Doings Of Interest To Central South Dakota
Local items highlight youth organizations and patriotic effort in Huron and Madison. Mrs J B McFarland of Houston leads the national Sons and Daughters of the Republic promoting good citizenship through playful, inclusive membership for children nine and older regardless of background, alongside DA R support. A Madison poet Nellie Urdahl contributes a verse on happiness and faith from Poetry Magazine.
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South Dakota
Sons and Daughters of the Republic
Mel Farland
Scouts
Hfe
Beaks
D. A. R. Sponsers
Huron
Alexander Tedford
M. E. Risinger
Chicago Northwestern Railway
Madison
Poetry Magazine
Nellie ‘Urdah
South Dakota Poetry Society
Nellie Urdahl
Girls Readership and Girl Scout Ties Highlighted
Mrs. Josephine Bacon, author of The Luck of Lowry and a founder of The American Girl, argues that girls favor romance and mature themes in novels. She notes enduring appeal of Little Women and Katy stories, cites Girl Scout program successes, and discusses reading habits across ages 12 to 18.
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Josephine Dasham Bacon
Lowry
Mrs Bacon
Jinny
Louisa M. Alco
Susan Coolidge
Apples Feature In Old Time Family Recipes Menu
Apple based dishes populate a contest friendly menu with fritters cottage cheese pie and paradise pie using apples with flour sugar eggs cream and spices. The collection also includes a Utah salad mixing celery apples tuna or crab with lemon and sour cream served on lettuce.
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Utah
Grandmother Nabor Reflects on Christmas Seals and Charity
Hazel Christopherson records a midday visit with Grandma Nabor who unwraps a parcel of Christmas gears and discusses using seals on envelopes while recalling her son Henry and Charlie in France. She admits stamps comfort her and notes the broader value of helping others during hard times.
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Hazel Christopherson
Grandma Nabor
Henry
France
Charlie
Demic
Linen Monograms Reach Home With New Etiquette Blankets
Linen monograms become a home fashion with nine inch letters and various stitches for towels, blankets, bedspreads, and table linen. It covers placement rules for square and oblong tablecloths, napkins, towels, sheets, and bed coverings, detailing sizes and alignments for an era etiquette.
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Meno Vogue
Blard&et
Card Etiquette For Visiting Card Signatures
A historic note explains how to adapt visiting cards from formal to informal use when delivering messages with gifts. To indicate familiarity one can cross out the formal title and write the informal name, or simply strike through the title. In reverse side messages, crossing out the full name remains a courteous option.
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Helent Jones
Helen Jones
Pineapple Shake Favored By Children During Holidays
A vintage recipe card suggests giving pineapple milk shakes to children during the holidays. Mix one half cup chocolate syrup one cup evaporated milk one pint cream ginger ale and cracked ice in a shaker. Shake and pour into tall glasses with a dusting of nutmeg. Serves four.
Howard Auxiliary To Assist Santa
Howard volunteers organize a Christmas visit with Santa on December 5 at the town hall. The Howard Auxiliary coordinates volunteers and gifts, inviting families to join the community event and enjoy complimentary treats and photos with Santa.
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Howard
Santa Howard
Senta
Holiday Shopping Wears Out Mother
A Perth audience recounts a frazzled mother dragging a child through Christmas shopping. A speaker suggests planning purchases, using mail and phone orders, and arranging reliable care. Children must touch items to learn, yet loud stores and elevators can frighten sensitive youngsters.
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Bobby
E. H. Bryan
South Dakota
National Kindergarten Association
Josephine E. Phillips
Pat
Mike
Uystate
Thi
Lingerie Styles Return to Sleek Lines and Bias Cuts
The article reviews the shift to straight line lingerie with form fitting silks and laces, lifting the bust and slimming the waist. Gowns and robes de nuit echo formal dress in bias cut waistlines and tailored silhouettes, with new shades like Tex-rose noted for color retention through laundering.
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Presa Rastuon Swartori
Paris
Madame Recamier
Extension Clubs Begin Study Of Novel In 1932 Program
Extension clubs in South Dakota press reading as a family recreation tool. Miss Leora J. Lewis outlines a five year plan with library access in year one and a focus on novels in year two. Miss Sara L. Dewing will discuss the outline starting Monday with Beadle Hand and Spink counties.
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Leora J. Lewis
South Dakota Free Library Commission
Extension Club
Miss Lewis
Extersion Service
Lewis
Sara L. Dewing
Beadle
Hand and Spink Counties
Katrin Becomes a Soldier diary of a 1911 girl
Caroline Orville presents Katrin Lens a 14 year old in 1911 who loves school friends and music. She pursues singing acting and love while war draws her to Red Cross duties and nursing. Lucien dies, Katrin dies of pneumonia, revealing war’s toll on European women.
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Caroline
Orvil
Katrin
Ad Vienne Thomas
Katrin Lens
Lucien
Red Cross
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Northwest
Huron D. A. R
Ouat- Lines
Bacon
Girl
Qeery Day
Visitor
Samaritan Hospital
Dakota Ave
Gladys Moe
Northcert
Bencorperst
Sound Banking
Northwest Bancorporation
Jis Banking Organization
North4 West Han Corporation
Gisd
National Bank OF Huron Hie
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