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Way back in time I wrote a column about wash day in my family when I was a young boy. I recalled the log cabin that my father built back in the mid 20s and the fast moving spring running beside it ...

'Whatever you do Eddie, keep your fingers away from the wringer!" As a little boy, I heard that warning often on Wednesday, which happened to be Mom's laundry day. We had an unfinished basement where ...

GAINESVILLE, Fla., Aug. 9 (UPI) -- University of Florida engineers have developed a liquid rinse compound for washing machines that helps dry the clothes. The researchers say their "chemical clothes ...

The opening paragraph of the “Laundry” entry on Wikipedia includes this observation: “Laundry has been part of history since humans began to wear clothes, so the methods by which different cultures ...

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Westinghouse Electric trademarked the name "Laundromat%2C" combining laundry with automatic Sparklean Laundry%2C 3240 NW Grand Ave.%2C converted a former fast-food drive-through to a laundry and ...