The Kitchen James K. White
00:24:15
Play 17 The Ancient Wood Implements James K. White
00:14:19
Play 18 Glass Ware Robin Lee
00:09:09
Play 19 The Bride’s Kitchen BettyB
00:19:19
Play 20 Canning And Preserving BettyB
00:18:27
Play 21 Casseroles Or The Revolution Culinary BettyB
00:10:23
Play 22 Furnishing Your Kitchen BettyB
00:16:13
Play 23 Kitchen Cosmetics Robin Lee
00:17:01
Play 24 The Great American Dish BettyB
00:14:52
Play 25 The Kitchen Rotary Club MJ Rodriguez
00:09:54
Play 26 Flaws Or Floors In Your Kitchen Robin Lee
00:14:05
Play 27 Federalizing Your Kitchen MJ Rodriguez
00:12:32
Play 28 When The Pot Hangs High TR Love
00:09:30
Play 29 Brushing Up On Brushes TR Love
00:18:29
Play 30 The Quiet House TR Love
00:10:46
Play 31 Ostracizing The Fly TR Love
00:23:04
Play 32 Polishing The Water Supply TR Love
00:20:54
Play 33 Outstripping The Gale Christine Rottger
00:18:03
Play 34 Beauty And The Bath Carol Sutton
00:23:30
Play 35 The Winter Of Your Content Christine Rottger
00:26:02
Play 36 Outlets Save Your Income Jacqueline Tyler.
00:18:04
Play 37 Tin Ware, Rubber And Paper BettyB
00:09:36
Play 38 Come Out Of The Parlor Larry Wilson
00:08:26
Play 39 Latest Inventions BettyB
00:11:58
Play 40 Measure For Measure BettyB
00:21:34
Play 41 Taking The Kitchen Along BettyB
00:07:32
Play 42 The Fire Hazard Dar'Keith Lofton
00:32:21
Play 43 Taking Care Of The Household Equipment BettyB
00:19:34
Play 44 A Few Suggestive Books BettyB
00:04:41