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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1919
Page
6
A weekly column outlines Washington County women groups and their work. The page covers kindergarten programs for parents, prepared for the Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Education by the National Kindergarten Association, with regular features.
Olive Thorne Miller recounts a young blue jays learning to fly and fend for themselves, while a practical set of kitchen recipes follows. The piece blends naturalist observations with tested methods for stuffed peppers and soups, plus notes on women’s progress in public life and professional fields.
The first women’s conference at the University of Iowa runs June 18 through July 2 with nightly lectures by notable women in home fields. Helen M. Bennett, Sarah Breckenridge, Isabel Bevier and others from Illinois and Chicago will speak on careers, home economics, child welfare and related topics. Child welfare classes and university faculty leads will address home economy, health and artistic arrangements as wives and mothers attend alongside commencement attendees. The event runs with the scoutmasters and religious workers conferences.
A homemaker shares a family success with greens, noting husband George now enjoys dandelion greens. The article cites household vegetable variety as key to a spring tonic effect and reproduces several tested recipes from the United States Department of Agriculture. It includes General Preparation tips and dishes like Greens With Brown Tomato Sauce, Pennsylvania Greens, and Rice Timbales With Greens and Cheese.
Local church groups and fraternal organizations announce meetings. Shalom Group Sunday school elects officers Wednesday after prayer. Eastern Star meets Thursday at Masonic hall. Kolah club gathering Wednesday with Mrs Bessie Weade. Rebekah club rescheduled to June 11 at I O O F hall with sandwiches. Portland Dodge cars host a program this evening. Ladies Aid Society of Methodist church Friday 2:30. Ladies Aid Christian church all day Thursday. Loyal Sisterhood M B church social Thursday 2 pm with officers for coming year.
The Ladies Aid society of West Chester will convene at the church Wednesday afternoon June 18 with Mollie Tierney as chairman and a committee including Mrs. J. C Bauer Mrs. C. Stauffer Miss Hattie Green and Mrs. Delpha McAvoy. Members urged to attend. Friends invited. The Rural Women's club meeting is postponed due to Mr. Cal Nelsons illness.
A Farmers Union convention will be held in Washington on Saturday June 14 at 2 p m at Woodman hall. All members are urged to attend. Hon William Sutherland serves as president and S B Rabernold is secretary and treasurer with the meeting focused on important business.
A broad guide to making nourishing soups using milk and leftovers. The recipe suggests adding ½ to 1 level tablespoon of flour per cup of liquid and a level tablespoon of butter fat. Flavor ideas include onions corn cabbage cauliflower peas tomatoes salmon spinach and grated cheese.
Local women head to Ames for the thirteenth Iowa State Federation of Women’s Clubs convention on the Iowa State College campus. Fortnightly club representatives include Mrs. David McLaughlin and others. events feature speeches, a Seven Keys in Baldpate presentation, a large banquet, and art studio tours with paintings from the Chicago Art Institute.
The week’s social calendar lists Fortnightly club guest day at 3:30 pm with a 5:30 pm luncheon, plus church group meetings at Methodist and Presbyterian churches, officer elections, and several club gatherings including Epworth League divisions and the Rebekah and Eastern Star events. Rural Women postpone their afternoon meeting.
About 700 Iowa women are expected at the Iowa State College campus for a three day state convention. Noted speakers include Dr Theodore G Soares of the University of Chicago on Americas Part in the World Future and Mrs Beulah Wright Comstock on Literature of the Great War. The event features college chimes, floral luncheons, and housing in campus dormitories and nearby sorority houses.
The Women’s Christian Temperance Union will hold a meeting at Mrs. R. Cherry’s home, 1102 North Iowa Avenue, Thursday afternoon. Miss Maggie Stewart to lead devotional Psalm 61:4. Members to report payments or pledges to Jubilee drive. nonpresent members’ amounts collected by treasurer Mrs. BE Kilgore by phone 471 Blue.
The rosaries are made largely from soft crystallized magnesia alicate quarried about thirty miles northwest of Kandahar. Soapstone and antimony are also abundant there. Stone colors range from light yellow to bluish white and are generally opaque.
A contemplative reflection on identity as a universal yet personal consciousness. Whitman’s meditation likens the self to enduring stars, steady and uplifting, existing independently for each person yet shared across all.
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