Local Society Notes Highlight Ladies Club Events
Rural Women’s club hosted by Mrs Beatty and Mrs Wright at the county home with 31 women and 16 children. A patriotic program on Truer Patriotism featured a flag drill by children and music by Ruth Vincent Alice Mary Hunter and Harriet Phillips. Queen Esther Circle installed officers and enjoyed photos and music at the Ed Du Vale home. Others hosted dinners bridge parties and missionary society gatherings with guests from Ottumwa Cincinnati and Tacoma. Engagements and visits were noted including Winifred Anderson and Thompson Brookhart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Beatty
Charles Wright
RB. C. Briley
Ruth Vincent Alice
Mary Hunter
Harriet Phillips
Wright
Beatty
John McCall
Mixa Metta Wilson
James Wooley
Cecile and Junior
Ottumwa
Queen Esther Circle
West Chester
Social calendar listings for Lions Club to De Molay
A long reader’s calendar lists numerous group meetings and social events through the week. Highlights include the Lions Club picnic, Methodist church circles, and various clubs like the Pythian circle Bachlor Maids and Wellston social club gatherings with times and hosts such as Mrs. Wiley and Miss Edith Carris.
Picnic Recipes for Busy Housewives and Buffets
A collection of tested picnic ideas from a Cedar Rapids cookbook. Recipes include Lemon Butter using lemon juice rind and butter, Meat Sandwiches with cold pork tenderloin and eggs, Raisin Paste for sandwiches using seeded raisins and fruit juices, and a peanut butter mustard mayonnaise mix.
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Cedar Rapids
Elinice Hammer
Keeley cucumber sandwich spread recipe
Mrs Keeley offers a cucumber sandwich filling with 1 cup chopped cucumbers in well drained, 1/2 cup chopped pimento olives 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup finely chopped onions and 3 tablespoons mayonnaise or tartar sauce. Mix dressing with other ingredients and spread between white bread slices.
Peanut Sandwich Creation Idea
A simple method suggests grinding peanuts to form a very delicious sandwich base. The approach emphasizes nut flavor and easy preparation suitable for quick meals.
Chilled Asparagus and Cucumber with Olive Oil Dressing
Combine chilled asparagus with tough portions removed and lattice cucumber slices crisped in cold water and dried. Mix with olive oil paprika a little vinegar and mayonnaise. Rice a hard boiled egg and garnish generously with tiny pimento olives.
Cheese Sandwiches by Mrs I FB Glick
Recipe details yolk of four hard boiled eggs seasoned with salt sugar and olive oil plus one cup cheese softened mashed with pimentos and finely chopped whites. Mix to the right consistency with mayonnaise for filling.
Clarice Wentzel Grinds Olive Meat Mixture
A kitchen note describes grinding olives with pork or other meat in a meat chopper. It instructs adding salt to taste and blending with mayonnaise to reach the right consistency.
Piquant Sandwiches From The Ladies Home Journal
A recipe combines 1 cup raisins 2 to 3 cups cold boiled ham and sweet cucumber pickles. Chop fine add lemon juice and mayonnaise to a spreading consistency for a tangy ham raisin sandwich mix.
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Ladies Home Journal
Simple Raisin Nut Patties Bake with Meringue Topping
A vintage recipe describes mixing 1 cup sugar 1 cup chopped nut meats 1 cup raisins with 4 tip cream yolks from 3 eggs. Line crust lined pattie pans, fill, bake, then top with stiffly beaten egg whites sugared and browned.
Nut Pie Filling Instructions From Louisiana Recipe
Mra 8 W Livingston juice and grated rind of 1 lemon, 1 cup chopped nut meats, 1 cup raisins, 1 cup sugar, and the yolk of 1 egg. Mix all. Cut circles in pie crust, place a spoonful of filling, fold over, and seal edges tightly.
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W. Livingston
Recital at Bratten's features Miss Elsie Bratten program
A Saturday July recital at 623 West Washington Boulevard showcases Miss Elsie Bratten with a lineup including Maurine Martin Rebecca Labach and performers Evelyn Bambrick Esther Rittenhouse Vera Rittenhouse Laura Lucille De Long and others. The program lists songs duets readings and piano accompaniments with titles such as Jolly Little Fisherman Reading Railroad Crossing and Sleepy Hollow Tune performed by students from Spaulding and local classes.
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Elsie Bratten
West Washington Boulevard
West Chester
Maurine Martine
Rebecca Labach
Miss Bratten
Laura Lucille de Long
David Munroe
Adrienne Vanerus
Maiden
Henrs
Esther Rittenhouse
Spaulding
Jolly
Reading
Father Rittenhouse
Hayloft
John Mokress
Willie Jones
Sallie Brown
Petrie
Evelyn Bambrick
Laura Lucille DeLong
MacDowell
Vera Rittenhouse
the Forge
Carmen Esther
Maktress Maurine Martin
Jimmie
Verentte Johnson
Eleanore Augustine
Stahl
Beth Ralston
Maurine Martin
Presbyterian Missionary Society Picnic Plans
The Womens Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church holds a meeting and picnic at Mrs. Frank Heinigman’s home Friday afternoon. Attendees bring dishware and sandwiches, meet at the church at 2 30, and conveyances will be provided. Husbands and others join the picnic at 6 on the east side of the square.
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Womens Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church
Frank Heinigman
Birthday Honors and Camp Fire Ceremonial Noted
Mrs. P W Davidson hosts Neal Jacobs birthday dinner northeast of Washington with many friends and out of town guests Mr and Mrs Furl Long from Verdi. Shumala camp fire girls hold monthly ceremonial at Mrs Hal Reister home with Beulah Phillips earning wood gatherer honors and guest Mrs Ray Phillips praising the spirit of sunshine. Candles lit by Jeanette Karel Hilda Brown Thelma Long and extinguished by Lucille Reister Mildred Bramer Virginia Bates.
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P. W. Davidson
Washington
Neal Jacob
Shumala
Hal Reister
Beulah Phillips
Sunshine
Ray Phillips
Beulah
Jeanette Karel
Hilda Brown
Thelma Long
Lucille Reister
Mildred Bramer
Virginia Bates
Miss Bratten and Beth Ralston Consolation Slumber Song
After the program the hostess assisted by Marian Munroe Beth Ralston and Mrs Labach served dainty refreshments. Then various numbers aside from the program were greatly enjoyed especially by the older folks even they performed. All departed for their homes at a very late hour.
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Miss Bratten
Beth Ralston
Esther Rittenhouse
Marian Munroe
Community notices announce socials and meetings in Lexington
Timmins and Mrs. Gertrude Tipton host the Lexington Ladies Aid at the church on Thursday evening July 17 with a 50 cent ice cream and strawberry social. Various clubs meet weekly, with speakers like Dr. Masson on food, and reminders of postponed Rosemary Club and Moose Lodge events.
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Clara Patterson
Mable Timmins
Gertrude Tipton
Lexington Ladies’ Aid Society
Hazel Matthews
Lizzie Young
Effie Huber
Wellston Social Club
Woman's Department of
The
Church of Christ
Mt. Pleasant speaker Gassner Craver to address gathering
Mrs. Craver and her husband spent two decades in Mexico and nearly twenty-five years in South America on mission work. A large audience is hoped for as she presents, with special music by Mrs. Craver. Alma Hearne Holland Missionary society cancels tonight's meeting. Group No. 5 M B Ladies aid hosts a lawn party at 1003 East 2nd Thursday afternoon. Epworth League plans a Sunset Park party Friday July 18 at 7 30 with church option if rain. W R C regular meeting set for Saturday at 2 30 in courthouse room.
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Gassner Craver
Mt. Pleasant
M. B
Ladies Aid
Guy Evans
East
Epworth League of the Methodist Church
Sunset Park
Suggestions for Adding to Modern Girls Vocabulary
A list of vivid alternatives to overused terms like marvellous and precious aimed at diversifying girls speech. It presents numerous adjectives and phrases such as Remarkable, Extraordinary, Wonder ful, Delightful, Inspiring, Splendid, Fascinating, Excellent, Beautiful, and Exceptional to replace common exclamations. The source attributes this to Grenville Kleiser and cites a Chicago Tribune want-ad style example.
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Grenville Kleiser
Moon Rainbows Highlight From Lunar Light
The Naval Observatory notes that the moon can form rainbows like the sun, though colors are fainter and the effect is likely visible mainly near full moon phases.
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Naval Observatory
Picture of Mrs. F B Appleby and son Carleton
A complimentary notice from A Nice Picture Sunday’s Register described Mrs. F B Appleby of The Commodore as a charming young matron recalled as Miss Jerene Reaver from Des Moines. It notes her parents Mr and Mrs C A Beaver of Des Moines formerly Eldora and her Smith College education. The baby Carlton Appleby is 17 months old.
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F. B. Appleby
Carleton
Jerene Reaver
C. A. Beaver
Des Moines
Eldora
Houseworker applicants fail to show up as promised
A Washington housewife advertised for a general houseworker. Eleven applicants replied the next day all engaged separately and promised to come the next morning, but none appeared.
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Washington
Epiphany Meaning and Christian Feast Origins
Epiphany means manifestation and in the Christian church it marks the visit of the magi to the infant Jesus in Bethlehem and the revelation of Christ as the Savior of the world.
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Jesus
Bethlehem
Christ
Retaliation Ties and Honest Friends Cited by Calton
Calton warns that openly airing grievances to friends invites hidden betrayal as friends will tell enemies what they think of him. The remark frames distrust and the risk of covert opposition arising from blunt discourse.
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Calton
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Alfred Johnson
Lester Johnson
Lou Cunningham
Lloyd Lytie
Cunningham
Evenine
Edith Carris
Alice Groendycke
Kansas City
T. Harwood
Fred Jardon
Omaha
Joe Falk
Howard McCleery
Max Marble
Mary Louise Harwood
Clarence Hollingsworth
R Ge Shannon
Frances Waite
Mabel and
Kate Buckley
Cincinnati
Ohio
Young Women’s Missionary Society of the Baptist Church
Box Springs
Ruth Sherbeck
Iowa City
Winifred Anderson
Thompson Brookhart
Iowa
Pella
Miss Anderson
J. C. Mitten
Brookhart
College of Law
University of Iowa
Smith W. Brookhart
Mr. and
Lions Club
Rooster Club
Arthur Wiley
Methodist Church
Genevieve Harrison
C.D. of A
Charles Hebner
Just Us Club
A. W. Yard
Laura Graham
KK. OO. W
John Spidel
Kolah Club
Woman's Department
Lloyd Lytle
Bachlor
T. T. Keeley
Fleur de Lis Club
Ralph Waggoner
South of Town
Irene Darbyshire
Lexington Ladies Aid Society
Jake Hotle
Clarence Hotle
Wellston
Shack
Prairie Flower Mission Circle
C. B. Mouser
Independent Club
James Palmer
Homer Darbyshire
Methodist Ladies Aid
Rebekahs
Woman's Missionary Society
Frank Heinzman
Henry Shields
Shields
de Molay
M. W. Keeley
Clarice Wentzel
Bratten
Spencer
Flyer de Lis
Rosemary Club
Robert Schantz
Pythian Circle
Chas. Hebner
O. B. Mouser
BE. O. W. Club
Alma Hearne Holland
Moose Lodge
Highland Four
Lexington W. F. M
Laura
Alma Hearne
Rooma
Court House
Chicago Tribune
United States
Oui
Physicians and Surgeons
A. John Droz
Weet
Frank Boller
City
Mutual
W. Washington
T. J. Pease
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Bive Mutual
J. D. Dayton
Westchester
Washington County
Austin Sutherland
R. R
Brighton
Marinello
Rothschild’s
Beauty
Clark & Enslin
T. A. Michels
Washington, Iowa
Morrison & Morrison
Brookhart Bros. Law
Opera House
Mutual Phone
CO. C. Wilson
Wilson & Wilson
Opposite Journal
Livingston & Eicher
Abstract Department
Real
W. Brown
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