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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1927
Page
6
The column lists multiple society events in West Chester including Delphian group meetings at the library with French drama studies, a seven o'clock dinner honoring Miss Calla Turner and Eric Hadeen, and planned quilting projects. It mentions numerous upcoming gatherings such as tree planting by W R C, decorative stitching lessons, a Grant birthday observance, and a May 1 Methodist mission fund drive, with many attendees named.
The Rosemary club will meet Wednesday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Cloyce Stewart. The Business and Professional Women’s club plans a regular meeting Wednesday evening April 13 at 6 15 in the Y community room. Members must notify Winnie Palmer with guest requests before 6 o'clock or 7 p m Tuesday. The Pythian Sisters invite E P lodge members and families to a social and style show Wednesday at 7 30 at the hall with special entertainment planned.
Mrs. F L Wilson shares a collection from Fort Niguty Section 3 with apricot conserve duck and ham recipes included. Recipes feature apricots from Mrs M B Dickin and timing hints for roasting rice with a 12 pound ham, plus a custard like syrup for parfaits and a nut flavored cool dessert.
Veal loaf recipe with ground veal breadcrumbs Campbells tomato soup salt mustard pepper paprika celery onion green pepper water optional bake slowly for 1 3 4 hours yields 12 to 15. Includes quick biscuit style mix with flour baking powder salt eggs sour milk notes for substitution.
A bamboo organ built over a century ago by Augustinian fathers in Las Pinas Philippines remains in use. The entirely bamboo instrument withstood climate and pests after six months of sand seasoning. Damaged by an 1868 earthquake and a 1882 typhoon it rested 29 years before Belgian missionary Father Fantel repaired it and it has served continuously since.
A digest covers the Suez Canal's 92 mile route linking the Red Sea to the Mediterranean built by a 1854 stock company led by De Lesseps, cost over 100 million, opening 1860, later British control. It also recounts Candlemas groundhog superstition and a long list of social calendar events in West Chester including meetings and dances.
Countess Giga Melikov and granddaughter of Czar Alexander II travels through Berlin Frankfurt and Wiesbaden with Paris fashion models. She represents a house run by Russian émigré aristocrats in Paris and regularly showcases outfits to dispose of stock, despite wartime turmoil.
Pathfinder Magazine notes that due to Earth's flattening the length of a degree of latitude changes from 68.70 miles at the equator to 69.40 miles at the poles. It also states longitude degrees shorten from 60.65 miles at the equator to 54.43 miles at 40 degrees latitude.
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