Thayer Kans Elects Women Mayors in First All Female Slate
Thayer Kansas voters elected an all female ticket to lead the city, choosing Mrs A H Forrest as mayor along with a police judge and five council women. The women ran on progressivism without pledges and aim to govern without the traditional jack oaks label. The town population was 528, and the move ends decades of male leadership labeled as jack oaks.
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Hayer
Kan
Thayer
A. H. Forrest
Jack-Oaks
Girl Who Can Hold Her Tongue Becomes Deaf School Mystery
A nine year old abused girl hides her hearing until an accidental spoken question at a Danville deaf and dumb school reveals her ability. She had lived three months among 23 deaf pupils in a Breckenridge county shack. An agent found 24 children with 23 tickets. She later revealed speaking at noon and was sent to the Kentucky children's home.
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Anville
Breckenridge County
Deaf and Dumb
Danville
Deaf and Dumb Asylum
Irvington
Mary
Kentucky
Judge Sabath’s Pause Ends in Annulment for Teen Couple
In Chicago, Judge Joseph Sabath presides as William Godley Jr. and Vera Sans, both eighteen, seek a marriage after eloping to Kankakee. After weighing love against law and parental objections, the judge reluctantly signs the annulment, noting the law requires separation.
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Hicago
Joseph Sabatn
William Godley, Jr
Vera Sans
William
W. L. Godley
East Seventieth Street
University of Chicago
Vera
Hyde Park High School
Kankakee
Godley
Joe Sabath
Proud Penasse Farthest North Post Office in ENASSE Minn
Proud Penasse in ENASSE Minnesota claims the farthest north post office in the United States serving about 150 residents. Mail travels weekly with winter sleighs and summer motor boats. two days to town and back, with a 24 hour stay. The area lies near Lake of the Woods and the Northwest Angle where Minnesota borderlines Canada. The community shows a school with seven students and four small stores amid a sparsely populated region.
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Enasse
Minn
United States
Minnesota
Lake of the Woods
Penasse
Northwest Angle
Canada
Gopher
Manitoba
Nice Summer Suits In The Fashion Reporter’s Eye
A discussion of plain practical summer street suits rising alongside fancier styles. The piece notes longer, wider skirts, open front coats with belts, and subtle decorative details like embroidery and angular fabric joins, highlighting how simplicity can be as smart as formal attire.
Costumes for Maids in Modern Wedding Gowns
The bridesmaids may wear gowns inspired by Spanish and Louis XV styles using taffeta organza and lace. Options include bouffant drapery with wire support, crushed girdles and sashes, or embroidered crepe de chine georgette and voile. Organdie and voile in varied colors offer practical, fashionable choices for a June bride.
Vegetables prove a cheap staple for daily diet urges USDA
A USDA prepared piece argues vegetables supply high energy value and essential minerals and vitamins. It notes carrots beans potatoes and corn offer strong yields per area and compare favorably with beef in energy. It promotes home gardens for fresh affordable produce and urges increased vegetable consumption.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Care of Heaters in Summer
Home economists from the United States Department of Agriculture advise rust prevention for unused stoves and furnaces. Smokepipes should be taken down, cleaned, and stored dry with doors left open. A lump of unslaked lime on the grate absorbs moisture to prevent rust. Keep steam or hot water heater boilers filled to the safety valve during summer.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Old Fashioned Method for Clarifying Home Fat for Cooking
Household specialists say saving fat from cooking meat can cut costs. Clarify by adding cold fat to water and simmering, then remove the cake and scrape away sediment for pure fat. Other tips include using potato to help flavor and storing lard in tins or jars in a cool dry place.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Lara
Good Supper Tomato Sauce Eggs
A USDA experimental kitchen recipe folds tomato pulp and cheese into a baked egg dish. Combine tomato pulp, celery, pepper, salt, flour, and water to make a sauce. Layer sauce, crack six eggs into the pan, cover with sauce, top with cheese, bake until eggs set and serve hot on toast or with rice.
Peach Butter From Dried and Canned Peaches
A USDA suggested method combines four pounds dried peaches with two quarts canned peaches. Soak, simmer until tender, puree, then mix in 2½ pounds sugar. Cook slowly two hours, pack hot, and sterilize like peach butter.
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United States Department of Agriculture Food Specialists
Care of Cotton and Linen Suits at Home
Press and launder cotton and linen suits at home. Shake dust from them and avoid brushing which rubs dirt into fibers. For heavy fabrics, press on the wrong side or over a thin cloth to reduce shine and protect seams.
Household Tips For Cooking Cleanliness And Prep
Household questions offer tips to sweeten custards with maple syrup and clean oily bottles with ammonia. For pies dust flour to prevent sticking, remove fish skin and bones while warm for easy separation, and salt spilled juice to prevent oven smoke when pies run over.
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Proud Penasse
Experimental Kitchen
United States Department,of Agriculture
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