I picked up this old book at a garage sale. It is about 100 yrs old but it has just tons of info in it.
The first part is a lot about medicine but there are some really good recipes and stuff for cooking and all sorts of household concoctions for cleaning etc. It is worth downloading and having a look at.
There is nothing on radio,it’s written in the days of the telegraph. still I thought it might be interesting for many who read here.
https://ia700209.us.archive.org/4/items/drchasesthirdlas01chas/drchasesthirdlas01chas.pdf
Phil