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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1939
Page
11
A compact sample from a New Orleans guidebook features Creole dishes and methods. It outlines Calas rice cakes and Southern style boiled rice, plus a veal or beef center dish with pig feet and veal knuckles, a shrimp salad with Arnaud’s dressing, and Pecan Pralines, all credited to famed local cooks.
Janet Pletcher, 6, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Pletcher of Moline, fell and broke her collarbone while visiting grandparents in Crawfordsville. Six-year-old Janet remains independent and expects a rapid healing. Also, locals visited Mrs. Mary Jones in Muscatine for gallstone surgery recovery. Several attended a rural carriers convention in Ainsworth. Mr. and Mrs. Harper and family departed for Hollywood after a brief visit. Donald Harper, recovering from pneumonia, will take a gentler trip home. Friends mourned the death of Margaret Gault at the county hospital. Market and local notes mention debt paid down. Odebolt, population 1388, is in Sac County.
Odebolt officials pay off the final $15,000 of municipal indebtedness and the town exits red ink for the first time. The settlement ends years of debt and marks a new financial milestone for the community.
Instructions describe making pralines with butter and pecans or brown sugar and caution on seasonings in Creole cooking. It notes a New Orleans Guide on blends of Spanish French Indian and Negro influences. Also mentions Mrs. Lee Lewis of Allerton visiting, and the Claypool family returning home from Ottumwa after visiting Frank Haney and Clive Gray.
The Presbyterian cottage prayer meeting will be held Wednesday morning at 9 30 with Ella Kerr in the home of Mrs S M Pulver, 222 East Main Street.
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