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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1921
Page
6
Recipes for cucumber pickles detail two methods Stored in a stone jar with a constant liquid, cucumbers can be added over time for winter use. Ingredients include vinegar spices mustard ginger cloves and cinnamon along with salt water soak times and a weighted plate to keep cucumbers submerged and flavorful.
Green tomato mincemeat recipe by Mrs John Timmerman uses green tomatoes raisins apples suet sugar and spices. The mixture cooks one hour then adds cider oranges lemon juice vinegar and spices for canning.
Mrs Briley provides a step by step pickling method for cucumbers including soaking in cold water all day, boiling water treatment, airing dry, packing into jars, and pouring a hot spice solution over then sealing. The recipe uses saccharine salt alum and spices, yields eight quarts in quart jars, and preserves pickles for two to three months after opening.
An ancient write warns readers that a toad is a venomous frog and describes how to use sage leaves and a buried earthen pot to influence weather. It claims bones must be removed to reheat a vessel and warns about unwashed sage leaves causing misfortune.
Girls have two weeks to join the new Girl Scouts before registration closes. Meetings are set for tomorrow at three at Sunset Park, weather permitting, with Miss Frances Stewart and Miss Sophia Potgeter leading. New clothbound books from the Interchurch Committee cover history, drills, signaling, and outdoor life, and will be loaned until first class status is achieved.
The text notes palladium as a rare metal in the platinum group found native and alloyed with platinum and gold. It is silver white, ductile, malleable, and air resistant, lighter and more fusible than platinum, discovered in 1805 by Wollaston who named it after an asteroid.
Teddy describes returning from the city and visiting a large department store with many floors. A listening playmate asks if he went away, and Terruy explains they went into the tiniest, smallest room before the Witle room went upstairs.
Mrs C W Stewart hosted a Monday Bridge Club session at home with four tables and a one course luncheon. Guests included Mrs J M Wilson and out of town visitors Mrs Herbert Steffel from Pittsburgh and Mrs Ben Badenoch from Chicago. Henry and Theodore Bailey entertained guests Katheryn Pilger and Elizabeth Disque at the Marsh W Bailey home with an Eicher shack outing and games. Mrs Homer Darbyshire hosted three bridge tables and a two course luncheon with guests.
Fleur de lis club meets at Mrs Geo Foster 2 o clock Thursday. Navajo club gathers with Mrs J A Porter Wednesday 2 30. W H M S of Methodist church meets Friday 2 30 with Mrs R E Brown and lesson by Mrs Woodford. Picnic supper at 6 30 on the lawn. Wednesday Bridge club with Mrs Norton. Just Us club postpones due to Mrs Keller illness. next meeting in two weeks. Mrs Alex Lytle hosts Afternoon Bridge at East Main Street.
The Girl Scouts will meet Wednesday afternoon at 3 60 o'clock at Sunset Park. A few girls will be taken into membership and those who wish to join may attend the meeting.
A recipe describes a makeshift extinguisher using 20 pounds of salt and 10 pounds of sal ammoniac dissolved in seven gallons of water. The solution is placed in quart glass bottles sealed cork tight. On a fire, throw a bottle to break near flames or break the neck to scatter contents on the fire.
Miss Wand Neiswanger hosts this afternoon for bridge. Sunflower club meets at Sunset Park for a business gathering. Royal Neighbors picnics at Sunset Park this evening. Worth While Girls hold a regular meeting at the Baptist church tonight. Mrs Norton hosts Wednesday Afternoon Bridge at her home. Girl Scouts march at Sunset Park in the afternoon. Navajo club hosts at Mrs J A Porter’s home in the afternoon. Fleur de Lis club hosted by Mrs George Foster in the afternoon. Woman's Home Missionary Society of the Methodist church meets this afternoon at Mrs R E Brown's home.
Iowa City July 26 The University of Iowa has conducted a summer health session for public school workers including home economics teachers nurses and Red Cross nutrition workers. The program trains health channels within schools and plans to continue next year combining home economics nutrition medicine dentistry and education departments to benefit the state.
The article extols the Pilgrims of 1620 as principled exiles who left Holland for religious freedom. It praises their consecration to ideals, communal sharing, and Brewster’s leadership, citing Bradford’s History of Plymouth and Lyman Abbott on civic virtue and reverence for moral law.
Five little brothers set out in a leather carriage and travel all day. One big brother and three small toes plus a tiny toe grow gloomy until they leap from the carriage. A finder discovers it was a little boy’s shoe, and the five brothers are the five toes.
This item is the thirtieth installment in a weekly series issued by the National Kindergarten Association based in New York City. It presents guidance on child training at home as part of a continuing educational column.
A leaflet on training issued by the Weat 46th Street Kindergarten Association in New York City, authored by a prominent kindergarten educator, outlines methods and guidance for early childhood instruction.
The Iowa State Fair calls on farmers to enter prize winning babies in the Better Babies health contests. Over $500 in cups and medals. entries close August 15. Classes split by rural areas and city sizes. Dr Lenna Means returns as health director.
The article notes the richest woman in the world is Japanese and owns her own shipyards ships and cargoes. It mentions Minnie Bushee of Little Ikeyk Atk as an awardee for a financial advertising event in Atlanta. Gene Stratton Porter is cited as the queen of best sellers with Harold Bell Wright second. Wright has sold 7,260,000 books and Mrs Porter 8,132,432 to date.
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