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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1929
Page
6
A compact old newspaper recipe shows a six serving two dollar dinner including a pear cocktail and a liver with onions and spinach side. It details preparation steps, ingredients and approximate costs, noting total about 1.96 with incidental items.
Mrs J Q Sexton new president of the Fortnightly club Anna Dawson past president and others from Washington plan to attend the eighteenth biennial convention of the Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs at Sioux City May 21 to 24 The thirty federated clubs of Sky City greet all visitors and plan extensive events including speeches by Rev Bishop E H Hughes and Dr Henry Baldwin Ward among others The program features arts literature drama and musical showcases with several breakfasts luncheons and dinners scheduled to highlight federation work.
Mrs J He Krenmeyry of A worth hosted the Dorsit club Friday afternoon May 10 with twelve members present. Marie Colthurst read clippings about local poets and Zona Gale. Mrs Pearl Marr prepared papers on Iowa poets and Miss Lain Rett spoke on prose writers. A lunch was served, and plans for bake sale May 18 at Cunningham's store were discussed.
The Woman's Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church will meet Friday at the church. Mrs. John Jack is listed as a participant and organizer for the gathering.
The Y W C A announces free swim sessions for women and girls on Tuesday Thursday Friday and Saturday with times. extra instructors will assist Mrs. Plumly. The note highlights outreach to new comers to learn the pool and describes support from the Y W C A community.
Various meetings and social gatherings listed for May including Instiliory Kensnator at Mrs Philip Cra, The Independent era with Mrs Harr y Maxwell, Wellstom Social with Mrs Walter Statler, Zevedatha council No 21 May 14 Royal and Select Masters Degrees, Rhodeberk MM master, missionary meeting at church May 1 with Miss Elfe Moser, pot luck supper at 815, veterans group at eight, Havre Social Day May 16, Pythian circle and sisters events, Woman's Home Missionary Society May meeting at Mrs Herman Schultz May 24 with mite box opening and coin cards. notices include date changes and locations.
Mrs Ed Grayson hosts a Tuesday evening meeting with the Unity Club as members plan a Thursday pot luck lunch at one o clock in the afternoon bridge groups form telephone calls to report to Mrs Ralph Gibson by Wednesday bring own dishes and the committee provides rolls and coffee plus a Thursday one o clock bridge luncheon at the home of Charles Parker and Harry Drake entertain the club notify hosts if unable to attend by Wednesday The Drama of the Fortnightly Club presents The Amazons Husband at Lois Brown home South Town Avenue Wednesday evening members to arrive seven forty five Thursday afternoon reading session
In May at Branch Nebraska, Mr and Mrs J F Simpson marked a noonday ceremony at the groom’s sister’s home presided by Rev A Hammill of the United Presbyterian church Nort Branch. Guests from Hutchinson St Joseph Arkansas Guide Rock Joplin and Newton attended with toastings and greetings from across the United States.
A week of social gatherings spans May 14 to 21 with members entertaining at Cov ered Dish Club and Rosewary chi bridge party. Numerous clubs meet across the area including Home Economics, Missionary sect, Ladies Country Club events, and a Bride Junehean social.
Uncertain excavation finds reveal ferried remains and rough sarcophagi with limited decoration. No inscriptions or clear dating available, leaving historians unsure of the tombs' exact period.
Berlin May 14 News reports the Graf Zeppelin readiness for its Atlantic flight to the United States remains unsettled. The four crewmen and nineteen passengers await final confirmation as weather and plans for the historic voyage hover in doubt.
In North Atlantic Indiana on May 14 a hundred men and boys joined a wide search for Duan Rowe son of Mr and Mrs C E Rowe who vanished while picking wildflowers. Sheriff W A McKee and deputies dredged a creek bank where footprints were found but not identified. A recent similar incident involving a stranger and a boy may be linked. Local schools dismissed to allow students to join the search.
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