Birthday social diaries mark two EF O W members
The EF O W club hosted a Saturday birthday party for Mrs Ed Grayson and Mrs Amos Norton at Norton's home with a two course luncheon in yellow and white. Out of town guest Mrs Frank Snooks attended.
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1926
Page
3
The EF O W club hosted a Saturday birthday party for Mrs Ed Grayson and Mrs Amos Norton at Norton's home with a two course luncheon in yellow and white. Out of town guest Mrs Frank Snooks attended.
A field advertisement promises high earnings for salesmen and dealers. It claims a salesman earns one dollar per call while dealers invest two dollars and resell at three fifty to net one fifty, with potential earnings over one hundred dollars weekly. Address Geo L Lane Mansfield Ohio.
HEN A. E Kunderd the Rochester gladiolus king visited the summer White House with a basket of prize winner blooms. The display from his Goshen Ind farm has produced thousands of varieties and earned his name in horticultural circles across the globe. He presented specimens named in honor of the First Lady, among the flowers he showed the President.
Local groups announce picnics, meetings, and socials across Sunset Park and area venues. Pythian Sisters plan Aug 24 gatherings, First United Presbyterian Sunday school hosts a noon picnic, DeMolay and Gleaners schedule events, and other clubs hold meetings or postpone dates with details on places and times.
The Log Cabin in Sunset Park will be open August 26 from 3 to 5 with a short program. Cool drinks and wafers will be served. Social committee is in charge. By order of D A R.
An article discusses flavor and taste, noting five basic tastes and the influence of smell on tasting. It explains how aroma drives perception, uses examples like vinegar, sugar, quinine, salt, and castor oil, and mentions near beer’s perceived lack of taste. It ends with notes on tongue zones and taste experiments.
A Washington Post phrasing notes gender perceptions with a witty contrast. The line contrasts the insights of single versus married men, hinting at social attitudes toward women.
Brighton Iowa items note Virginia Spielman’s sixth birthday party with classmates and teacher Miss Katheryn Frazey. Marriage news reports Glen Cooper and Floy Graham wed Feb 27 1926 and now plan to live in Waterloo, where Glen works as a chemist for Rath Packing Co. Mrs Cooper earlier worked in Waterloo. Rebekah picnic by Brighton and Richland lodges held in Robinson Grove Clay Tuesday amid rain. Local visits include Frances Sales in Des Moines. Miss Margaret Jean and Mrs R A Shreves in Washington hospital. Kittrell family from Iowa City visiting and heading to West Waterloo where Glen’s father Hiram Cooper resides.
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