Community clubs and recitals fill Amboy week
The Amboy community clubs held a pot luck supper with officers elected for the new year. Recitals by Miss Bratten and her students were performed with refreshments served. Various clubs hosted oyster suppers and Christmas parties, featuring games, prizes, Santa visits, and cheerful gatherings across the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amboy Community Club
Ray Smith
Hal Richards
Wil McConnell
Flogg Blankenhorn
Floyd Blankenhorn
Legion Hall
Crawfordsville
Latimer Davis
Will McConnell
Adams
Tinney
John Richard Johnson
Stahl Herman
Herman Jean Tucker
Adonis Galop
Streabor
Rosey George
Wabooe Reams
Lange Lorene Grices
Browning Evelyn Griggs
March of the Little Sages
Streaber
Garnsey
New Christian Endeavor
Sawyer Avalanche
Heller
Lucile Rhodes
Morrison
Dore Sweet
Greenwald
Eloise Mallory
Robins
Fisher Miss Bratten
Clown
Fisher Pete
Praston Jolly
Jack Frost
Alice Bratten
Kennedy Avalanches
Community meeting notices and club events schedule
The notices list a reguar W.R.R. meeting, PLT A Lincoln school gathering, Miss Huppert review of The Rim of the Desert, a Margaret Cowden Circle candy sale and Christmas gifts at the Presbyterian church, a Grand Army room fellowship with an Americanization talk, Grace Hill take sale at Washington Cleaners, PLR O. meeting with Mrs. Wilson, Women’s Missionary Society meeting, Rebekahs meeting, and a Reading Circle postponement after Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Woman's Missionary Society of the Baptist Church
PLT. A. of
Lincoln School
Miss Huppert
Rim of the Desert
Margaret Cowden
Presbyterian Church
Burg
Third
Fourth Ward
Woman's Relief Corps
Grand Army Room J
Court House
America
Women's Missionary — Society of Presbyterian Church
W. W. Wilson
Ceremonial Friday Dinner for Shrine Visitors
Behichem Shrine Eight invites Damascus Shrine Ten to ceremonial Friday December 17 in Iowa City. Dinner costs fifty cents at 6 30 p m with reservations to Mrs C Manatt or Mrs O FE Van Doren. Rh C to host bake sale at Washington Cleaners December 11 14 15. Rosemary club to meet with Mrs Percy Whisler Wednesday afternoon. Christmas exchange and toys drive requested at courthouse rest room before December 23. Snowball social club to meet at Mrs Arthur Wiley’s home Wednesday afternoon.
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Behichem
White Shrine of
Jerusalem
Iowa City
Iowa
Damascus
C. Manatt
O. FE. van Doren
Rosemary Club
Percy Whisler
Arthur Wiley
Bake sale announced for December 16 at Washington Cleaners
The W. BR. bake sale will be held Thursday December 16 at the Washington Cleaners located at 2583. Proceeds support community programs and local initiatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Cleaners
Christmas Candy Making Tips From Seasoned Home Cooks
Practical guidance for holiday candy making covers steaming to soften sugar, removing undissolved sugar, and avoiding grainy texture. It warns against sugar staining surfaces, stresses careful handling, and notes glucose or cream of tartar to prevent sugaring, with cautions for scorching variants.
Busy area clubs schedule events through midweek
Tuesday brings Miss Bish Bratton hosting bridge and multiple meetings at the court house and local halls. Wednesday features the Hevre Social Club at Mrs Witting and the Y Wom en's group, plus a P T A meeting at Wallace school and a postponed Reading Circle. Thursday offers Rincon school PTA, Wellston and Hayre school programs, a bake sale, and a Christmas ceremony by the Shrine message through local churches and groups.
Mare Nostrum at the Pox theater features Moreno and Terry
The New York American reviews Mare Nostrum as a nine ship MGM production with Antonio Moreno and Alice Terry. It blends drama and romance across sea, fatherhood, and love plots with strong setting and characters. Local notices list Wallace PTA Sunshine Club PLT A and G A R meetings.
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New York American
The
Pox
Antonio Moreno
Alice Terry
Miss Terry
Moreno
Marc Nostrum
Metro-Goldwyn
Christmas tree and program at West Chester Baptist
The West Chester Baptist Sunday school plans a Christmas tree and program on Thursday evening December 23 at the church. Everyone is invited. Also the Pythian Club will be entertained at Mrs. Frank Stewart’s home Thursday afternoon at 2 20. A notice notes a date change for the Christmas exchange.
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Wyman Community Club
Ralph Rees
Thos, Robertson
R. J. Turkington
J. N. Davis
Frank Courtney
David Schantz
John Simmons
Thos. Robertson
West Chester Baptist Sunday School
Frank Stewart
Christmas Boxes and Shrine Ceremonial Date Set
The D A R s will deliver items to the Orphans Home by December 16 to Eva Smeltzer. White Shrine of Jerusalem Shrine Number Ten hosts a Christmas ceremony at the Masonic Temple on December 16 with dinner at 7:20 p m and the conferral of De Bree at 8:00 p m. Reservations for the banquet should be made with Mr Fred B Reid by December 15.
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D. J. Palmer
Lec. Boice
D. A. Boyer
A. J. Dawson
KE. C. Condit
Denver
Colo
Washington County
Co. C
Iowa Inf
J. W. Morton
Phoebe Allen
Condit
Myrtle Speer
Gobble
Marie McConaughey
Eva Harvey
Minnie Mitchell
D. A. Rs
Eva Smeltzer
Des
Jerusalem
Masonic Temple
Debree
Fred B. Reid
Re cooked but seldom as nice as cookay once
The note hints at a dish or phrase about cooking quality, suggesting a rare or once in a while improvement. It references a cook named or event related to Cookay, implying nostalgia for a better result in the past. The fragmentary text centers on culinary effort and fleeting excellence.
Candy color formulas and fondant coloring methods
The article lists dye recipes for red green blue and yellow colorings using household items like cochineal alum tar tar and indigo with instructions to mix boil and stir. It also mentions coloring fondant by kneading color into sugar and outlines upcoming Christmas dish and table trimming ideas with a basic brittle candy recipe using brown sugar granulated sugar corn syrup cream and butter.
Sugar Syrup Meringue Candy Preparation
A candy making note gives a method for brittle sugar candy. It lists 3 cups sugar 1 to 2 cups white syrup 1 to 2 cups boiling water and 2 egg whites. Boil syrup mix until brittle in cold water then fold into stiffly beaten whites and pour onto buttered plates to cool.
Lemon Gelatine Candy From Simple Kitchen Method
Soak gelatine in cold water ten minutes. Boil sugar with boiling water then add gelatine and simmer fifteen minutes. Split and flavor one part with lemon and lemon extract, the other with lemon flavoring and a spice option. Pour into greased bread tins, cool, cut, and dust with sugar.
Brown Sugar Pudge Dessert Mixture
A simple brown sugar dessert mix combines brown sugar cream syrup and cocoa with vanilla. Cook quickly until thick enough to drop from a spoon onto buttered plates for serving.
Candy Making with Clarice Meek Pinoche
A vintage recipe details making candy by melting light brown sugar with cream or condensed milk, boiling until a soft yet firm ball forms in cold water, then stirring in marshmallows butter and vanilla. The mixture is set in water cooled pans, warmed again, and folded with nuts or substitutes before cutting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarice Meek
White Pudge and Pecan Roll Fudge Recipe
A nostalgic fudge method explains heating sugar cream and butter to a soft ball stage, adding vanilla and pecan meats, then shaping and chilling. Variations include chocolate fudge by adding cocoa and rolling the cooled fudge into a log or wrapping around a pecan roll.
Candy Making By Mrs Percy Whisler
Mrs Percy Whisler explains a candy recipe using granulated sugar white corn syrup and hot water. Boil a sample until hard crack stage then pour into stiff beaten egg whites and add nut meats. Drop spoonfuls on waxed paper to cool and set. Variations include cherries or candied pineapple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy Whisler
Stothy Dates Stone dates hert a salted pecan
A fragmented line mentions dates and dates with salted pecan and granular sugar, noting a preparation or recipe element. The text is sparse and lacks clear entities or events to identify a full news item.
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Stothy
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