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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1931
Page
3
The American Home department met at Mrs. P. L. Wilsons home for the year end gathering. Recipes for chocolate coconut drops marshmallow ice box cookies and flakearoons were exchanged with guidance for canning season. Mrs. E. B. Hammer contributed chocolate coconut drops and marshmallow ice box cookies with measured ingredients and baking directions.
The advertisement touts Kastoria as safe for children of all ages to ease colic and soothe crying, claiming a quick asleep result after dose. It notes use for older children with coated tongue or bad breath indicating constipation and prescribes a liberal dose. Signature Chas H Bletcher appears on the wrapper.
Fragmentary culinary notes describe rhubarb preserves with citrus, dumplings, bacon and onion skillet, tomato soup and noodles, plus a tomato pepper apple sauce recipe. Mentions John Mazegi and Mrs M B Dicken with various ingredients, spices, and cooking steps.
A brief kitchen note lists ingredients for a drink including orange juice, salt, water, and sugar. The item reads like a personal recipe fragment with a lean, raw wording and no further context.
Canning beets uses water from cooking the beets to weaken vinegar for pickling. This method yields better flavor and color in the final product.
Recipe lists ingredients and steps for making a tomato relish. Includes ripe tomatoes onions peppers salt brown sugar white wine vinegar spices cinnamon cloves nutmeg ginger cayenne and cornstarch. Instructions describe boiling tomatoes with paprika then adding ingredients and thickening, sealing hot.
The passage describes scrubbing carrots, optional light scraping, boiling until fork tender, sterilizing jars, packing carrots into hot jars in alternating end orientation, making a syrup with sugar and water with spices, simmering 10 to 15 minutes, skimming, pouring hot syrup over carrots, sealing jars, and serving with meat.
Two centuries ago Purmun key Indians began presenting a deer to the Virginia governor and, in exchange, gained use of their reservation free from taxation.
A humorous Ohio State Journal remark notes that George Washington began life unable to lie and thus advanced far in politics.
The Order of the Rainbow for Girls invites the public to three o clock Sunday afternoon installation of officers at the Masonic temple. Incoming worthy adviser is Martha Keister and mother adviser is Alice Meek. Regular meeting held yesterday at the temple.
The Past Noble Grand Circle met at Mrs Geo Schneider's home with thirteen members and three guests including Mrs Chas Rickey Mrs John Jackson and Mrs Snider a house guest of her daughter Mrs Roy Mallory Little Carol Jane Hines also attended and read. Alice McAvoy led the business portion and a pot luck supper is planned for June 17 at the hall with members asked to attend and recite the secret work A two course luncheon followed hosted by Mrs John Jackson and Mrs Richard Johnson The next meeting will be at Mrs Mdna Kuensam's home.
The regular meeting of the H. S. C. was held at Mrs Martha Can Notts on Thursday May 14 with 17 members and several visitors present. Roll call featured Favorite Salad Recipe. A birthday surprise for Mrs Endicott followed. Refreshments included chicken sandwiches pickles ice cream pineapple cake and mints. Next meeting planned with Mrs Mary Chalupa on Thursday June 11.
The West Chester Baptist Mission circle held its final meeting with Mrs. LeFever. Questions from the April Mission were used. Committees were announced and plans set for a mother daughter banquet to be held Friday evening May 22 in the U P shared.
Mrs. Everett Huber Mrs. Tra Huber and Mrs. Everett Green will host the Lexington Ladies Aid society Thursday afternoon May en at the church. Entertainment committee includes Mrs. Everett Smith Mrs. Clarence Timmins and Mrs. Warren Bishop. Masons meet at 1 30 Wednesday at the hall to attend the funeral of Chas Kerr.
The Girl Reserve installation was scheduled for 4 20 this afternoon in the high school gym nasium with members sponsors mothers and friends invited. Officers to be installed for the junior and senior group included President Helen Masson vice president Janet Jennings secretary Mary Louise Robertson treasurer Helen Foster and chairmen program Helen Sartor publicity Helen Alcorn social service Margaret Stewart social Margaret Griffith finance Gina Bianchi and music Velda Parcell. Freshmen and sophomore group were President Kathryn Little vice president Clara Witting secretary Margaret Henke treasurer Evelyn Watson and chairmen program Hetty Stephen publicity Ruth Marie Morrison social service Beatrice Wilson social Ruth Sartor finance Jean Moore and Ireta Willits.
A dense list of社 events for Tuesday to Thursday includes the KB O W club with Mrs May Dawson, Junior Catholic Daughters banquet, Centennial PTA on May 20, IX club with Mrs Chas Faulkner, Methodist choir picnic at the Chas Palmer home, Ruth and Marian Bridges linen shower for Anna Marie Anderson, opening country club dinner and entertainment, Kings Heralds meeting with Ralph Wadell, Mrs Oscar Hughes entertaining the Independent club, B B club gathering with Mrs Paul Harvey, Wellston Social club family event at Hazel Griggs home, Christian Ladies Aid church meeting, Kensington and United Presbyterian Auxiliary social, and a general invitation to all ladies.
The Fortnightly club art department meeting is postponed to 7:00 Friday evening with Miss Alice Van Vile at Mrs. A. Anderson's home. The West Chester Women's Home Missionary Society plans a May 22 meeting at Mrs. Niffernegger with a Mothers Day program and mite boxes. Mrs. Joe Wright hosts breakfast May 22 for Miss Alice Meek. Baptist ladies of West Chester hold a Mothers and Daughters banquet at 6 30 PM May 22 in the United Presbyterian church. A Trip to Europe will be presented.
The term Cathay used in medieval Europe traces to Khitai the Tartar realm of the tenth and eleventh centuries linking Chinese lands to Western nomenclature.
A 50th anniversary history of the American Red Cross with origins in Geneva and U S Sanitary Commission up to 1905. The article notes a May 21 dinner by the Y's Men and outlines early organizing steps from 1861 to the 1900 incorporation, with future continuation promised.
The prince of Wales, later King William IV, joked to the secretary of the admiralty that when he becomes king he will dismiss him. The secretary responded with a pithy rebuke, God save the king.
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