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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1923
Page
6
The Cooking School presents a six person menu featuring ham Virginia style with a cornmeal crust, maple glaze, and a side of creamed onions and a potato cheese bake. Also includes a mixed fruit salad with grapes celery nuts and a butterscotch pie with meringue.
Local notes recount a rummage sale on Mark Lat. Oct 20 and visits by Miss Georgia Tucker, Miss Nellie Loder, and others. Residents travel to Oskaloosa Detroit West Chester Pleasant Plain Ottumwa and Chicago for visits, family affairs, and church events.
Activities span October 2 to 8 with luncheons and meetings of the Lions club D A R Ad club G A R Pythian Sisters Mothers and Daughters booster clubs Child Study and Just Us clubs missionary societies Navajo Harmony Pilotsburg Ladies Aid congregational supper Executive Board Improve ment League Ruth Wilson wedding Fortnightly clubs departments wedding reception West Chester Baptist Rural Women Delta Alpha O club O. Cos Moose Lodge W B P M S and related gatherings noted across local churches clubs and organizations.
A 1952 sale notice lists a Shetland pony broke for a child going to auction on Wednesday at the Cocklin sale. The page highlights dress goods, sweaters, Holland bulls on display, and a local auctioneer D F Macon in Washington Iowa. Numerous ads mention sharpened knives, Fuller wall brushes, and Parisian Sage hair products with local shop names and phone numbers.
Miss Constance Winchell of Ann Arbor Michigan arrived to attend the Wilson wedding on Thursday evening. She is listed as a member of the bridal party.
The Woman's Home Missionary Society held a regular meeting at Mrs. Lou Bauer's home with leadership changes. Mrs. Coffey elected president for the year and Mrs. Stouffer as recording secretary. A large fall social at the Augustine home featured a thimble bee, refreshments, and multiple hostesses. Nellie Hoyle announced her upcoming wedding to Car Osborn. The Fortnightly Club music night focused on Italian opera with Verdi and Donizetti pieces and a Donizetti paper, led by Mrs. Howard McCleery.
Members of the Improvement League executive board are set to attend a luncheon next Thursday at 1 PM at the Commercial Club. If a delegate cannot attend, a substitute should go in her place.
Mrs W Stewart to meet Mrs John Jackson in the afternoon. The Ainsworth Chapter OB S holds its regular meeting at seven. Ladies Social of the Presbyterian church meets with Mrs William Matucha in the afternoon. Rebekah meeting in the hall in the evening. Miss Helen Wilson hosts a one oclock luncheon. Lexington Herald society meets at the church. Portnightly Bible Study group to meet with Mrs BF Wilson.
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