Kids Build A Doll House Furnished By First Graders
Six year old students at McAllaster school designed and furnished a hand built doll house. They sourced real glass for windows, wired for electric lights with capsules, crafted furniture from clay and paper, and even wove a rug. The project reflects practical home skills and a growing interest in better homes as the class plans an annex after holidays.
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A. Doll
McAllaster School
Caroline Stevens
McAllaster
Bessie
Home Aid Society Spends Its Dues to Help the Poor
The Home Aid Society of Lawrence, a small club of teen members, donated most dues to charity in the last year. They gave 57 dollars to benevolent causes including 27 to needy families, 25 to Memorial Hospital, and 5 to funeral expenses for a woman found dead. They worked with Emma J. Kennedly, commissioner of the poor, who supplied names of those needing help.
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Home Aid Society
Lawrence
Memorial Hospital
Emma J. Kennedly
Craze In London Quarantine Nourishment Help
A London family in quarantine faced undernourishment for their children, and the society provided free Taille to support the youngsters during the crisis.
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Societe
Household discoveries for cleaning chairs and frames
A guide covers cleaning wicker chairs with a warm soapy bath, rinsing, drying, and a light oil polish. It also describes bronze and black enamel care with soap suds and olive oil polish, plus a method to jelly clean old gilt frames and dry them quickly.
Varied Colors for New Spring French Styles
A Baris color card lists sixty color sets with six shades each for spring wardrobe. Milady can choose hues ranging from old wine and brass to sapphire, chino, Copenhagen blue, lavender blue, navy, midnight blue, nut brown, bronze, copper, amethyst, topaz, emerald. Evening wear offers nile green, shrimp pink, apricot, parrot green, horizon blue, bengal rose, rose pink, lavender, cornflower.
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Baris
Milady
Copenhagen
Christmas Stories Told By Lawrence School Pupils
A New York page features student Christmas stories including Elinor James age 8 and Joseph Soxman age 8 from Lawrence Schools. Tales recount humble families facing poverty, toy gifts given by peers, and a shipboard return home that brings Christmas joy.
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Lawrence
Classic Sauces and Egg Yolk Mixtures From A Historic Recipe Page
The page lists butter based sauces including Maitre d Hotel with butter salt white pepper lemon juice and parsley, Hollandaise with butter egg yolks lemon juice salt cayenne and boiling water, and a yolk oil onion vinegar dressing for lamb or veal. Several names and addresses appear with contact details and a line notes France has 800,000 more women than men.
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Maitre D'Hotel
Loretta Shaw
R. D
Winnigcotts Lance
Ella Baas
Os Rawte
France
Theatre plan eyed for Northampton community stage
A suggested gentlemens agreement between motion picture exhibitors and spoken drama supporters could balance Northampton’s theatre needs. Samuel A. Eliot Jr. of Smith College proposed dividing the Academy of Music’s use, offering ten days for plays and half the week for movies to protect profits and art.
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Northampton
Mass
Samuel A. Eliot, Jr
Smith College
Eliot
Northampton Players
Daily Hampshire Gazette
Elliot
Academy of Music
Eye Sight Day Observance Promoted in Schools
New York December 16 proposed nationwide observance of Eye Sight Conservation Day in schools. Officials, professors, engineers, industrialists and civic leaders join Secretary of Labor Davis in backing the movement to promote eye health and vision safety across the century.
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Egg Light Conservation Council of America
Davis
Council
New York
Labor
Prehistoric Rodents and Reptiles Found in Nebraska Dig
Fragments of mastodons rhinoceroses giant camels alligators and dwarf horses hint at rich prehistory in Sioux County Nebraska where paleontologist Albert Thompson and students unearthed bones and skulls while seeking three toed dwarf horse remains. Thompson plans to return next summer to pursue complete skeletons and expand the collection.
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New York
Albert Jompson
Jor
Nebraska
Iyéara
Sioux County
Thommon
Paleonto
American ‘Museum ‘of
Natural History
Thompson
Dakota
Iroquois Peace With Dominion After Pow Wow
Toronto reports the Iroquois have made peace with the Dominion government at Ohsweken, ending threats of migration to U S reservations. Chief Desksheh and the Loyalists clash over independence and council form, with the Loyalists seeking elective governance to end feudal remnants. A Christmas festival, tied to the church, is noted as established in the fourth century.
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Toronto
Dominion
United States
Ohsweken
Desksheh
Council House
Ohswaxen
Troy
Christian
Mohiwks
Dern Brey
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A. London
Craze
London
Miss Kitty, Bachman
Bosland
Ilinois Women's _ Athletic Club
Chi- Lento
Tréche
Elinor James
Joseph Soxman
Hoy
Jong
America
Buddie Dale
Margaret Nelson
Edsam R. D
Jonathan
Penn, St
Jersey
Cuthura
Earl Johnson
Kansas_ Electric Power Co
Lands ‘of
MS NarvoSa SA Cse
Merry Christmas
C.W. Smith
Dearborn
Copene
Eile
Miamba
French Congo
Lawrence Steam Laundry
E. Bank
the Bank OF Personal Service Citizens
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