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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1919
Page
6
A Washington County thrift lesson on choosing clothing stresses buying good material and neat workmanship over flashy lace. A US Agriculture and Treasury guidance promotes wise spending, and a Farmers' Bulletin offers plans for an iceless refrigerator to keep foods cool cheaply.
Plan purchases with a definite purpose and choose materials of quality for hard wear. Avoid novelties and fads. expect savings only from good judgment. Reckon material needs, insist on workmanship, and select versatile garments that suit multiple occasions.
The article explains how to use a fireless cooker with intelligence for boiling steaming or long slow moist heat cooking. It notes it cannot fry bake or brown with high dry heat and suggests combining meats with compatible foods and sizing containers to conserve heat.
Several smaller dishes can be cooked in a kettle surrounded by boiling water when tightly covered. Baking powder or other tins aid the process. One food can be placed in a basin fitting the top of the kettle and cooked with other material in the water beneath. Stacks of shallow kettles enable cooking small portions of different foods, and such kettles for fireless cookers may be bought.
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union plans a 2 30 PM gathering at Mrs Della George's. Members urged to attend to discuss meeting the Jubilee drive quota and study Luke 6 38 with the full verse.
United States Bureau of Education and the National Kindergarten Association announce a weekly parent guidance column from Washington D C and New York. The chats offer tips and activities for families, with practical ideas to support early learning at home.
Dr J H Francis of the United States Bureau of Education argues against uniform schooling and for individualized attention. He advises fraternizing with children subtly to discover their talents and stresses nurturing mental food hope faith and courage. He urges sharing this message to reach all parents.
Ames July 8 With 4900 seventh and eighth grade students from 154 schools in 41 counties statewide writing essays on Milk as a Food for the Growing Child Ruth Amundsen of Decorah Winneshiek county won first prize in the county entries judged by Iowa State College. The national aim is to impress upon parents the value of milk in a child's diet with plans to award county and state prizes soon. organizers hope to expand to forty thousand children next year.
The Washington Improvement League thanks all contributors to its recent festival. Special thanks go to Mr. Mannhardt for extra lights Leigh H. Wallace for tables and J. B. McElhinney for loaned chairs at no charge.
A reflective anonymous quip likens modest handling of hurt to restraint after a sting. It urges not to broadcast minor injuries or seek vengeance but to let it drop and move on. The piece frames silence as wiser than airing grievances.
The article prints National Committee rules on flag etiquette for civilians and formal occasions. It covers saluting spectators, standing for the flag, improper use in merchandise, raising at sunrise and lowering at sunset, handling during storms, Memorial Day practice, and proper disposal of worn flags. It emphasizes tradition, respect, and uniform practice for civilians.
Social calendar lists events for the week with clubs and societies meeting at churches, homes, and parks. Notable gatherings include the Worth While Girls at the Baptist church at seven thirty, and multiple missionary, women's, and club meetings across Wednesday and Thursday in local venues.
A week long gathering hosted by Mrs J Rothschild brings together her father S Gradwohl of Kansas City Missouri and siblings from Kansas City Springfield and Dallas plus Ben Gradwohl from Lincoln Nebraska joining relatives Virginia Jerry Jack Jane Josephine Elma Irving Jr and others for a society reunion at the Kansas City area home.
The Rest Room Association announces new officers after their recent meeting. President Miss Mike C Lewis. Vice President Mrs Cora Wilson. Secretary Miss Myrta Jeffrey. Treasurer Mrs T T Keeley. Matron Mrs Elizabeth Canier retained.
An aphoristic reflection on aging and knowledge noting that early certainty often contrasts with later realization. The speaker imagines becoming a prosperous prophet rather than toiling in ordinary labor if wisdom matched youth.
The piece states farm losses from animal diseases like hog cholera and foot and mouth exceed 200 million dollars annually, despite leaders fighting epidemics. It emphasizes ongoing costly impact on farmers and the public.
Dated by the rings on stumps from oaks felled in Winnegance Maine for shipbuilding, the trees range from one to 125 years old, with some reputedly aged as one million years.
A Birmingham Age Herald cartoon notes the navy’s discipline and traditions. A dialogue warns that dropping formal phrases could lead to casual speech reaching admirals, with mock concern over a god saying yep to a commander.
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