Many Features for Women Planned for Iowa State Fair
Iowa State Fair plans extensive women’s programs August 23 to September 3 with style shows pageants cooking classes sewing and a home makers section. Daily “Road to Hearth” playlets cover diet and dress while county exhibits and a statewide farm women conference anchor events. Illiteracy reduction talks led by Mrs Cora Wilson Stewart of Fort Frankfort will tour the state after the fair.
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Home Department
Margaret Baker
Dorothy Tayloree
Anna Prang
Miss Tallle
Iowa
Julia Newcomb
St. Paul
National Committee of
Farm Women
W. A. Tanner
Palo
Little Theatre Society of Des Moines
Lord Dunsany
Little Theatre
Cora Wilson Stewart
Frankfort
United States
Stewart
Kentucky
Dangerous Ages for Girls Said to Be Sixteen Seventeen
New York report by the Probation and Protective Association links low wages to girls under supervision. Of 356 working girls, many earned under 16 a week while some earned over 30. mental health findings show high rates of below normal IQ and mental deficiency among 29 examined. Factors include environment, family background, and institutional life.
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New York
York Probation and Protective Association
Mises Maude EK. Miner
Association
Intel
Weer
Ingie
United States
Dooley
Homemaker Explains Housekeeping Role and Duties
A woman defines homemaking as a broad, vital job for intelligent, trained women. She says housekeeping includes sanitation nutrition and comfort planning to enable residents to excel and develop, and asserts the wife and mother bear the title of homemaker through home making and citizen training.
Lemonade Recipes and Sweetening Tips From Home Page
A compact guide on making lemonade and fruit drinks. It covers juice choices like orange and pineapple, proportions for lemonade, dissolving currant jelly, and serving with mint. It suggests using syrup for better sweetness and explains making simple syrup by boiling sugar and water. It also mentions preparing pineapple drinks and a lemon colored beaten egg mixture for a dessert-like preparation.
Social Calendar Prom August 8 to 12
Community groups plan a week of picnics socials and meetings. On Wednesday church and women’s groups meet at various venues including Sunset Park and Eureka church with lawn socials, ice cream events, and club gatherings in West Chester.
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The
Baptist Sunday School
Sunset Park
TS. BK
Louie Jones
Pythian Circle
Charles Hebner
Count McDermott
C. PD. of
Just Us Club
Henry Ditthar
Louw Bauer
Everette Dennison
Anna Ross
James Walker
West Chester Ladies Aid
Methodist Church
White Way Club
Eureka Church
Farmers Union
Richmond
WL. T. U
Ethel Atkinson
Rebekah Club
10. C. F. Hall
Twoethirty
Social Hour Club
Priday
Women's Foreign Missionary Society
King’s Heralds
West Chester
Household Tips and W C T U Meeting Notice
The article offers household advice on salting cereal and cleaning methods for carpets rugs mirrors and belts. It also announces the W C T U meeting at Miss Ethel Atkinson’s home with Devotional theme Christian Duty and a call to pay dues and elect a new president.
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W.C. TU
Ethel Atkinson
West Second Street
Cotton Yarn Yields and U S Cotton Share
One pound of cotton yarn yields about 3 percent yards of sheeting and muslin, 1 and a half yards of ging, 7 percent yards of calico, 7 spools of thread. The United States accounts for over seventy five percent of world cotton production. Dead leaves and flowers should be removed from sweet peas pansies and other annuals to extend bloom.
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United States
General Grant's Boyhood in Georgetown Memoir
The article recalls Ulysses S. Grant's early years in Georgetown Ohio, noting his family ties to local neighbors, time spent with horses, and a childhood leaning toward practical work over books. It sketches a Jersey-born boy lagging in schooling except arithmetic while teachers emphasized mental math.
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Ulysses Grant
Georgetown
West Point
Coudewy
Ulysses
Ingie
Society Notes From Afton Bridge Luncheon And Wayne Kendrick Birthday
Mrs R S Warfel hosted a Monday afternoon bridge luncheon for twelve at her home with green and white decor and a three course meal. Wayne Kendrick celebrated his fifth birthday with a pink and white themed chicken dinner at the Kendrick country home southwest of Washington attended by relatives including the M M Kendrick family and others from Washington Enden and Richmond.
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Wayne Kendrick
Russel Kendrick
Washington
Myrtle
Marcella
Bill
Martin Koehler
A. R. Sharp
Inez
Ina
James Short
Enden
Mlinots
Adolph Votruba
Richmond
Pickles Packed In Vinegar Mixture Prep Method
Wash cucumbers and soak in cold water all day. Drain and heat water overnight. Dry and pack into cans then invert to drain. Cover with a vinegar solution: one gallon vinegar, one teaspoon saccharin, a scant teacup salt, a lump of alum, and spices to taste. This covers ten quarts in two quart cans.
Frozen Desserts Recipe Notes and Methods
The passage outlines making frozen desserts with or without cream, using ice and salt ratios, and describes methods for peach sherbet caramel cream cantaloupe puree and other fruit ice creams. It includes step by step freezing, packing, and ripening tips and lists several recipes with ingredients and directions.
Child Training at Home Column by National Kindergarten Association
Weekly column offering home training guidance issued by the National Kindergarten Association based in New York City. The articles appear regularly in our newspaper columns, providing practical tips for child development and daily routines.
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National Kindergarten Association
West 40Th Street
New York City
Nature Study for Little Children at Froebel's Garden
The article argues that Froebel's kinder garten, named as a garden with the teacher as gardener, fosters love of nature in children. It highlights curiosity about plants, animals, and seasonal wonders, urges direct observation and inquiry, and calls for broader access to kindergarten under the National Kindergarten Association in New York.
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Froebel
Hur Boy by Gladys Clark Edgar
A rustic verse depicts a boy with muddy clothes and freckled face filling a home with sunshine and laughter. The speaker pities those without boys and blesses the spirited child. The excerpt ends with household tips about lemon juice in French dressing and preserving jelly with cloves to prevent mould.
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Hur Boy
Gladys Clark Edgar
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General Grant
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