Women’s Relief Corps Event Postponed Amid Illness
A Washington County society page lists a week of women’s club activities with postponements due to illness. Meetings include the Twentieth Century Reading Circle, Fortnightly club civics, Royal Neighbors, Glendale Red Cross, and more, plus a benefit sale for the Bohemian National Alliance and a missionary tea.
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Washington County
Women's Relief Corps
Dennie Bailey
B. Burham
Rk. c. B.C
Civics Department
Fortniehily Club
F. L. Wil
W. Stewart
Cclock
Richmond
Bohemian National Alliance
C. B.S. Hall
Good Times Club
Will Marie
Henry Doig
Rice Flour Bread Trick From Washington Housewife
A Washington housewife, after oatmeal substitutes were restricted, devised a method to bake bread using rice flour and wheat. She soaked yeast, mashed potatoes with potato water, added wheat flour, built a batter overnight, and combined a rice flour mash with the potato and yeast mix for a morning bake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Leftover pantry tips for preserving apples and tomatoes
A fragment advises using leftovers to fill annual orders and store produce. It suggests brining or canning, making pickles from boiled cider with quartered apples, and boiling cider for syrup, sauces, and jelly to utilize ripe tomatoes and abundant wood fuel.
Storing and preserving tomatoes and sorghum tips
The article lists methods to store ripe and green tomatoes for winter use, including canning, drying, paste, marmalade, and pickles. It notes fried tomatoes as a serving idea and suggests green tomatoes for brined pickles or marmalade. Sorghum is recommended for butters and relishes, with other syrups or sugar as alternatives.
Campaign completes baby weighing project in town
Mrs. C A Dewey chairs a local effort conducted at the request of the United States Government for weighing and measuring newborns as part of a civic health campaign.
Nursing recruitment appeal from Camp Hancock letter
Dr C A Boice oversees Red Cross nursing recruitment for Washington volunteers. Miss Hilda Freding writes from Camp Hancock Augusta Ga describing arrival, vaccination, lodging and training details as part of the program seeking high school graduates aged 21 to 35 in good health.
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Hilda Freding
C. A. Boice
Red Cross
Washington
Camp Hancock
Augusta
Eicher Hosts Unusual Afternon Bridge Club Meeting
Mr and Mrs H M Eicher and Mrs Hannah Eicher Steifel entertained Af ternoon Bridge club members and their husbands at the new Eicher shack southeast of Washington. This special gathering featured novel entertainment not common to regular meetings. Mr Bieber opened the gates and guided guests, ensuring safe conduct around the bluff encircling the shack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. M. Eicher
Hannah Eicher Steifel
New Eicher Shack
Washington
Bieber
Evening at the Eicher Shack Club Meeting
The group gathered on the porch for a long fried chicken supper followed by vocal performances. A large living room hosted patriotic selections, dancing to a phonograph by Ed Eicher, and bridge games as guests enjoyed the evening. The Eicher property sits on a high knoll along the main creek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Eicher
Eicher
One Cup of Sugar Per Person Guideline for Allotment
The article discusses a weekly sugar allowance of eight ounces per person for beverages and foods. It suggests alternatives like honey corn syrup sorghum molasses refiners' syrup fruit syrups and homemade beet sugar to stretch supplies and cut dessert usage.
Old Moon in the Young One's Arms Phenomenon
A description explains how earthlight on the portion of the moon not lit by the sun makes the crescent moon appear to cradle the full orb. The effect occurs in the western sky as the new moon emerges, revealing the bright earthlit hemisphere to observers.
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Blackhawk
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Dempsey
Maude Severin
Anna M. Orris
Eastern
Star Masonic Home
Home Board
C.E
Fannie B. Hammill
Anna Stilwell
Waukon
George H. Irwin
Woodbine
Ottumwa
B. Shimek
Iowa City
Clare E. Hueghes
Grinnell
Ida A. Webster
Waucoma
Lucy B. Bullock
Lorimer
Stella Ko
Royal Neighbors
Woodman Hall
Ralph Waggoner
Glendale Red Cross
S. E. Signoose
South of Town
Embroidery Club
Pearl Kennedy
Havre Red Cross
Witting Shop
Rainbow Club
Red Cross Rooms
Young America School
Cunningham
Presbyterian Missionary
eMethodist Ladies’ Aid Society
M. Hollinger
Washington City
Commercial Club
Pineapple Lee
PSE
Atlantic
Miss Freding
Deis
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Paris
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