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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1923
Page
6
Miss Vera Megowen presents seasonable pineapple based recipes for cakes ice sherbet and desserts. Directions include sugar butter ice water pineapple juice egg whites and baking powder, with a method for a pineapple ice cream dessert yielding about three pints.
Drain juice from pineapple and prepare a glaze by mixing 1 cup sugar 2 tablespoons flour 1 tablespoon corn starch. Gradually stir in pineapple juice about half cup and beat in one egg and a rounding tablespoon butter. Cook in double boiler until boiling then 8 minutes. Cool spread between cake layers and ice top and sides.
A recipe for cooking pineapple pieces with apricots until thickened. Strain apricots then combine with pineapple, simmer until thick, add equal sugar portions and cook to a stiff jam. Pour into jelly glasses or jars, cool, and cover with paraffin.
Crust ingredients include bread flour salt baking powder lard and water. Prepare dough line a tin with dough then mix pineapple sugar flour salt and egg yolks. dot with butter, cover with top crust, bake in a hot oven for 156 minutes then reduce heat to finish.
A compact kitchen note describes cooking a pineapple mixture until it spins a thread, then adding broken pineapple bits and simmering briefly. The hot fruit is lifted, packed into sterilized jars, and sealed immediately for storage.
A compact guide to making pineapple ice by freezing with citrus. Mix juice of three lemons and two oranges with pineapple and gelatin, then sugar syrup, combine with fruit and chill until frozen for a refreshing dessert.
Use the same method as for pineapple ice. When the mixture is half frozen beat the whites of two eggs until very stiff. This yields about two and a half quarts.
A compact card outlines making pineapple ice by using one cup of water instead of two. The mixture is frozen as usual, with one pint of cream whipped and folded in once the base starts to set.
Four oranges sit among discarded trash on a pineapple grater, creating a curious still life.
Community events fill the week with meetings from Alma Hearne Holland Missionary Society at 6 30 PM Tuesday to multiple clubs and church gatherings midweek and weekend. Notables include the wedding of Miss Helen Risk to Edward Everette Ward at Mrs J T Risk’s West Main home.
The article notes the peak of a heat spell with daily 88, 89, 90, and 91 degree readings from Saturday to Tuesday. It remarks on the persistence and rising temperatures, calling it the hottest day of the summer and mentioning corn readiness.
Mrs Katheryn OConnor daughter of Denver millionaire John A Mullen was arrested by Sheriff Collison on a conspiracy to violate the national prohibition law charge. She was released on bond of 1500 dollars.
The Executive Board of the Improvement League meets at 1 PM in Sunset park log cabin with Miss Myrta Jeffrey speaking on shrubs. Community clubs host parties and birthday events, with many guests and summer flowers. Multiple marriages and engagements are noted, including Agnes Wasson and Louis M. Davis and William Peters and Mildred Ryan, with future visits and hometown details. The W R C prepares Memorial Day bouquets for old soldiers and plans events, while a larger social roundup covers bridge, lawn gatherings, and church society entertainments.
Local clubs and churches schedule meetings and social events through June. Walnut Woman's Club and Independent Club host Thursday gatherings. New Haven church hosts an ice cream social on June 22. Pythian and Moose groups set midweek and Thursday events. Mark Master degree and initiation planned.
Chicago reports seven deaths linked to a heat wave passing through the city. Record ninety one degree heat drove thousands to bathing beaches as widespread prostration and heat illness occurred. Nearby St Paul, Milwaukee and St Louis also reached high temperatures with casualties reported.
A June 19 dispatch from Essen reports the French hunger blockade preventing milk delivery to Essen. Revisions are being sent to major cities by motor vehicles, but supply is often slowed by General DeGoutte. Large numbers of people await relief as shipments face obstacles and delays.
The O. B. S. meeting is Thursday at eight with initiation and refreshments. larger attendance urged. The Pythian Sisters and Knights of Pythias joint social is Thursday evening at the hall. W. T. U. executive committee meets Saturday June 25 at 2 30 pm in the courthouse rest room with county officers to plan conventions. A showing of Children in Many Lands is at the M E church social hall Thursday at eight with a silver offering. The Ladies of the Baptist church host a ten cent social Friday afternoon.
Report says wagons loaded with provisions have fallen into French hands, signaling a possible supply disruption and strategic material capture amid ongoing hostilities. Details on location, force involved, and subsequent actions were not immediately available.
Omaha reports say Smoky, Beaver, Elkhorn, Cedar and Platte Rivers caused extensive property damage in Nebraska with no loss of life. Waters were receding. lowland areas became lakes and many head of livestock were swept away though exact losses are not yet estimated.
Clinton June 19 After eleven hours on a Mississippi sand bar near Clinton the excursion steamer Capitol was released at 10 30 this morning. The Harry G Drees and sand boat Artemus states aided with pumps to remove sand under the vessel. The Capitol struck the bar at 4 1 30 while en route to Lyons to discharge moonlight excursion passengers. Passengers remained aboard until fishermen rescued them at 3 this morning and transfer began, finishing about seven. Rivermen blame a misplaced channel light for the incident.
Experiments show water can solidify into five distinct ice forms, each transforming violently under certain temperatures and pressures. One form requires extremely low temperature and high pressure to avoid exploding into ordinary ice. Another remains frozen even in summer heat if pressure exceeds 0.000 atmospheres, a condition usually tied to high temperatures in nature. Some forms may have been created only within the researchers' hydraulic press.
The best remedy for scratched furniture is a beeswax and turpentine blend. Melt the beeswax into turpentine until syrupy, apply to the scratch with a wool cloth, rub in well, then quick polish with dry fennel to nearly vanish the mark.
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