Word: bloomered
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...caught with an empty gas tank"). It has articles on how to run a roadside vegetable stand, how to serve baked beans, why old nails and spikes should be saved (for cash), how to make candles, dresses, how to avoid food poisoning. As of old, it records that "Ann Bloomer introduced the bloomer on Jan. 2," that "wolves kill 3 at St. Paul [on Nov. 18], 1891," that John the Baptist was separated from his head...
...Another Howe bloomer: he recommends newspaper financial writers because they "simply cannot afford to engage in wishful thinking...
...occasional stormy-weather advice to mothers: "I wouldn't send the kids to school today. . . . Missing one day of school won't hurt 'em." Patriots stormed at his Washington's Birthday crack: "He never told a lie. And look where he is now." The bloomer people hit the ceiling last year when they found out his nonsensical "N.P. B.C. girls club" meant No Panties Before Christmas. But once when Chicago & North Western flagged him down, 2,800 protesting letters promptly restored...