Farm Bureau Club Suggests Shortcuts for the Housekeeper
Brackett Farm Bureau members propose time saving methods for housewives including wire dish drainer wireless and pressure cookers and a utility brush for sprinkling clothes. They advise laundering one curtain weekly cleaning one room each month and stacking tasks to reduce trips upstairs or outside. They urge planning errands to accomplish multiple chores in one trip and to wait if no immediate need is present to “kill two or more birds with one stone.”
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Brackett Farm Bureau Club
Woman Urges Tax Cut for Unmarried Women
Washington AP reports Martha Connole legislative chairman of the National Federation of Business and Professional Women argues the in dependence tax exemption for married and single persons is disproportionate. She led a delegation to President Hoover seeking higher single-person exemptions and has made three Washington trips on this mission.
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Washington
Martha Connole
National Federation of Business and Professional Women
Connole
Hoover
Christmas fruit cake recipes from a battered recipe page
A collection of Christmas fruit cake instructions and ingredients. White fruit cake uses candied fruit, juices, and beaten whites. bake two loaf pans in a slow oven. Dark fruit cake combines butter, spices, candied peel and pineapple. bake two small loaf pans slowly. Imperial fruit cake mixes butter sugar eggs lemon zest and chopped nuts with candied fruit and pineapple. bake in a large pan in a very slow oven.
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Imperial Fruit Date Coy
Moral courage and slow change in reformers letters
The author recalls two letters urging opposing constitutional amendments and argues reform shifts come slowly. He reflects on youth zeal, historical lessons from slavery and civil war, and notes business and outdoor life oppose excess alcohol while estimating public opinion as sixty-five percent against, thirty-three percent for national prohibition, two percent fools.
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South
Decorating the Christmas Table: A Vintage Guide
An old fashioned digest offers festive table styling tips with evergreen sprigs pinecones and berries. It recommends bowls of raisins and nuts, tapers in low holders, holly wreaths and candle arrangements, red apples and greens, miniature Santas, and two courses with fowl first followed by salads.
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Aunt Greene
Christias
Vinland Ladies Aid Charity Christmas Event
Local society at the parsonage in Vinland hosted a Wednesday afternoon meeting with devotion led by Mrs. Paul Koehler and a study review by Mrs. Chester Howard. Christmas donations were given to Roy Morgan and Mrs. Shipley, and several families visited and assisted, including Beekman and Brown families, with many neighbors attending and hosting on various afternoons.
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Shipley
T. N. Shirar
FE. Leary
Harry
Calvin Bilis
Fredonia
E. K. Brown
Robert Edmondson
Paul Koehler
Walter. Clark
Thieh Clark
Dorothy Cram
Vinland
Beekman
Dy Taw
Sty. Sind
A. Whed
Cit Meg. Chiis
Tiygeard
Mittins
Theodore Vowird
Lorton
Sunday Visits and Local News From Community Homes
Wards and G C Ross of Baldwin spent Sunday at the home of Mr and Mrs Clyde Edwards and family. Mr and Mrs Herbert McClintock and sons visited Sunday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Courter and her brother in law of Lawrence called on Mrs Emma Wells Sunday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Jack Fritzel and Mrs Teekla Jehle of Lawrence visited Mr and Mrs Louis Seele and Alfred. Henry Schneider of Montana, formerly in the community, called on Chas Wells and other friends in the past week. Dorothy Griffin was an honor student in Lawrence junior high for the last six weeks work.
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Chas. Wells
Dorothy Griffin
Lawrence
Protection Against Freeze-Ups by Denatured Alcohol
Cold weather is here warns motorists to protect their cars with Denatured Alcohol. Drive to a garage or station displaying the orange and green sign, have the amount charted for your car, and trust a safe economical antifreeze approved by car manufacturers. Endorsed by radiator makers, used by 20,000,000 motorists, and available at gas pumps.
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Industrial Alcohol Institute, Incorporated
Graybar Building
New York City
German Noel Tree Brings German Christmas Faith Home
The Jaedicke Fischner family groups carry on a German Christmas tradition with a revolving Noel tree built by Mr Jaedicke. Sally Rowe will watch as the tree lights and turns, while children await Santa with gifts and carols. The custom includes almond cookies and cookies’ cutters, reflecting a long family holiday celebration.
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F. W. Jaedicke
Erna
Elfriede
Otto Puscher
Sally
Ivan Rowe
Evanston
Germany
Kris Kringle
Jaedieke
Jaedicke
Santa’ Claus
Santa Claus
German Christmas Traditions Of Cakes And Festive Visits
The passage describes regional German holiday treats like stulle and ledkuchen, and notes the practice of leaving the Christmas tree up until after New Year. Friends visited in carriages or hacks, sharing cakes and cookies as part of the old customs, though such traditions are fading with modern fast life.
One Christmas for a Child with Quiet and Active Play
Mrs Ruth Kel Noble of the K S A C Child Welfare and Euthenics section urges balanced Christmas indulgence for children. She recommends one quiet play item and one active toy to prevent overexcitement, fatigue, and discipline issues, plus consistent rest, regulated meals, and limited candy. Avoid crowded places and focus on health and happiness.
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Ruth Kel Noble
Department of Child Welfare and
Euthenics
Clever club Christmas party favor described
A described holiday favor uses a gaudy marshmallow doll with gumdrop head, chocolate features, candy surround, and tarleton square, tied with ribbons and tinsel. Colors lavender and yellow shown, with suggestion to adapt to Christmas colors for a festive table decoration.
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Tarleton
Forgiveness quote at party sparks reflection on life values
A Lawrence woman at a gathering this week offered a stark meditation on forgiveness. She asserted two things give life worth living: acts toward those who wrong you that erase the wrongs done to you, and acts others commit toward you that erase your own wrongs. She urged listeners to ponder the idea.
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Lawrence
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