Go Back To School With Books By DE McGlashon
As families send children back to school sewing machines hum. Mothers like Mrs. Hiram Elder and Mrs. Douglas Pope turn remnants into outfits for girls and boys, mixing thrift with style, trimming patterns, and crafting outfits and accessories that stretch budget and imagination alike.
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DE McGlashon
Hiram Elder
Trisha
Traci
Ottawa Police Department
Douglas Pope
S. Elm
Two-Party System For Cleaning Dear Ann Landers
Letters and reader notes critique gender roles and household labor while promoting shared chores. The column prints a critique of male chauvinism, an appeal about parental empathy, and a skeptical view of an engaged couple’s stability, urging counseling for temper issues.
Barkleys To Mark 55th Year
Mr and Mrs W C Barkley Ottawa RFD 4 celebrate their 55th wedding anniversary with a family dinner at Green Acres Restaurant Pomona Their children Robert Barkley Pomona Mrs Alvin Houston and Mrs Clarence McIlvain Ottawa RFD 4 plus families attend They have 16 grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren Married August 24 1920 in Franklin County.
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W. C. Barkley
Ottawa
Community group meeting schedule Ottawa area week
A list of weekly club and organizational meetings in Ottawa and surrounding towns. Groups include AAUW B&PW Job's Daughters Memorial VFW Post 5901 and Auxiliary TOPS chapters Horticulture Study Club UMW UPW CWF SWEET Adelines Knights Progress Chess Club IOOF Hall PRISCILLA Circle American Legion Auxiliary Senior Club Franklin County Action Group and others with dates times and venue details.
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AAUW
Peter Armacost
B&pw
Judith Riddle
Job’s Daughters
Ottawa Memorial Vfw
Ottawa
Ottawa Horticulture Study Club
John Harmon
UMW
First United Methodist Church
Westminster United Presbyterian Church
CWF
First Christian Church
Sweet Adelines
Marais Des Cygnes
National Federation of Lpn
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Knights Progress Chess Club
IOOF
Newport society parties reshape wealth display in past era
Newport has shifted from lavish private galas to hosted club events at Bailey's Beach clubs like the Clambake Club. The White Elephant Ball marks the season’s peak while earlier celebratory excess included the 1897 Bradley-Martin “bash that shook the world” in New York, prompting police fear and high fashion upheaval.
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Newport
R.I
Bailey's Beach
Harry Evitts
Bruno
Bradley-Martins
London
Paris
Bradley- Martins
Waldorf Hotel
New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Harry Lehr
Ocean Drive
Home Canners Warned Against Risky Substitutes
Washington report from the Agriculture Department warns home canners lacking lids or sealant sets are using unsafe substitutes such as commercial sealants, rubber cement, glue, bathroom caulking, and cellophane. Nancy Harvey Stearts notes these shortcuts risk contaminating food and urges avoiding experiments in home canning and considering freezing or dehydrating as alternatives.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Nancy Harvey Stearts
NYSDA
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Ruth J. Reynolds
University of Missouri Extension Center
Ann
David Wesley
David Carson
Quenemo
Don Catuska
Trula Carson
Omaha
Neb
John Carson
Baby's Story
Mice Brookes
Barkleys
Kansas
Priscilla
Trinity United Methodist Church
American Legion Auxiliary
Franklin County Action Group
ECKAN
Prince del Drago
Stuyvesant Fish
Lehr
Butler’s
Saffron Glass Co
S. Walnut
Sutton
S. Main
American Gem Society
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