Topeka Social News Tidbits From Local Residents
Mrs. E S Kupill left for Chicago to visit relatives including Mr and Mrs Wally Kupell and children. Mrs Ralph Walbaum and Judith Marie return from Graham Hospital. Frank Weber and J F McCarty visited Peoria. Mrs Ira Rakestraw dined with Mrs Bessie Morris and Dick. Mrs Elmer Mason underwent major surgery at St Francis Hospital with relatives visiting. Chas E Willard of Chicago spent Thanksgiving with his sister Mrs Emma Trent. Mrs Lydia Deverman observed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. S. Kupill
Chicago
Wally Kupell
Ralph Walbaum
Judith Marie
Graham Hospital
Frank Weber
J. F. McCarty
Peoria
Ira Rakestraw
Bessie Morris
Elmer Mason
St. Francis Hospital
Chas E. Willard
Emma Trent
Lydia Deverman
Thanksgiving guest list highlights local families
Birthday observances and Thanksgiving gatherings fill Pekin and nearby towns. The piece notes Mr. and Mrs. Merle Glick and relatives visiting, Turku native Miss Ninian Wainio from Knox College, and multiple Strube, Trimpe, and Rakestraw family activities along with hospital headlines and a death notice for Milan White in Topeka.
Shower honors bride at Leo Morris home in Illinois
Saturday afternoon a shower at the Leo Morris home honored their daughter Mrs Leoard Clark a recent bride. Illinois reports annual losses from controllable diseases totaling about ten million bushels of wheat oats and barley. Poultry flock owners may profit by lengthening hens work day with artificial lights until about April 1 to reach 13 or 14 hours. Level land resists washouts but may wear out from soil depletion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Morris
Leoard Clark
Illinois
Santa Claus School Trains Jolly Gents
In Albion New York a Santa Claus school trains men to become proper Santas. Graduates wear a white wig and whiskers red suit trimmed in white fur wide white belt and black boots. The course teaches how to laugh shake a bowl full of jelly keep calm with skeptical children and handle upset parents.
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Albion
N. Y
Santa Claus
Santa
Verily 6 Stang and: crosswords fill for 8 South American rodent
Puzzle clues list horizontal and vertical terms with definitions including to catch annoy color sorrow win pants violently devilkin encircled while exists cloth with cut loops otherwise trained phrases and many standard crossword entries across and down clues for a themed grid
Yuletide Thoughts and Bethlehem Putz Tradition
Heywood Broun reminds readers Christmas is a state of mind not a date. The piece reflects on Christ as an adult savior and notes Bethlehem Pennsylvania homes display the Christmas putz a German term meaning to decorate during Yuletide season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heywood Broun
Christ
Bethlehem
Judea
December Birthdays Of Notable Figures
December birthdays include Eli Whitney on the 8th inventor of the cotton gin Ludwig van Beethoven on the 16th John Greenleaf Whit tier on the 17th Christopher Carson on the 24th Louis Pasteur on the 27th Woodrow Wilson on the 28th and Rudyard Kipling on the 31st.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eli Whitney
Ludwig von Beethoven
John Greenleaf Whittier
Christopher
Kit) Carson
Louis Pasteur
Woodrow Wilson
Rudyard Kipling
How to Keep a Christmas Tree Fresh in Water
This guide advises buying a recently cut tree and cutting the trunk diagonally to expose moisture. It recommends placing the trunk in water immediately and keeping it in a cool place if not taken indoors for several days.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Paul Dimler
Norman Dike
Altman
Court Street
Pekin
Topeka
Runyon
Manito, Illinois
Merle Glick
Claudie Ann
Jo Ann Glick
Ninian Wainio
Knox College
Herman Glick
Wainio
Turku
Finland
Henrietta Trinipe
Agnes
Clyde Trinipe
Havana
Henry Strube
Marvel Lee
Herman Strube
Glenn Strube
Mary Aring
Raymond Mowder Jr
Henry Wendt
Robert
Leta Trimpe
Walter Kreiling
Janetta
Richard Trimpe
Eugene
Harmen
Wendt
Rakestraw
Dean Behrenda
Macomb
Newell Schuessle
Mason City
Mr. White
Santa Claus School
Jolly Gents
Urchin
Mohammed
Ruth
Columbus
Peoples State Bank OF
Manito
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Russell McClintick
Universal Electric
Black & Decker, & Thor
Seelye Hardware Co
Phone Manito
God
Earth
OUR
Lester’s Radio and Appliance Service
Manito, Ill
Fred Allen
NBC Network
Ford Theater
CBS Network
Ford Dealers
FORD
Ales Ad Ws
Eee
al Lebida
Frigidaire
Dulux
Central Illinois Light Company
Manito Cleaners
Department
THE
Jenkin’s Rexall Store
A.C. O C.C
A.C. O O.C
A.C
A.C. of
Silex Coffee Brewer
Manito Hardware Co
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