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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1920
Page
6
At the first annual YWCA council meeting 40 officers were elected for a one year term. Miss Annette TeStrake was named secretary and Miss Meryle Mapes treasurer. A 6:30 supper preceded the session and plans included an early January social. Federation of local clubs was discussed but left to individual clubs.
A noon wedding in Manhattan Kansas united Miss Adele Conrow and Archie Adams in a quiet ceremony at the bride’s parents home. The couple plans to move to Muscatine and begin housekeeping at 514 Chestnut Street after returning by Saturday morning. Both are well known in Muscatine with many friends.
Miss Ethel Guthrie county home demonstration agent gave a demonstration on making a home dress form before the Child's Conservation league at Mrs. Joseph Hill's Washington street home. The meeting drew a large turnout and discussed business matters with plans for a follow up gathering within three weeks.
Officials announce all December meetings of the S. F. club will be postponed because securing work is not possible. A meeting set for Wednesday was canceled for this reason. The next gathering will likely be held in early January.
A set of practical recipes printed for home use. Welsh rarebit uses cheese, butter, milk, egg, and spices from a toasted bread base. Asparagus salad pairs pepper rings with greens and French dressing. Banana salad adds nuts and lemon juice with mayonnaise. Prune whip blends prunes, egg whites, sugar, and lemon juice, baked lightly and served with custard.
The record notes a resident who has lived in the city for four years and served as head bacteriologist at Continental Serum Laboratories while another individual, Mr. Adams, is identified as manager of the U. S. Button company.
The Industrial Society of the First Presbyterian Church will delay its next regular meeting to January 6 due to the Christmas season. The Thursday afternoon gathering in the church parlors drew a large attendance as guests worked on their fancywork with Kensington. Refreshments were provided by Mrs. Henry Seifeldt.
Tested recipe uses beef tongue suet apples raisins currants almonds orange and lemon peel citron salt cloves sugar coffee infusion cinnamon nutmeg allspice ginger cider orange juice lemon juice currant jelly. Remove skin roots and fat from tongue and chop finely then mix with ingredients except orange juice and currant jelly. Bring.
A kitchen instruction describes bringing ingredients to a boil in a large flat bottomed kettle, then simmering for an hour. It adds orange and lemon juice and jelly, cooks fifteen minutes more, and then seals.
A local haberdashery dealer reports silk shirts, silk pajamas, and silk cravats are selling poorly despite holiday shopping. Prices have been cut in half over four months as demand remains low since the postwar peak. Woolen hose for men and women sell better, though still costly, with overall market strength limited.
Louisville December 10 two tow boats lashed to barges with over 10000 tons of steel travel from Pittsburgh to New Orleans. Rivermen call it the greatest revival of river traffic since 1887 on the Ohio and Mississippi waterways.
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