Gertie Grainline Teaches Sewing Grain Alignment
The 44th Annual Farm and Home Week at Iowa State College features a film debut for the character Gertie Grainline in a slide show titled Watch Gertie Grainline Improve Your Sewing. The program covers grainline concepts, straightening fabric, and seven sewing steps with demonstrations and talks by experts and on topics like color in the home and nutrition.
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Gertie Grainine
Gertie
Iowta State College
Lucille Fea
Bertie
Rea
Raymond Sayre
Ackworth
Iowa State
Peppy Crusader
Gertie Graialize
Friends From Across the Tracks
A five year old boy named Bobby seeks out unconventional playmates including Ben with a speech quirk and Jim who is rambunctious. His parents fear social failure but let him explore. Bobby’s curiosity leads to friendships, kindness, and a better social balance rather than snobbery. The piece reflects on acceptance and nurturing a child’s interests.
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Ben
Jim
Stheir
Dabnaceo Home Ec Club Hillary meets for mirror bid
The Dabnaceo Home Ec Club held a regular meeting on Wednesday with business focus on obtaining a full length mirror for the girls dressing room. The program topic was Bell Craft with Mary Lou Becker in charge. Students studied English geography and typing topics and honored the top scholars with a six week honor roll led by Dean Torkelson and Barbara Crider among others. Eighth grade notes include maintaining perfect attendance and a list of pupils. A culinary tip suggested removing Tes Mains to tea or coffee sizing from tuna with a Samp cloth dipped in baking soda.
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Dabnaceo
Ec Chuir
Mary Lou Becker
Ard
Dean Torkelson
Gordon Pollock
Clara Mase Bane
Marilyn Falk
Barbara Crider
Helen Wenger
Marlys Wenger
Marlene Mosby
Francis Butikofer
Shirley Reusser
Orran Bane
Clifford Medberry
Dean Pollock
Ruth Tillotson
Janice Torkelson
Howard Wolf
Barbara Boleyn
Can Cut Cooking Time For Tasty Baked Beans
Quick beans guide notes pressure cookware reduces pre cook time to 35 minutes for soaked kidney beans and 60 minutes for unsoaked. Baking with bacon instead of salt pork shortens oven time to about two hours or less. Pre cooked dry beans bake 40 minutes to an hour.
Farm cash receipts exceed 20 billion in 1944
In 1944 United States agriculture produced more than 20 billion dollars in cash receipts for farm products, marking a strong wartime era result. The data reflects overall farm income and indicates substantial earnings across crops and livestock.
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United States Agriculture
Chinese Paintings Scrolls Invite Slow Viewer Passage
Chinese paintings, often rolled into scrolls, are viewed bit by bit as observers unwind them, with landscape works designed so the viewer seems to pass through the depicted country.
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Orvin
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Clermont
J. E. Bilden Estate
Ernest Schori
Max Thoma
Elgin State Bank
RB. A. Crider
Elgin
Iowa
Prudential Insurance Co. of America Life
P. Strauch
Elgin, Iowa
J. E. Bildem
J. E. Bilden
Gisiesem Corner
Clermont-Gunder Road
Baker Farm
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Poland
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