Cotton Christmas Program at Marlbrook Church Dec 11
The Home Demonstration Club and Marlbrook Club 2s host a Cotton Christmas program at Marlbrook Church on December 14 with a noon dinner, Christmas tree, exchange of home made gifts, music, games, Santa Claus, and a bonfire. Members bring a wood piece and a cotton apron for exchange patterns.
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Marlbrook
Marlbrook Club
Mary Claude Fletcher
Santa Claus
Bon Fire Service
Hempstead
Marlbrook Church
Home Demonstration Council
Saenger Theater
County Council of Home Demonstration Clubs
Private Plink's Thinking Cap
In a Jefferson Barracks training scene a fictional Peter Plink navigates pre-induction basics. New draftees arrive, learn drill, and adjust to army life with improvised outfits, a guardhouse repair, and a photographer capturing portrait moments as the base becomes a training and reception center for draftees.
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ST. Louis
Peter Plink
Army
Peter
Greenhorn
Onel Jad
Western
Kentucky
Leutenant
Indiana
Memory Brings Meals of Yore
New York based piece recalls Mary Margaret McBride and her nostalgic family dinners from Paris Mo. and childhood in recipes like buttermilk biscuits and corn baking. It details her mother’s methods, from salt water soaking to creamy gravies, and includes Aunt Marys pie and Grandma’s corn recipe, ending with a note on Belgium’s railways.
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Marion Young Nea
New York
Mary Margaret McBride
Miss McBride
Paris
Anti-Aircraft Armament Gaps Highlight City Protections
The piece argues that permanent anti aircraft guns are scarce and impractical. It cites Pittsburgh needing 75 batteries and 200 guns plus 1000 heavy machines, with New York requiring double that, concluding mobile units should be prioritized to defend gravest targets while others rely on strategic choices. C est la Guerre.
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New York
Pittsburgh
United States
Father and daughter vow union amid playful quips
A humorous exchange unfolds as a father approves the daughter's engagement. The suitor is hailed as the second happiest man, and the conversation turns to quirks like worn socks and the notion that a hero can be an everyday accident, with a sharp remark on poverty.
Farmers Told To Vote On Marketing Quota December 7
Hempstead county producers will vote at 18 neighborhood centers on Saturday December 7 to decide the marketing quota referendum. Extension Service prepared the cotton situation summary by county agent Oliver L Adams noting a 1940-41 U S cotton crop around 3 000 000 bales and world supplies near 49 000 000, with domestic consumption rising and exports declining amid defense activity and global market shifts.
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Hempstead
United States
Extension Service
Oliver L. Adams
Europe
Russia
Japan
China
Great Britain
Benefactor of the Blind Puzzle Clue Chart
A historical puzzle lists clues and answers across horizontal and vertical entries. It includes references to a teacher of the blind, a device aiding reading by touch, and letters forming an alphabet for the blind, with numerous numbered definitions and cross entries.
Sealing Quotas and International Pact Rewrite Arctic Trade
The article outlines the long history of sealing vast Pribilof seals and pelagic hunts, detailing 1911 agreements dividing skins among the United States Canada and Japan with Russia handling smaller herds. It notes a five year moratorium then age limits, and reports 65,000 seals killed locally this year with Japan and Canada receiving payments before Japan halted the arrangement.
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Coast Guard
Euls
United States
Canada
Japan
Robben Island
U. S
Russia
Bureau of Fisheries Experts
St. Louis
We, the Women In World Filled With Hate Christmas Significance
Editorial urging readers to deepen Christmas meaning amid global hatred. Emphasizes teaching children Christian faith, reading the Bible story of the Babe, and instilling values of peace and sacrifice against Nazi tyranny and hostility.
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Millett
Prince of Peace
World Cotton Carry-Over Seen Near History High
The article estimates the 1911 US carry-over at about 14 million bales from 25,199,000 in prospect, with foreign production around 16,905,000 and a total foreign supply over 24,000,000 bales aided by a 7,000,000 bale carry-over. It concludes the world carry-over could reach nearly 24,000,000 bales, a historical peak.
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United States
Christmas Time Calls for Christian Principles in Game Thought
The text notes belief in Santa Claus and festive joy while stressing that underlying thoughts should focus on Christian principles during Christmas. It presents a call to balance holiday cheer with reflection on faith and moral values.
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Brown
Santa Claus
Skin Eater and the Toad’s Self-Shedding Tale
A curious account describes a toad that eats its own skin as a remedy for a tight lip shield. The creature sheds skin repeatedly, eventually stuffing the shed into its mouth in a striking display.
4-H Clubs Reorganize in December in Hempstead County
Four 4-H clubs in Hempstead County plan reorganizing week in December with Extension agents Oliver L Adams and Miss Mary Claude Fletcher meeting enrolled members and newcomers. Washington Senior 4-H reports U4L officers elected. Patmos notes 43 members. County 4-H council formed at November 2 convention. officers elected include President Herbert Ford and Secretary Leta Rhodes. university reference remains.
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Hempstead
Oliver L. Adams
Mary Claude Fletcher
Washington
Patmos
Eauly Connell
Herbert Ford
James Rateliff
Leta Rhodes
Blevins
Frances Huett
Charlive
Swiss Village in Retreat Amid Alpine Pressure
Swiss mountain peasants retreat as Alps push them from homes. Between 1860 and 1910 the 242 mountain villages lost about 22 000 residents, an 18 percent drop, while Swiss population nearly doubled. An old peasant lamented nature's invasion disrupting daily life as families downsized their households and sold possessions.
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Bern
Switzerland
Durin
Island boy rows river to attend high school
ST. CHARLES, Ma. Billy Gindemann, who lives on an island in the Mississippi river, travels about 60 miles daily to attend high school. He rows across the river by skiff to the mainland, then drives eight miles to meet a school bus for the final 20 miles.
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ST. Charles
Billy Gindemann
Mississippi River
Local Boy Wins Henchman of Claremont? Mystery Cattle Tale
In Clarendon Texas Ai 13, James Goin of Blankenship Lane earned quick notoriety by chasing a rattlesnake into a clothes closet and killing it with a branding iron, an incident that stunned the neighborhood and sparked conversations about frontier danger.
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Clarendon
Tex
James Goin
Blankenship Lane
Rooms Furnished or Unfurnished at 412 North Main Street
Private bath and garage advertised for rooms at 412 North Main Street. Listing references J A Sullivan with a 30-tt notation, indicating tenancy terms.
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North Main Street
J. A. Sullivan
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