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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1964
Page
3
Dear Abby column covers a self-centered husband who counts guests’ cookies and meat costs at meals, a teen daughter needing larger clothing styles, gift acknowledgments delays from relatives, and a note on handling apologies. Abby suggests psychiatric help for the husband and practical guidance for the other issues.
A Valentine Day coffee dessert features a four layer Coffee Angel Cake with coffee marshmallows and whipped cream. The recipe uses angel food cake mix, marshmallows, strong coffee and whipped cream to serve four couples as an after-dinner treat.
An old style ad promotes Shell X-100 Premium motor oil for winter driving. It claims reduced deposits and smoother, quieter operation with regular changes every 1000 miles or 30 days. It features a humorous preacher narrator and asserts Shell scientists prove protection against five internal engine troubles.
Prepare cake mix and bake four 9 inch layers at 325 degrees for 25 to 30 minutes. Layer with melted marshmallows folded with whipped cream between and top with chocolate cream. Garnish with curls. Lemmon juice prevents fruit from browning and keeps vegetables white.
A Florida reader memoir contrasts southern winter ease with Iowa picnics at Tampa and coin lore across the Midwest. The piece notes frost in Florida, the Big Freeze of last year’s citrus, and sonic booms from Gulf flights prompting public alertness.
Sixteen CHD study members met with Mrs Kelly Schiapkoh to discuss "When Mental Affliction Strikes Your Family" with a panel led by Mrs James Rossen. Nominating committees were named. a February money making project was announced.
C G Anderson of 722 East Van Buren shared three old items from the Civil War era. A framed poem from the period, a 1862 letter from B G Anderson written in Chillicothe Ohio, and a wooden shoe lath inscribed with a name and date were among the items found near a Washington county farm built in 1845. The letter recalls campaigns in Mississippi and Tennessee and a wish to visit Iowa. the pieces were kept with other family papers.
Kalona residents note funeral attendees from distant towns for Ed Shettler with names including Von Shettler Grace Miller and Karen from Coldwater Mich Doug Miller Park Forest Ill Ida Morris Sigourney Paul Crews Knoxville Richard Shetler Blairstown Ed Layman and others. Also mentions Ed Layman family, visits to Mercy Hospital and local births and hospital trips with many names and places.
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