Linn Red Cross to Make 1000 Yards Layettes for Servicemen Wives
Linn county Red Cross advanced plans at its October meeting to produce 1000 yards of material for layettes for servicemen's wives and to undertake 3000 more kitbags. Volunteers praised 86 workers who packed Christmas boxes for hospitalized soldiers overseas, with 62514 hours donated. Local branches Springville Mt. Vernon Coggan reported on activities.
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Linn County Red Cross
Chapter
Carl N. Ettinger
Wells C. Peck
Paul H. Huston
Special Services
A. R Taylor
Federal Building
Over the Back Fence by Naomi Doebel
A light column notes readers’ quirks about food and cooking trends. It discusses men’s tastes for fresh vegetables, spinach, and simple adjustments to recipes using arithmetic from home economists.
Double Duty Clothes for Fall
High school and college girls dub their versatile ensembles double or nothing outfits. A detachable cape wool tweed suit in black and red plaid features a reversible cape lined with water resistant red airplane cloth for rainy days.
Vegetable Pie With Peanut Butter Crust Served With Soup
A recipe note suggests using vegetables in the main dish and offers a peanut butter crust vegetable pie. It recommends milk yields of about 1 percent cups of sauce and a third of a cup per person, then advises a spinach portion not needing that much and pairing with chicken noodle soup.
Peacock Doilies and Vintage Recipes Blend In One Page
Doily patterns feature two sizes in No 30 cotton, with pattern 990 and directions for peacock feather designs. A Cedar Rapids pattern request offers 15 cents for mailing to Chicago. Also included are a recipe for Vegetable Pie with Peanut Butter Crust and notes on celery and Egyptian landholding statistics.
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Cedar Rapids Gazette
Needlecraft Dept
West
Randolph Street
Chicago
Home Nurse Must Learn To Believe Patient's Monotony
Assistant Director Lona L. Trott outlines strategies for home nurses to ease convalescent monotony. She stresses selective visitor policy, single engaging reading material, light entertainment, and small surprises like food variety and an attractive tray to keep the patient mentally engaged without exhausting him.
Reading Bedside Comforts Through Flowers and Tableware
An observing note highlights unconventional flower arrangements and careful table service for meals in bed. It praises using fine silver and dishes on the tray and emphasizes color harmony as a small but vital touch that can cheer a patient toward recovery.
Pattern 4870 for children’s princess line and panties
Advertisement for Pattern 4870 by Anne Adams offers a chubby little princess style with a nipped-in waist and matching panties. Available in sizes 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10. size 6 uses 15 yards of 35 inch fabric and 3% yard contrast for collar and cuffs. Send 20 cents with name, address and size to The Cedar Rapids Gazette Pattern Dept. Chicago Illinois.
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Cedar Rapids Gazette
Pattern Dept
Clinton St
Chicago
Ill
Working Wife May Become Husband's Business Partner
A New York banker says housewives entering paid work learn to manage money and may become their husbands business partners. Husbands note tighter control of spending, and women new to paydays save more, understanding the impact of taxes, social security, and levies on take home pay.
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New York
Maude
Holland Faces Greatest Disaster As Nazis Ravage Holland
London dispatch reports Dutch Foreign Minister Van Kleffens warning that Holland may seek postwar territorial compensation from Germany for Nazi destruction. Prime Minister Gerbrandy calls the situation the greatest disaster in Dutch history as Allied liberation lags. If needed, the government may demand cession of German land to offset losses.
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London
E. N. van Kleffens
Holland
Germany
P. S. Gerbrandy
Mem
Geerbrandy
van Kleffens
Lady Esther Face Cream Promises Quick Skin Improvement
The ad touts My One Cream Lady Esther Face Cream with a patch test demonstration. It claims the product cleanses, softens, refines pores, and provides a smooth base for powder to make skin feel fresher and look clearer and younger.
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Esther
Lady Esther
Patch Test Tonight Demonstrates Lady Esther Face Cream
A bold claim invites readers to try Lady Esther Face Cream with a patch test tonight. The ad promises visible skin improvements from a single application, highlighting softer, smoother, brighter skin as living proof.
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Lady Esther
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Naomi Doebel
Seventhal’s
First Street
Egypt
Laura Wheeler
G. J. Timmermann & CO
Western Ave
Davenport
Iowa
Lona L. Trott
Red Cross Nursing Service
Norcross Greeting Cards
Anne
Adams
Ruth Millett
CHIC
Chapeaux
Hills Bros. Coffee
Merri
U.S
Hills Broe
Coffee
Bers
the New Commonwealth
Second Ave
Tee
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