Elgin Students Salute Jack Gehring For Speech Support
Elgin high students praise Jack Gehring for speeches to the Community Club aiding their recreation evening. Reports show his help moving the project along and deserving thanks as bouquets are planned. Primary and first grade note sickness absences and progress in reading and handwriting. Sixth grade names their school paper the Variety Echo. Sophomore and senior class activities include plays and student profiles with multiple names and roles listed.
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Elgin High
Jack Gehring
Echo
Varety Club
Bonnie Howard
Explorers Club
Questions of the Week in Wadena News
Residents ponder local happenings as seniors seek a baseball team and romances spark at the senior class play. Gossip swirls about Letha, Bob’s letter, Georgana’s pearls, Beverly’s ring, and potential new romances involving Ruth and Owen in town life.
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Wadena
Letha
Bob
Georgana
Kay
Dorothy
Thomas
Beverly
Ruth
Owen
Keeping the Home Fires Burning musical and war effort
The two act musical keep ing the home fires burning was presented Friday March 17 by the girls' glee club with Hazel Gilbertson reciting poems and Mr. Christian speaking on Victory Gardens. War stamps totaling 44.15 were sold at the door and thanks were given for the crowd’s cooperation.
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Hazel Gilbertson
Mr. Christian
Victory Gardens
Spring Coat Styles Stress Quality and Practicality
Western Newspaper Union reports spring coat fashions favor short knee length toppers in bright colors and high grade materials. Coats worn with suits create a three piece ensemble, with separate topcoats but coordinated fabrics, featuring rainwear gabardine, pin stripes, leather textures, and bold buttons.
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Merchandise Mart
Chicago
Picured
Union
Chic suit hat trend marks spring fashion wave
Milliners push suit hats to match the season's gray felt trend. Women embrace pinstripe flannel suits and coats as accessories lead the style parade. The featured gray felt hat showcases an unusual brim with long pheasant feathers as trim.
The Useful Hatpin Trends in Millinery
The era’s hatpins become ornamental for new small hats worn atop high pompoms. Pearl finished plastics, large pear and ball pins, pastel glass pins, and pins with lace or straw heads appear in collections. Cotton weaves enter millinery with gimgham and glazed chintz hats paired with ruffled canvases and bold color schemes resembling Mexican señoritas.
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Pompadour
Bolero fashion rising with skirts and separates
A fashion note predicts boleros will be popular this season alongside skirts. Consumers can buy fit jackets and separates to mix with various skirts, enabling versatile outfits. The report highlights individual boleros as key pieces for the season.
Correct Laundering and Soil Improvement
Correct laundering methods avoid soap waste by washing least soiled items first in the same soap. drain tubs and make fresh suds in clean water for fewer rinses. Better washing results come from clean water and sufficient suds. Improve soil with well sifted hard coal ashes and hydrated lime for faster growing plants and better sizes.
Peacock Throne at Teheran’s Gulistan Palace
The Gulistan palace in Teheran houses historic swords belts diamond cups Chinese jade and Persian art. It features the Pea cock throne with jewel inlays and a diamond sun atop. Legend links the throne to the Moguls and a 17th century move from Delhi.
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Teheran
Gulistan
Delhi
Pearl in oyster at Mather Field sparks a fortune tale
Private Charles Inga of Mather Field California claims a large pearl was found in an oyster served during mess duty. The find could be worth a substantial amount and draws interest from local authorities and the Army.
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Mather Field
Calif
Charles Inga
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Kay Christian
Bernice Blockhus Bile
Bertha
Leona
Jean
Delores
Eileen
Donna
Rosella
Kathleen
Avis
Helen
Helen Geraldine Pinney
Jerry
Town
Rochester
Minn
Plymouth
Harry James
Ruth Terry
Alan Ladd
Shirley Boyle
Elgin
Miss Crowe
Shirley
Mairzy Doats
Maxine Nelson
Beverly Larson
Artalee Phillips
Junia Cummings
Ushers
Letha Adrian
Georgana Fairports
Pain Jane Falk
Betty Christen
Kathleen Yearousath
Mresete Rosella Strong Oth
Beverly Larson Wighth
Eva Mae Dennler
Jerry Pinney
Elva Mae Lerch Bophomore
Alma Grimes
Maxine Nelson Novelty
Cece Letha Adrian
Geraldine
Gerald Gehring
Vernon Wedu
Oliver Larson
Boleyn
George C
George
By Gherie Nicholas
Ghe Avalon
Better Pictures
Jack Fallows
West Union
OWA Dgoocsos
Don ‘Ameche
Frances Dee
Pooovdosk
Anne Baxter
Thomas Mitchell
the Sullivans
Lionel Barrymore
van Johnson
Dr. Gillespie
MR. Merchant
Miles
Dr. Miles
EAGLE
Raven Post
Tela
Butt Rae
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