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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1919
Page
6
Instructions from the States Relations Service describe building a fireless cooker in a wooden firkin with excelsior packing and a pail insert. The guide covers materials, assembly steps, caster options, and uses as both hot cooker and ice box with recipes and tips on maintaining temperature.
Begin nature education with weather tied to the calendar and simple drawings by children. Use a spring tree study, soil experiments, and observation of air and water forms to foster curiosity, accuracy, and hands on learning through stories and activities.
Mrs. Joseph Lincoln Smith, returning from France and Belgium, warns that winning the war is not enough to end civilian suffering. As field secretary for Children of the Frontier, she describes the long, individual care needed for displaced children and outlines aid efforts in northern France and Belgium, including clothing, shoes, and medical attention for 200 or more evacuees.
Mrs. R H Walker hosts the Twentieth Century Reading Circle this afternoon. Priscilla club plans officer elections at Fortnightly club. Current Events group meets at Mrs F L Wilson home. Navajo club gathers with Mrs F L Broadgate hosting. Kolah Club meets at Mrs Edna Quinn and husbands later at East Main Street. Number Eleven school program and box supper invitees. Presbyterian Ladies' Social host Mrs Chal Ford. Lexington Red Cross auxiliary meets at Mrs Swayne Beatty. Ladies Aid social at old Methodist church. Mrs Steck hosts Women’s Missionary Society. Delta Alpha class holds ten cent social at Mrs Claire Booth. May Day Ball at Brighton with Shuberts. Women’s Relief Corps social at Moose Hall. Christian church Missionary Society afternoon meeting with Mrs Lucile Sloat. Young Women’s Missionary Society meets at Mrs Leslie Mountford. Friday brings Afternoon Bridge club at Mr and Mrs Howard McCleery. Iowa Federation delegates elected at the Nineteenth Century club at Mrs A Anderson.
The Bible study department of the Fortnightly club holds a Monday afternoon meeting at Mrs F L Wilson home. The music department will present parts of Shanewis the Robin Woman and the quartet from Rigoletto at the Monday evening session at Miss Carolyn Hamiltons home.
The text notes a New Brunswick bill to extend the electoral franchise to women. It also mentions women practicing law in Denmark since 1906 and highlights the forthcoming Queen Victoria centenary as a widely observed event.
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