Volga News Roundup of Social Visits and Travel
Mrs Lyman Moats and Kenneth attend the funeral of Mrs Mandie Kirkwood in Hopkinton on a Wednesday afternoon. Numerous families visit hospitals, host homes, and travel to Dubuque, Greeley, Delwe, and Manchester. Highlights include new twins welcomed in the Upton home, cross-town visits among the Oldfather, Gernand, and Jennings families, and a two week trip to Colorado and Wyoming by several couples.
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Lyman Moats
Kenneth
Mandie Kirkwood
Hopkinton
Mabel Lamphier
Sylvia
Dubuque
Wm. Hill
Art Everitt
Walter Everitt
Manchester Hospital
Jack Goldsmith
Greeley
Clark Hummel
Delwe
Chas. Upton
Herb Andreae
Ray Zwenziger
Maryann
Cecil Duff
Bob Duff
Boscobel
Wis
Gebhard
Minneapolis
Taney
Raymond Gleistner
Amés
Glen Oldfether
Fred Gernand
Joe Peterson
Cedar Rapids
Harold Light
West Union
Kenneth Jennings
Glen Oldfather
Raymond Oldfather
Ames
Gee
Oldfather
Melvyn Puffett
Francis Fox
Kenneth Scott
Colorado
Wyoming
Lyle Jennings
Forestville
Harold Downer
Lamont
Ella Downer
Strawberry Point
Ray Herrling
Spokane
Wash
Fred Kuhn
Ossian
Raymond
Leroy Sloan
Seaming Tip Uses Shelf Paper Under Fabric
Synthetic fabric seaming tip suggests laying strips of shelf paper beneath the fabric during seaming and tearing away after finishing to prevent sticking and improve ease of work.
Plan Your Spring Cleaning For Easier Maintenance
Homemakers urged to schedule cleaning tasks year round to keep a home tidy with less effort. Iowa State extension specialist June Brown recommends spreading tasks across months and keeping a written plan on a kitchen calendar or bulletin board. Flexibility is key to avoid disruption when changes are needed.
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June Brown
Iowa State College
Daily Tasks Decide Best Time For Housework Routine
A guide suggesting how to choose daily times for housework based on personal energy and daily schedule. It highlights testing morning mid day and evening periods to fit chores efficiently. Emphasizes consistency and small adjustments to form a steady rhythm.
Housekeeping daily routine for a tidy home
Instructions emphasize daily cleaning of kitchen surfaces including the refrigerator and range, sweeping floors, washing garbage containers, bathroom fixtures and floors, distributing towels, airing bedrooms, making beds, dusting surfaces, emptying ashtrays, arranging newspapers and magazines, watering house plants, and vacuuming high-traffic rug areas.
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Chen
Weekly Chore Plan Boosts Home Cleaning Routine
A weekly housekeeping guide outlines a fuller clean with daily room tasks, fridge and range sanitation, floor wiping, bed linen changes, and dusting of woodwork furnishings and windows. Plants also need weekly care with leaf washing and pot exterior cleaning. Vacuum rugs thoroughly, especially under furniture.
Monthly Housework Guidelines From Daily Tasks
The article outlines monthly chores to perform as needed across rooms. Tasks include wiping windows and washing curtains, cleaning glass lamp bowls and bulbs, polishing metal and silver, removing spots from upholstery, and cleaning out closets and storage cabinets.
Household care tips and pig health note
The text advises cleaning and maintenance tasks such as straightening drawers, turning mattresses, washing covers, cleaning rugs, dusting bedsprings, washing and waxing furniture, and yearly furnace checks. It also mentions painting walls and making necessary repairs. A separate note warns young pigs in confinement may develop anemia and suggests iron in their ration.
Farmers Use More Electricity Across Decades
United States farmers are using more electricity than ever before. Average use reported by 22 000 farmers was 50 kilowatt hours more in July 1954 than in July 1933.
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United States
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