Women Extend Relief Program At Central South Dakota Meet
Hand and Spink county home extension clubs vote to continue the home management program and stress a relief plan named Help-Yourself and Lend-A-Hand. The three-county district will hold two-day clinics in Huron Redfield and Miller to survey needs and coach food and clothing renovation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Home Extension Club
Hand and Spink Counties
Beadle County
W. H. Davis
Hicthcock
Relief Committee
Beadle
Hand and Spink
Huron
Sara L. Dewing
Redfield
Miller
Fash Lab
Tri-County
Spacious Cabin Replica Porch For Day And Night Living
A cabin design appeals to outdoors lovers with a full front sleeping porch enclosed by casement windows. Folding vertical screens divide four bedrooms from a large living area with a fireplace and bay window seat. No basement is planned. rough finishes and lapped siding suit rustic settings. lot at least 60 by 100 feet, with potential lakefront use and a boat house. Estimated cost from 2000 to 4000 dollars depending on materials and labor.
Milk as a low cost diet foundation urged by extension nutritionist
Mary A. Dolve of Stata college promotes milk as the safest foundation for a low cost diet, noting its nutrient variety and suitability for all ages. She urges farmers in drought areas to maintain milking cows to assure family milk supplies, with a daily quart for under two, a pint for older children, and one to two quarts weekly for adults. Vitamin A from milk and butter supports infection resistance, especially in winter. Nutrition experts are drafting a family food guide using milk as the base and will add recipes for statewide distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary A. Dolve
Stata College
Miss Dolve
Ev Farm
Denmark
Miss Dolye
Extension Service
Roadside Meetings by Hamlin Garland reviewed
A concise appraisal of Hamlin Garland’s Roadside Meetings, a literary autobiography recounting early encounters with Walt Whitman Rudyard Kipling James Whitcomb Riley Theodore Roosevelt John Burroughs and others. It portrays American life with wit and insight and highlights Garland’s engaging reminiscences from 1884 in Ordway South Dakota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamlin Garland
Ordway
Beches Plains
South Dakota
Walt Whitman
Rudyard Kipling
James Whitcomb Riley
Ureting Stephen
Joaquin Miller
John Burroughs
Theodore Roosevelt
Shaw
Child Teaches Self Control With Garden Flowers
Mrs. Bryan cites a National Kindergarten association piece on training toddlers to admire flowers without harming them. Viola E. Holley recalls a mother guiding an 18 month old through gentle, repeated garden strolls, praising blossoms and sharing the garden, teaching him to pat and enjoy rather than pick. Over time the child loses temptation, though rare incidents occur and are calmly redirected to pinching and potting blossoms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. H. Bryan
Viola E. Holley
Home Education Department
National Kindergarten Association
Provide Meat For Winter By Canning
With chickens growing fat on a steady ration of grasshoppers, farm families can store meat through winter and spring by canning surplus cockerels and low producing pens. Mary A Dove advises the hot pack method, frying then packing lightly, processing at 15 pounds for one hour in a pressure canner or in hot water bath for four minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary A. Dove
State College
Excessive Sun Exposure Destroys Hair Beauty
A beauty expert explains how extreme sun exposure dries hair and harms the scalp. She recommends expert diagnosis, daily scalp massage to stimulate circulation, and gentle techniques to loosen dead hair and encourage growth, plus neck exercises to boost blood flow. Brushing is discouraged unless advised.
Fragments Describe Canning Method for Chicken
The readable text outlines methods for preserving chicken by frying, deboning, and packing in jars with gravy. It mentions filling jars to within half an inch of the top and sealing, then processing the jars, though the snippet is incomplete and garbled.
Books Lead Sales After Economic Slump in New York
Best selling fiction shows Hatter's Castle by A J Cronin in first place in New York shops with The Shortest Night by G B Stern and Dwarf's Blood by Edith Olivier among top titles. Non fiction includes Washington Merry Go Round from Liveright and Portraits in Miniature by Lytton Strachey, with others like Better Left Unsaid and Since Calvary also listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hatter’s Castle
A. J. Cronin
New York
Sallaney
G. B. Stern
Washington
Spiced Cakes Recipe With Summer Drink Pairings
A compact recipe outlines spiced cupcakes with butter sugar milk cooked wheat and cereal, cinnamon cloves nutmeg baking powder salt and raisins. Instructions: cream shortening and sugar, mix in milk and cereal, fold in dry ingredients, stir, add raisins, bake in greased pans at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes to yield twelve cakes. Also notes Death Valley dimensions: about 50 miles long and 20 to 25 miles wide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Death Valley
Mitchell Woman’s Poem Appears In Dakota Magazine
Aden Field Watson of Mitchell contributes a poem titled Early Sunset to Pasque Petals the August issue of the South Dakota Poetry Society official publication. The piece reflects on a sunlit path and a clouded sunset with a fragment about an old man predicting the sun will pass from the clouds long before it sews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell
Dakota
Heisa
Field Watson
Pasque Petals
South Dakota Poetry Society
Aden Field Watson
Smooth Desserts to Flavor Fried Chicken and Freezing Tips
A compact guide notes that to soften fried chicken flavor, use a small amount of gelatine dissolved in cold water. It observes that higher sugar content slows freezing, while syrup accelerates the process. It adds a seemingly separate fact that one inch of rain on an acre yields over 600 barrels of 43 gallons each.
Grandma Nabor Reflects on Work, Happiness, and Change
Hazel Christoffeeson presents Grandma Nabor reflecting on canning peaches and pears, noting jars on the kitchen table. She argues work can bring satisfaction but too much work is wasteful, and predicts shifts in work hours amid unemployment while stressing that some pleasure after effort boosts productivity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel Christoffeeson
Grandma Nabor
Mme
Fried chicken tips from old kitchen advice column
The article offers a method for crispy fried chicken using cornstarch pepper and salt dusting before frying in hot corn oil then lowering the heat to prevent greasiness. It mentions English researchers producing wool indefinitely by soaking live sheepskin in a chemical vat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Welcome Guests And The Art Of Being Thoughtful
A reflective piece on courteous hosting emphasizing welcome, timing, and etiquette. It notes guests arrive unannounced, the host’s extra effort, and the lasting impact of small polite acts such as a departure gift and a timely thank you note. It urges thoughtfulness amid busy everyday life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Dake
Mercury
Readers Increase With Temperature at Local Library
July circulation rose by 1800 over July 1920 as public library patrons swarmed for books on a scorching day. Assistant librarian Mrs. C L Jones notes 110 male borrowers that month, recalling years ago when yearly borrowings stood at 400. She asks if readers now value the library or simply have leisure to read.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. L. Jones
Mercury
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Milk Is Safest Diet Foundation
the Book World
Dr. EF
Kodak Film
Sherman & Moe
J. E. Davidson
Miss Katharina
Fisher
B.C. Forbes
Kelvinator
Nebraska Power Company
Omaha
National Electric Light Association
Mies
Katharine A. Fisher
Good Housekeeping Institute
B. C. Farbes
Farbes Magazine
Kelvinator Corporation
Detroit
Mbecbigan
Northwestern Public Service Company
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