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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1948
Page
3
A wide ranging guide promotes a varied breakfast with citrus fruit eggs toast meats and breads to curb mid morning hunger. It includes recipes for Bran Griddle Cakes Dutch Pancakes Salmon Loaf and Sour Cream Coffee Rolls with step by step instructions and baking times.
Aunt Sarah returns in a long limousine to the Parkhurst home seeking reconciliation with Ann Marie and Tommy. The visit prompts reflections on class, marriage, and belonging as Aunt Sarah recalls Tom and voices longing for family ties.
Officials at the Raeaveen County Farm Bureau warn farmers of increasing grasshopper damage this summer and urge spray or bait. Graveside services for Olive Fasterday 68 of Long Beach were held. Leon Beatty American Legion post names William Masson and others to officers. WWCA Mixers to practice at Lincoln school for Thursday game. William Masson and Dr John Masson honored by baby John David Masson. Jack Gibson Des Moines adds baby daughter. George Baker named Leon Beatty Post commander. City council discusses storm sewer project and routine business.
Washington residents face courtroom actions as Harold Feleenhauer and Melvin Cox begin prison terms. Robert Peters dies in Longview Texas with burial in Stillwater Minnesota. Community plans include chicken dinners, a World of Lanny Show, and patriotic events at Camp A. Local schools, weather, and church services fill town life amid updates on safety and garden pests.
Yeast bread dough with one cake of yeast and two cups liquid needs about three hours to rise. Each later rising takes less time. Rising can be sped up by using more yeast, but typically no more than two cakes should be used to avoid strong yeast flavor.
The New York Public Library in New York City ranks as one of the three largest in the United States and among the world’s six. Founded in 1895, it arose from the consolidation of the Astor and Lenox libraries and the Tilden trust.
Sugar acts as yeast food and adds flavor but excess slows yeast growth. High temperatures during rising cause sour, heavy bread. Brush the top with lightly beaten egg white ten minutes before baking for a browner crust. Soft crusts come from brushing with melted fat just before baking.
Dr. L. Miller of the University of California explains that unlike humans who vocalize in the larynx birds produce song in the syrinx located in the chest near the heart.
The name Roque Roque derives from cropping croquet’s head and tail, yielding a present day game that marks a scientific improvement over the old lawn sport croquet.
The Keefes and Rosses stayed with Mr and Mrs Willis Ross for a week. They visited Quiner Illinois on July 4 to see Mr and Mrs Lynn Mahannha. Mr and Mrs William Mariel Sr left for Davenport to stay several days and visit Mrs George Dempsey in a Davenport hospital after a severe stroke.
The item lists multiple birth announcements and medical notices across Keota Kalona Wayland Lockridge and Brighton. Entries include families such as Russell Bontraker Roth Hedberg Hesseltine Wombacher Heilman Widmer and Hering with newborns and timings noted for several births.
Yesterday Mrs Ezra E Vose from Brighton underwent medical care and Minetta Wilson underwent surgery. Today several Brighton families are dismissed including Mrs Joe Schantz and daughter Mrs Billy Nebel and son Mrs Mary Fredrick.
Yesterday and today entries mark births and tonsil procedures in Ainsworth Riverside Wayland and Brighton. Notable items include Gary Leets and Mrs June Barger with tonsils and a sequence of new births for Harold Engle Max VanWinkle and a son, plus the Zarer and Roth family mentions.
Ben G. Holt, 59, former member of the Washington police force, died at 12:30 this morning in the Veterans' Hospital in Des Moines where he had been confined since March 11. He had been seriously ill for eight months.
Mrs Howard Kulp of Columbus City won a free round trip to California at a street entertainment after a band concert in Columbus Junction. The Martha Glass missionary society of the United Presbyterian church met Tuesday evening at the home of Mrs John Dykstra with Mrs Alfred E Parsons as leader. Mrs Harrison Amber of Pittsfield, Mars visited her sister and relatives in the area. Whatsoever Society hostesses were Mrs Hazel Billings and Mrs Neva Arington. Mrs Wilma Nothey and Mrs Wilma Roundy will entertain.
Ten years back notes from Washington cover cemetery road plans sales of Annex hotel, a 25 person picnic near Howard McCleneery shack, bounty removal on starlings, a wrist injury from a fall, and fresh eggs at 18 cents a dozen. Isler carnival netted about 800 for the Legion, while the Improvement League reports strong civic work and picnic table purchases for Sunset park. A July 17 Barnum and Bailey circus visit looms, plus local fund drives for a new fire wagon and paraphernalia.
The Dautremont clan gathered for their first annual reunion on July 4 at the Rose Dautremont home in Riverside with eight children from the 11 siblings present. Attendees included numerous Dautremonts from Burlington, Chicago, Cedar Rapids, Davenport, and Canada, as well as spanning relatives in Saskatchewan and Moline. The gathering featured a noon cooperative cafeteria-style dinner and social afternoon.
Florida interest grows in cultivating catalpa trees for fence posts. The catalpa or catawba is a native hard wood that thrives in moist bottomlands across central and northern Florida. It is easy to cultivate from seed.
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