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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1929
Page
6
April events feature card parties and social gatherings in Washington and nearby towns. Clubs including Pythian sisters, Rebekahs, and Fortnightly groups plan tea, bridge, and church-focused meetings with members and guests, plus youth and missionary society activities across multiple venues and afternoons.
The article surveys garden design and architecture linking outdoor spaces to house style, noting formal plans for small plots and territorial limits. It then reports a Washington reception where First Lady Mrs Hoover addressed geologists, and outlines Florida Representative Mrs Owen's program to take high school students to Washington to learn government firsthand.
The Prairie Player Mission will meet at the church Thursday April 31 with hostesses Mrs Eva and Mrs Anna Reev and committee members Mrs Nova Reeves Mrs Lewis and Mrs Harriet Myerg. Annual election of officers will be held at this time. The PTA regular meeting at Hights School will meet Thursday afternoon. The play will be postponed due to the sky. In Lowell Massachusetts details include conference with officials in Boston on trade, with aim to aid New England industries. The Prairie Flower PLT A will meet Thursday April 11 in Social Hall. The Pythian Sisters plan a benefit card party Wednesday evening April 10 at Temple Hall. The Havre social club meets Thursday April 11 at Mrs Sames 4503.
A fragment from a Home Service message offers baking instructions and ingredients for cakes and pies. The text lists eggs sugar flour salt lemon flavoring and tartar with steps to beat yolks and whites, fold in sugar, combine with yolks, and bake in a prepared pan. It reflects a period culinary guide style from Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company materials.
Fragmentary OCR shows a recipe for pineapple pie with orange and lemon rind, cream butter, sugar, cornstarch, and shortening. Steps describe sifting flour and salt, cutting in fat, adding water to form dough, preparing pineapple with juice, cooking in a double boiler, then baking a filled pie at 350 degrees for about 45 minutes.
Announcement of a ten cent social at a West Chester church with a play by Aaron Roz on April 11 and 12, evening and admission details misread. Garden Club event with Mrs Harry Montgomery and county agent talk on soil, officer elections. Various club meetings and officer elections noted with pay dues reminders and host schedules.
The Woman’s Relief Corps and G A R members and guests gathered at the Baptist church for a noon dinner honoring Civil War history, with Mrs. Ernest Garrett and Mrs. Hayes leading arrangements. Speakers included Edith and Esther Elgar, Clayton Neiswanger, Kenneth Carr, and J Wilson. The event honored veterans and celebrated the spirit of the era with music by Shields orchestra and a postdinner program.
Local notices describe officers reelected for another year with Mrs Wright as leader and others named. Calendar items mention upcoming meetings at Hal club with pictures to bring, a pot luck dinner, a surprise program, and awards for costume wear. Several group events span April including Washington Chapter meetings, Rebekah discussions, Walnut Women’s Club activities, and a church funeral attendance notice.
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