Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 230, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 September 1912 — ICE BOX EASILY MADE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

ICE BOX EASILY MADE

KITCHEN RECEPTACLE MAY BE PUT TOGETHER AT HOME. Inexpensive End Really Cleaned and More Sanitary Than Those Padked With Bawdust and Other Materials. The construction of a good Ice box consists essentially of two boxes made of tongued and grooved lumber threefourths of an inch thick. The two boxes were made of such dimensions that the smaller one will fit Into the larger one with an inch to sftare all around and on the bottom, the boxes being held firmly together by having inch strips nailed to the Inside of the larger one at intervals of a foot apart. Before these strips are put in place, building paper should be tacked to the inside of the outer box, and to the outside of the inner one, then after the paper is on, the space between the boxes is carefully measured and the inch strips planed down so that it will be a snug fit when the box is placed within the other. The construction of the cover Is the same as the sides and bottom, except that there is a flange at the front and sides of the cover. The corners of the outside box are strengthened - and made tighter by having a strip of building paper tacked over them, and corner boards

an Inch thick nailed over it, like the corner-boards of a building. Cleats nailed on the bottom at each end will strengthen the box and make it more easy to move about. The inside ot ( the box is lined with zinc or galvanized iron.jthe latter being much cheaper, ana just as good for several years. After the box 1b put together a strip of thin lumber covers the upper space between the boxes, thus making a dead-air space. A short piece of half-inch pipe is Inserted in the bottom of the box to provide drainage, and the lower end of this outlet should be kept immersed in a vessel of water to prevent air gating Into the box. This ice box is much cleaner and more sanitary than those packed with sawdust and similar materials.

Home-Made Ice Box.