Hardscrabble Christmas Guests and Family Dinners
Christmas day and weekend gatherings mingle in Hardscrabble with Arch er Augustine and extended kin from Columbus Junction Mason City Ill Wellman Wellman and Washington. Various dinners oyster suppers and visits mark the holiday period across numerous households including the Augustines Gillaspies and Martins with relatives from Mt. Pleasant Cleveland Ohio and Packwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orville Griggs
Archer Augustine
Washington
Albert Augustine
Cleveland
Ohio
Burl McKeag
Ft. Madison
Mt. Pleasant
Richard Fisher
Birthday Dinner Honors Manford Rabenold in Xenia
In Xenia on Christmas week a surprise birthday pot luck dinner honored Manford Rabenold. Seven families attended, with numerous local residents and relatives celebrating during the holiday season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manford Rabenold
Correne Edmondson
Xenia
Manfard Rabenold
Hugh Morris
Catherine
Chicago
Iowa Wesleyan College
Mt Pleasant
Bryce Lord and Son
New York City
N. Y
James Quinn
Gene Stephens
Kansas City, Mo
M. L. Moony
George Reany
Walter
Norma Clegg
Larry
Jamey
Sam Stephens
Weather update and sports betting item
Weather clearing and turning colder tonight and Friday. Women rise to top against hogs with a $21.00 stake noted.
Disposal Pit For Dead Birds On Farm
Advice on building a disposal pit for dead birds and small animals. Describes a 6 to 8 foot diameter, 8 feet deep rock walled pit covered by dirt, a tile intake, odor control, flies prevention, and adding quick lime if decay lags.
Proper handling of beets for freezing yields best color
Fresh beets cook long and bleed color unless cooked whole. Choose tender beets under two inches. Cook whole 25 to 30 minutes, peel, then slice or dice. Frozen beets require only 3 to 5 minutes cooking after freezing for good quality.
Need Pollination Without Insects
Pollination without insects fails to set seed or fruit for many plant species despite cultivation fertilization and pest protection.
Lards and Shortenings Highlighted for Cakes
Readers learn that mild lards provide a mild fat for cake making and that properly rendered chicken fat yields a tender baked product. The note emphasizes fat choices affecting texture and flavor in baking.
Hoslers Celebrate 50th Wedding Anniversary in Glendale
Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Hosler travel to Glendale California to mark their 50th wedding anniversary with son Leo and family and spend Christmas Eve together. The note lists visiting relatives from Ottumwa Bloomfield Corydon Buffalo Des Moines Muscatine Wellston Fairfield and Washington. The column mentions Mrs. Etta Jones returning from Buffalo.
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W. L. Bray
E. A. Hosler
Glendale
Calif
Leo
Ruben Gomez
Ottumwa
Walter Bray
Doyle Schmitter
Bloomfield
Elwood Johnson
Corydon
Pearl
Carrie Wickoff
Buffalo
H. C. Jones
O. G. Gowey
Donald
M. D. Gowey
Harry Hamilton
Wellston
Claude Watson
Des Moines
Fred Simmons
P. J. Harken
Pauline Wellens
Barbara Ann
Muscatine
Christie Beauchamp
Cc. C. Dana
Verl Beauchamp
Doris
Fairfield
Leo Beauchamp
Baby
Washington
Edith Dana
Etta Jones
Gunman in disguise shoots woman at New York subway station
Mrs Olga Rocco, 28, of New York, was seriously wounded by a shotgun blast from a weapon hidden in a Christmas package at a New York subway station. The assailant, Pearl Lusk, 19, told police a man believed to be Rocco’s estranged husband, Alfresco, said the package contained an x ray camera to photograph supposed hidden jewels on her body. Police are seeking Rocco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olga Rocco
New York
Pearl Lusk
Rocco
International Soundphoto
Christmas Gatherings Across Des Moines and Nearby Towns
Mrs. Kate Rice and sisters Pearl and Carrie Wikoff visited Des Moines on Christmas Day with daughter Margaret Rumor. Hoskins family dinner held at Geo Woodford home. Howard Lucas and Diana joined Christmas at the Statler home near West Chester. The Statler family dinner was...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl
Carrie Wikoff
Kate Rice
Des Moines
Margaret Rumor
Hoskins
Geo. Woodford
Howard Lucas
Diana
Statler
West Chester
Diet shifts raise citrus intake while grains decline
Over 37 years per capita data show citrus fruit consumption up 350 percent while potatoes and grains drop 30 percent. War-time diets improved nutritive value with more milk meat eggs vegetables and citrus, aided by bread and flour enrichment.
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United States
Whistling Bowling Pin With Air Cork Core
A bowling pin designed to whistle while in motion features a higher center of gravity and enhanced resilience. It is an ordinary pin modified with a hole bored upward from the base to a cork filled large cavity that connects to the neck, allowing air passage to produce a whistle.
Dinner Served to Forty Guests at Walter Bray Home
A Walter Bray home event served dinner to about forty guests. The gathering appears to be a social or family occasion with a moderate turnout. No further details on occasion or participants are provided in the text.
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Walter Bray
Herbs for Seasoning Gather Before Frost Nips Leaves
Garden herbs for seasoning should be gathered when green and tender for drying. Harvest before frost to preserve aroma and flavor for winter meals.
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Alice Faye
Rky
Leon Errol
Joe Kirkwood
Elyse Knox
Guy Kisore
Plus Western
Buster Crabbering
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Wild West
AL Fuzzy
T. John
W. J. Norton
Stockport
Milton Norton
Milton
Art Hamilton
Maplethorpe
Wellman
Smith
Keota
Leo Graf
Robertson Emily
Ralph Robertson
Wendell Shafer
John Robertson
Clarence Lynn
Eve
Floyd Carris
Bill
Steven Carris
Carrie Wilson
Daryl Kyle
Laurel Statter
Roberta Lynn
John Knott
Glenn Gordon
Gordon
0. G. Rice
Alma
Bill Martin
Lexington
Parental Gordon
John Wehr
Don Hart
Nancy
Iron
Waterloo
John Sievert and
Irwin
Sigourney
John Wehr, Jr
Stephen
Cedar Falls
Mrs. Archer Augustinen
Keith Augustine
Mrs. Gillaspie
Dell
Clark Bell
Raymond Gillaspie
Mr. Gillaspie
Packwood
Ruth Murray
Ollie Turner
Dominion of Sports
Late Movietone News
Pan-amin
Henry Wagenknecht
Bobby Hawkins
Carl Dunbar
Brighton
Mae Quinn
Quinn
Clair Edmondson
Champaign
Ill
Floyd Edmondson
George Lord
Joe Wood
San Diego
Roy Woods
Joe Woods
Mabel Droll
Oz Zager
Ot Tipton
Will Zager
Phyllis Westbeck
Will Zagers
James Clegg
Georrgia Reany
Earl Edmondson
Kay Claybough
Vinton
Willey
Columbus Junction
Harold Brindell
John Clegg
Wyman
Bruce Lord
Roger Bruce
Kieth Lord
Glen Lord
Jesse Pearson
Cotter
Hermann Wagenknecht
James Cagg
Ven Horn
Winfield
George Gould
Jim Boyd
Lamir Vacha
Guinn School
Ainsworth State Bank
Washington County
Surance
Appy
Iowa
Hoslers
Eddith B. Wooley
Los Angeles
Pittsburgh
Eddith Paula Jean
Roberta Louise
Oliver A. Wood
Willard
GEO. L. McDaniel
Doan
Washington Junior College
Muscatine Junior College
Wd. C
Scrappy
Cardinals
Washington High School
Moore's Bootery
Sidi Square
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