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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1926
Page
6
The Walnut Women’s Club will meet with Mrs Jim Baird Thursday afternoon. Roll call to be answered by household hint. Social guest day. We would like every woman in the district to come Fos.
The Lexington Ladies will meet at the church on Thursday May 20. Refreshments will be provided by Mrs. Chas Gardner Mrs. Joy Maple and Mrs. David Winegarden.
Local groups schedule gatherings through May including Sunshine Community club with Mrs Charlies Fiealow aky on May 19, the Woman's Missionary Society of the Presbyterian church at 2 30 Friday, and church ladies meetings. Prairie Flower school crowns May queen June 21 and presents a play May 21 with ice cream. City Scouts plan hike and picnic Thursday at 4 15 PM at the Y.
In Creston on May 19 the examination of veniremen for the George Hf Gibson trial continued through the morning. Twenty two jurors have been questioned. two excused for fixed opinions, three challenged for cause, and one due to police employment. Jury likely not chosen until late today. Defense attorney C T Gibson, brother of the defendant, leads. witnesses to be examined tomorrow. Big George sits with his brother, listening closely and whispering at times.
At dusk in Sandy Hook Rev Caldwell narrowly escapes injury when a speeding driver loses control and crashes into his car. The two fenders bend as Caldwell helps the other motorist, then drives to the Duke place for repairs, praising safety and noting the reckless driver’s blame.
Station KTNT of Muscatine Iowa teaches oil painting of portraits and other pictures by radio. The instructor paints a picture as a student would and provides commentary as he goes. Hundreds of listeners are students.
A compact set of dessert instructions detailing a chocolate pudding with a sauce and pineapple flavored variations. Includes quantities for sugars cocoa flour vanilla eggs sour cream and butter, plus baking steps and a pineapple extract note for the sauce. The recipe covers crust assembly and a separate whipped egg white topping with yolk mixture and elevated bake time and cooling guidance.
A brief recipe fragment lists eight cups of pieplant and one cup of sugar for a pie prepared for Mrs. Hugh McCleery. The missing context suggests a domestic cooking note from a community column.
The piece explains how earthenware differs from hard paste porcelain through kaolin content, notes the origins of fine china in China and Europe, and outlines major makers and price ranges from Blue Willow to Lenox and Haviland. It guides buyers on patterns, durability, and home suitability.
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