Local social notes include weddings and club events
Mrs. Paul Grundman hosted friends for a bridge evening honoring Mrs. Mark Rillihan visiting from Chicago. Many clubs met at homes with programs and lunches. major items include the Porter Larson wedding in Knoxville and a Des Moines Veenstra Ver Steeg marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Rillihan
Paul Grundman
Mark Rillahan
Chicago
Veenstra
Ver Steeg
Minnie Grace Veenstra
Henry Ver Steeg
Des Moines
Omaha
Nebraska
J. Veenstra
Iowa Public Utilities Co
the Chronicle
Social and club notices from January events
Society items list hostess duties friendship gatherings and club meetings including Pro-Wo club Happy Seven club and Hosts to Dinner club. Auxiliary meeting at Central college dormitory January 30 features a musical program. Pre nuptial courtesy for Jeannette De Jong and a surprise shower for Jennie Marie Vos recount the social calendar with hostesses and gifts. WCTU Victory Day dinner details and forthcoming Baptist society events are noted along with missionary society and Sunday school class activities. Special guest Miss Mabel Young of Mexico attends events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Auxiliary
Central College
Jeannette de Jong
T. A
Jennie Marie Vos
Leslie Bogaards
Nellie Ter Louw
Jeanette de Jong
Stevanna van Roekel
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
John Wesselink
R. T. Nordlund
The
Baptist Church
Loyal Temperance Legion
Baptist Missionary Society
Ed van Gorp
Mabel Young
Mexico
Baptist Worker’s Council
Paul Lautenbach
January Luncheon Setup and Cookery Notes by Betty Webster
January notes give luncheon setup tips including table arrangement with plates silverware and glass placement. Followed by recipe style instructions for Spinach Rings with Mushrooms and Baked Pork Chops with layered rice tomato and peppers. Includes method steps serving suggestions and variations.
Fortnightly and Hobby Club Activities Noted Around Town
The Fortnightly club hosted by Mrs L A Kuyper named favorites as hymns. Mrs B F Vander Linden spoke on Women of the Bible. Holland Singing club hosted by Mr and Mrs Dick Vander Ploeg and later by Mr and Mrs B Groenendyke in Leighton. Wednesday Kensington and M G R clubs met at local homes with social time and refreshments. Family dinner hosted by Mr and Mrs J F Dykstra on South Broadway. C B bridge club met hosted by Mrs J F Dykstra with two tables. E O W club meeting under Mrs Ed Van Zante focused on needlework and visiting. Mrs H J Boland to entertain Friday for her visiting daughter Mrs M D McWilliams from Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Federated Club
John Ulrich
Ed LeCocq
George Gezel
Connie Smorenberg
Home and Garden Club
Department of Horticulture
Federated Garden Clubs of
Iowa
Tunis Klein
Main Street
Bridge
L. A. Kuyper
Women of the Bible
B. F. Vander Linden
Holland
Chas. van Viiet
J. F. Dykstra
South Broadway
C. B
E. O. W. Club
Ed. van Zante
H. J. Boland
M. D. McWilliams
Cedar Rapids
Whooping cough overview and contagion concerns
The article explains whooping cough can occur year round with peak cases in late winter and early spring. It describes transmission by direct contact, incubation of two to fourteen days, initial catarrh and coughing leading to a characteristic whoop after a week or ten days, and a total duration of four to six weeks. Contagiousness is greatest in early stages, often delaying quarantine and increasing exposure risk.
Fruit salad with citrus mayo dressing and whipped cream
A recipe lists orange grape fruit pineapple and several cherry pear and peach cans. It instructs to cut and mix fruit with lemon juice and mayonnaise, then whip cream stiff and fold into the dressing for a creamy fruit salad.
Preventing Whooping Cough in Children Through Vaccination
A physician notes that a blood test can reveal early whooping cough, a dangerous disease for babies and young children due to complications like bronchial pneumonia and tuberculosis. It urges avoiding exposure and vaccinating other siblings, which can prevent spread and lessen severity if started early.
Can Wet Be Dry
The piece argues that prohibition poses a sharp split within the Democratic Party, with wet and dry factions clashing. It describes the proposal by Mr. Raskob for a convention plank endorsing state controlled manufacture and sale with a national referendum on a constitutional amendment, and questions its potential to unite or further divide the party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Science Monitor
Democratic Party
North
Democratic Party of
South
America
Jefferson
Raskob
Drys
National Committee
Baking Powder Rules Outline
The notes list steps for baking powder use including mixing and sifting dry ingredients and ratios of two teaspoons baking powder per cup of flour. It emphasizes sifting flour before measuring and greasing pans early, plus heating readiness and baking promptly when prepared.
No clear path to a final settlement on prohibition
The passage questions whether a proposed device will affect a Democratic convention and its aftermath. It asks if northern Democrats supporting a net amendment while southern Democrats oppose it could foster party unity. It notes the device does not promise a straightforward settlement for the party or the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North
South
Democratic Party
Congress Gym Machines Stir Debate in Weird Budget Row
Lawmakers spar over a proposed ten thousand dollar gym fund with vibrating devices to exercise calves thighs and backs. Representative Fred Britten vows to restore the money after it was cut, while opponents mock the idea as a stall for vanity amid war scare rhetoric by Dr Butler and references to international bodies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Britten
Ilinois
Mother Hubbard
Britten
Joe Burns
Appropriations Committee
New House
Washington Weekly Letter on Tariffs and Isolationism
The piece surveys Senate moves against the Democratic House tariff bill with Vandenberg’s substitute, recalls Hoover’s Hawley Smoot stance, cites Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler on a war of ideas, and questions isolationist policy and the impact on U S economic and foreign policy. It contrasts high tariff aims with calls to withdraw from interstate entanglements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ifty
Butler
League of Nations
Permament Court of International Justice
Bank For International Settlements
Senate
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Michigan
Senate Finance Committee
Watson
Hoover
Elmer Thomas
Oklahoma
Capitol Hill
Congress
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
League of Nations Association
Philadelphia
Europe
Washington
Idaho
California
Bannock County
Inyo County
Pocatello
Independence
Aroostook
Kansas
Georgia
Congress Members Wait In Line For Exercise
Representative Britten exclaimed that high blood pressure, lack of perspiration, and no heavy breathing explain why members of Congress would be standing in line to be exercised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Britten
Good Books Help Kids Learn History and More
A six year old questions a chamelon while children nationwide study American history, aided by the Washington Bicentennial Commission and the Standard History of the World edited by Paul Haworth. Includes a corn custard recipe and note on Chronicle Want Ads delivering results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Washington
George Washington
Paul Leland Haworth
Columbia University
Standard Historical Society of Cininnati
Also Mentioned on This Page
Moonlight Mission
First Reformed Church
H. Vanden Dever
Mothers Club
Young Women's League
Young Women's League of the Second Reformed Church
B. H. Langerak
F. M. Frush
Aldrich
Larson—Porter
Majorie Porter
William Larson
Knoxville
Knoxville Methodists Episcopal Church
Ralph Porter
Adolph Larson
Knoxville High School
Iowa State College
Chi Omega Sorority
W. J. Fowler
Lucille Jones
Fairfield
Josephine Crouch
Corwin Overton
Wilma Fowler
Dorothy Giorgetti
Larson
Shell Oil Station
Mary Lou
H. W. Vander Linden
Leighton
J. E. Vander Zyl
Oskaloosa
L. Ver Ploeg
Chas. Sipkema
Pella
Theresa Nieburg
John Nieburg
Jean Karns
Knoxville Express
Roy Andeweg
Marion van Gorp
Peter de Gook
John de Kock
Monroe
Cornelia Zylstra
Pete van Gorp
Miss Zylstra
Mr. van Gorp
de Kock
Gerald Paardekooper
Black
Hattie van Cleave
Happy Seven Club
Virginia van Gorp
Marion van G
Cora van Gorp
van Gorp
East Franklin Street
Delta Alpha
Second Reformed Church
Kate Beard
H. A. Veenstra
C. F. Dykstra
Samaria
Beard
L. F. Bousquet
G. G. Gaass
A. B. van Houweling
A. P. Kuyper
New York City
Sunnyside Beauty Shop
Broadway
Jessie Sadler
Ousehold
Betty Webster
Dasher
Kensington Club
William J. Scholes
Ulrich’s
Hamburger
Swift
Brookfield
van der Ploeg
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