Community Picnic Notes Highlight Sunset Park Gatherings
The Friendship club and families held a Sunset park picnic with 29 attendees, sharing a basket dinner and games. Hawkeye threshing crews hosted a parallel park outing, while the Hesseltine family reunion drew about 25 with a program and officer elections.
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Friendship Club
Sunset Park
Hawkeye Threshing
Keota
Washington
the Ring
Hesseltine
Dennis Tesseltine
Dora Farrier
New MELLO GLO Face Powder Promises Lasting Color
MELLO GLO is a new shade youthful color powder that resists perspiration and does not dry the skin. The French Process Face Powder sticks well stays on long and does not clog pores. Shernan Bros Druggists advertise this beautifying product.
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Sher Nan Bros
Funeral of Mrs. James Prebyl
Funeral services were held yesterday at the Prebyl home northeast of town conducted by Dr. W. W. Bowers with music by a quartet. Pall bearers included Will Charles Vine Marek Frank Ed Prebyl and Joe Sokup. Burial followed in Richmond cemetery.
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James Prebyl
Prebyl
W. W. Bowers
H. B. Knight
Fred Mauthe
R. E. Brown
Frank R. Sage
Will
Charles
Vine Marek
Frank
Ed Prebyl
Joe Sokup
Richmond Cemetery
Community News and Visits Roundup in Clay County
Mrs A J Morgan correspondence notes Rev and Mrs Ward of Brighton guests at G W Bowie home. Woodford family return from Missouri. Washington callers visit. Spencer family from Beloit Wisconsin in town. Anson Moore relatives reunion held at old Prizer home. Woodford and family back from vacation. Morgan brothers visit Ottumwa. Howard Woodford returns from Chicago with stock shipment. Mary Robinson visits relatives. Myers of Oskaloosa go to Ridgeway Colorado to visit the Trumbo home.
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Clay
E. Ward
Brighton
G. W. Bowie
Kh. S. Woodford
Missouri
W. O. Morgan
A. J. Morgan
S. M. Brinton
John Robison
Washington
County Road
Rubio
Anson Moore
Old Prizer
R. EB. Woodford
Ottumwa
Howard Woodford
Chicago
Mary Robinson
G. W. Myers
Oskaloosa
Myers
Ridgeway
Colorado
Woman's Missionary Society Meets at Mrs Genkinger Home
The Woman's Home Missionary Society of the Methodist church will meet with Mrs J H Genkinger at 302 E 7th Street Friday afternoon at 2 30. Mrs George Brinton will lead the lesson.
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Woman's Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
J. H Genkinger
E. 7Th Street
George Brinton
Northern Star club meeting and sale at Scott Hardin window
The Northern Star club meets Friday August 26 with Rush Stewart. Members should bring muslin needles thread thimble and scissors. The Woman's Foreign Missionary quilt displayed at Scott and Hardin's window will be sold at public auction in front of the store Saturday night after the band concert. The Flower Show general committee meets with Mrs A E Baldrige Friday at 2 30 PM.
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Susan Coffey
Methodist Church
West Chester
Northern Star
T H Club
Rush Stewart
Scott & Hardin
A. E. Baldrige
Y M C A Officials and Families Vacationing Nearby
Secretary Harry G. Kreider and family return from a brief trip to Philadelphia. Victor Mastin plans a week’s vacation with his parents in Kansas. Mrs J F Meredith of Creston visits her father 7 M Thompson for about two weeks. Judge Charles A Dewey and Washington lawyers attend a district bar association convention in Newton.
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Harry G. Kreider
The
Mr Kreider
Philadelphia
Victor Mastin
Oye
Kansas
J. F. Meredith
Creston
7. M. Thompson
Charles A. Dewey
Washington
Newton
Local notices and classified snippets from a midwest paper
Classified ads advertise Red Seal Flour at 2.00 per sack with guaranteed quality. Local updates note Mrs. Schiebel gaining extra territory after ranking high as Simplex Brooder Store agent, ten years in the role. Community items mention the Shield's orchestra performing at Riverside, travel updates for Fern Duncan, and residents visiting in Illinois Iowa Colorado.
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FE. F. Behler
Grand Rapids, Mich
Roy Schiebel
Simplex Brooder Store
Behler
Ways of Making Pickles in the Farm Kitchen
Edith M. Barber provides a practical guide for home pickle makers. The article outlines brining cucumbers in salt water for 24 to 48 hours, then brining in a sweet or sour pickling liquid with vinegar spices and brown sugar. It notes jar types, sealing, and storage, including options for large or small families and winter keeping.
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Edith M. Barber
Farmer's Wife Magazine
Ripe Cucumber Pickles Recipe Instructions
Ripe cucumbers prepared as pickles with lime water soak three hours then fresh water soak one hour. Sugar water and spices simmer then cucumbers are cooked until translucent, then packed in hot jars and sealed. Melon rind can use same recipe.
Cucumber Recipe Notes for Pickling and Salad Oil Blend
A brief kitchen note lists ingredients including six inch cucumbers, three quarts of boiling water, two and a half cups of salad oil, one pound of mustard seed, and references to a Walt 1 brand. It reads like a fragment of a historical cooking record.
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C. Walt
Sliced Crab Apples and Pickled Tomatoes Recipe Notes
A compact home canning set describes making crab apple preserves with a vinegar sugar syrup and spice bag, plus a tomato onion pickle combining green tomatoes, onions, brown sugar, lemon, peppers, spices, and mustard. Steps include salting, draining, simmering half an hour, then packing hot jars or crock sealing.
Grocery List Fragments From Vintage Pantry
A compact list shows measurements for cucumbers beans peppers tomatoes cauliflower flour brown sugar powdered mustard and turmeric. Items include 1 pint small cucumbers 1 pint sliced cucumbers 1 pint green fig tomatoes or cauliflower and several peppers.
Traditional Mustard Dressing Pickled Vegetables Guide
Slice cucumbers into rounds and peppers, cut tomatoes in halves and string beans to one inch. Soak in brine overnight then rinse. Drain and blanch in a vinegar water liquor. Prepare mustard dressing by rubbing dry ingredients then whisking in hot vinegar. Cook until thickened and coat vegetables hot.
Mock Mince Meat Recipe Instructions
A historic recipe lists eight pounds of green tomatoes and three pounds of apples with brown sugar raisins suet vinegar cinnamon nutmeg and salt. Tomatoes are chopped and blanched then mixed with sugar spices and suet and simmered thirty to forty five minutes before packing into hot jars or a stone jar with a tight seal.
Tomato Pepper Pickle Recipe Keeps Flavorful Bite
Peel tomatoes and onions then chop onions and peppers fine. Boil all ingredients except vinegar for two hours until soft and broken. Add vinegar and simmer one hour, stirring frequently, then bottle and seal for storage.
Highest Adirondacks peak Mount Marcy tops range
Mount Marcy in Keene Essex County New York stands as the highest summit in the Adirondack mountains at 5944 feet. The peak lies about 45 miles southwest of Plattsburgh.
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Mount Marcy
New York
Keene
Essex County
Plattsburg
Local social notes and travel updates from the area
Mrs. Arda Dankwardt visited relatives in Moline and will stay a few days. Mrs. Marjorie Ballman Sey mour Iowa and Miss Coy Frey Promise City Iowa visit Mrs. Gault this week. Mrs. B F Bostwick Sr returned from Chicago and Gilbert Lake Michigan after fall purchases for Rose Gray shop. The Bostwicks traveled to Chicago and back. Mr. and Mrs. E B Hammer and family traveled to Davenport for the day. Boyd McKenzie returns from an auto trip in northern Iowa and South Dakota. Miss Mary Reinert expected home from Sigourney this evening. A few tons of fine ground oats in car to arrive. price right by McCall Bros.
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Marjorie Ballman
Seymour
Iowa
Coy Frey
Promise City
Mrs. Gault
B. F. Bostwick
Chicago
Gilbert Lake
Michigan
Warren Bostwick
McCall Bros
Lon Chaney Stars in The Unknown Circus Mystery
Lon Chaney in The Unknown a Metro Goldwyn Mayer thriller mixes circus thrills with a noir underworld tale. He plays an armless freak who uses his feet as hands to knife throw shoot and shave, a role requiring months of practice and startling disguises.
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Lon Chaney
Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer
Chaney
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