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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1928
Page
6
Recipes for frozen custard with eggs and cream, Christmas tree gum drops with candy sprinkles, a nut bread or cake mix with flour sugar and molasses, and a peanut brittle dessert with marshmallows and whipped cream.
A historic recipe lists chocolate doughnuts by Mrs M E Dicken. It includes eggs sugar milk flour melted butter salt cinnamon baking powder cocoa with instructions to beat eggs and sugar, mix dry ingredients, blend with liquids, and roll cut dough with a small cutter.
A home style recipe outlines browning hamburger steak in butter then layering with macaroni, cream cheese, and tomato soup before baking 45 minutes. Ingredients include sour cream or milk, butter, shortening, flour, cinnamon, allspice, cloves, eggs, and optional nuts plus a salad and dessert.
Early this afternoon the Washington county board of supervisors elected Sam T. Donahey as chairman for 1928. Ed Kos sworn in as member and chairman, succeeding R C Ferguson, with the board now including Donahey Kos and B N Jessen. routine matters to occupy the session, expected to last two or three days.
The J Penney store in Burlington was destroyed by fire Sunday night. Manager S A Dickerson says the entire stock was burned. Temporary quarters will be sought while the building is rebuilt.
Recipes for a Christmas salad and village party dishes are shared alongside a New Year celebration. The piece notes a Keep Koming Klub holiday event at Quumble Inn with music by Henry Ford's old time group and a dessert service in Arabian style. It also reports the marriage of D O Hardick and Edna Wide of Wellman at the Methodist parsonage with guests Mary Wade and Elvin Roberts in attendance.
Recipe lists 2 lbs lean pork and 1 lb raw lean smoked ham with cracker crumbs pepper oatmeal eggs and spices. Grind twice and mix as for meat loaf. Bake one hour, stud with cloves, cover with tomato sauce and bake another hour.
Cincinnati bootleg king George Remus formerly acquitted of his wife Imogene Remus murder on insanity grounds must be sent to the state hospital for the criminal insane at Lima per probate Judge William H. Lueders ruling today in Cincinnati Ohio.
Mrs Orvile Elder suggests large potatoes cleaned and baked with a hole in center to hold a sausage link. Packing Cakes by Hugh McCleery recommends wrapping around popcorn for easy transport and using a lid to lift cake without mess, a handy picnic idea.
Funeral services will be held here today for Mrs Robert Medland 65 of Brazil whose frozen body was found on the ice of a creek near Mystic with a basket of baby clothing and food scattered about. She apparently slipped while crossing the Milwaukee railroad trestle during Saturday's storm en route to visit her newborn granddaughter sustaining a fractured skull and other injuries. Skaters found the body at 3 pm several hours after the accident.
Community groups from Tuesday to Friday schedule regular meetings and social gatherings. The list includes Pythian Sisters, Inter-church committee, D A R, Business and Professional Women, Linger Longer club, Harmony club, Navajo club, White Shrine, Rural Woman's Club, C Q C class, Poinsettia club, and Havre Social club with venues such as the Chilcote library Miss Lois Dodd's room East Main street and homes of local members.
News reached here of a fire at Fairfield Saturday night that practically ruined the stock of C. F. Myers shoe company, formerly with a Washington store. Spurgeon store was damaged and the blaze threatened nearby businesses for a time.
WANTED two to three downstairs rooms. Furnished or unfurnished. Inquire after hours at the Journal, 276. Phone 697 Green.
Local society announcements list upcoming meetings for the Bus iness and Professional Womens club the Fortnightly club the IN club the Havre Social club the Rural Woman's club Navajo club the M E church West Chester the Associate Presbyterian church the P EK O Chapter and other groups with dates times locations and requested preparations including bringing items and guests.
The Women’s Foreign Missionary Society of the M FE church will meet Friday afternoon at 2730 with Mrs. Fred Hutt, 314 South Iowa Ave. Mrs. Chas Pauls will be the leader. A second hostess to the Poinsettas chair at 12 o’clock is Mrs. John McConacey, 2748, with luncheon Thursday at her mother Mrs. F M Smith’s home. Wes Bite.
The Bethel Christian Endeavr plans a Friday church meeting with Mrs. Rothlisberger leading the lesson and asks attendees to bring their Teachers Training book. The Independent club meets Thursday afternoon with Mrs. J. C. Bridges. Just Us Club gathers Wednesday at Mrs. A. W. Yard’s home.
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