Booster meeting at Haskins
A general Community Booster meeting is planned at Haskins on Wednesday evening October 22 with political speakers of broad interest to taxpayers. Everyone is welcome.
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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1924
Page
6
A general Community Booster meeting is planned at Haskins on Wednesday evening October 22 with political speakers of broad interest to taxpayers. Everyone is welcome.
A Fortnightly club program on English ballads and dances ran under Mrs. Neiswanger with Mrs. Dewey absent. Edna Mae received birthday wishes at a mothers’ gathering, while Fleur de Lis hosted a mock wedding for their husbands with Mr Ralph Waggoner as groom and various family stunts delighting about fifty guests. Education Week and National Library notices followed with federal and education groups promoting programs nationwide.
Two November observances are highlighted by the Local PTA. Children’s Book Week runs November 9 to 15 as part of a national movement to promote wholesome reading for boys and girls. Local clubs may obtain program information and posters.
The French academy gives the 26 000 franc big family prize to Devouste Dubreuil whose ten children include quadruplets born during the war. Poincare as president requested waiving rules limiting prizes to under forty parents. Godparents included King Albert of Belgium King George VI and the Empress of Russia.
Frederick Roy Martin, AP general manager and Harvard overseer, spoke at a Boston Club gathering on Harvard Business School Alumnae, detailing AP's election tabulation, the scope of 26,000 workers for 24 hours, and costs around 256000 dollars, plus notes on wartime censorship and propaganda.
Dr. Charles L. Murray of Cedar Rapids was appointed state director of Red Cross roll call at a Iowa councillors meeting presided by Judge Hubert Utterback. Walter Davidson of Chicago attended, with Navy enrollment set for November 11 to 22 in Iowa.
Community schedule lists events and gatherings for Tuesday October 21 through Monday October 27. Details cover club meetings, charity drives, performances, and public programs across local venues.
A long list of local clubs and societies announce meetings and social events through the week. including the Women’s Relief Corps sewing for Perkin’s hospital and various dances dinners and club gatherings across multiple addresses and institutions.
Berlin report states the German general election will be held on December 7. Authorities announced the date today as citizens prepare to vote.
The Reading Circle of De Land thrives without officers committees or minutes meeting biweekly for five years in private homes. Members share reading aloud discuss books and fund needs by a voluntary tax. Current lineup includes Mrs. A Anderson and other longtime participants with occasional guest members from across states.
Journal reports members share a meat relish puff recipe with ingredients including vinegar sugar gelatine pineapple pickles and almonds. Dough is baked into crisp shells then filled with a vanilla custard cream. Next week’s installment promised.
A vintage kitchen note describes layering canned or ripe tomatoes in a baking dish with sliced onion and hard boiled eggs. Top with crushed crackers and a white sauce made from flour butter milk and seasonings then bake about an hour until tomatoes are seasoned and bubbling.
A compiled two recipe card list with quantities for a Dark Fruit Cake and a frosting. Ingredients include flour sugar currants raisins citron butter and brandy with spices and leavening, plus steps for steaming baking and aging. An alternative cake uses scalded milk bread crumbs lemon rind and eggs with a lemon frosting.
Butter thin bread slices in a buttered dish. Layer with grated cheese and repeat until full. Top with cheese then paprika and salt. Pour a custard of one beaten egg and milk. Bake hot for about 20 minutes and serve at once.
A brief line notes a recipe item for cream puffs from Mrs John Cherry. It lists patting two level tablespoons of butter and a portion of sugar or other ingredients. The readable fragment hints at pastry steps but lacks full method.
A handwritten sounding recipe for a pie mixing sugar cornstarch salt and boiling water, then folding beaten egg whites into the warm mixture, baking in a crust, and topping with whipped cream and chopped nuts. The note mentions vanilla and a fire detail, suggesting a veiled kitchen anecdote.
Melt butter and mix with eggs cracker crumbs and canned salmon. Season with salt and pepper and steam in a tubular mold for one hour. Unmold while hot and chill on ice. Slice thin and serve on a bed of lettuce and lemon slices.
A recipe outlines making Burned Sugar Cake with butter sugar eggs water flour caramel syrup vanilla and baking powder. The method includes creaming butter with sugar, adding water and flour gradually, incorporating caramel and vanilla, beating egg whites, and baking in layers in a moderately hot oven.
A simple process shows dissolving sugar in a pan over heat with constant stirring until melted and dark smoke forms Then set aside and add boiling water to create a thick caramel syrup for use or cooling
A salad recipe lists Pineapple slices and marshmallows mixed with whipped cream and butter. Ingredients include large sliced pineapple quartered marshmallows whipped cream butter and a note about nutrients and measures.
Ben J. Salinger Jr. pleaded not guilty in federal court here to an indictment charging use of the U S mails with intent to defraud related to the Midland Packing Company of Sioux City Iowa. The appearance occurred in Sioux Falls on October 21.
Drain juice from pineapple and warm on stove. Beat eggs with sugar and cornstarch, then pour hot juice over and cook in double boiler until thick. Stir in butter, cool, then fold in whipped cream, nuts, pineapple and marshmallows and serve ice cold.
A vintage recipe method describes boiling sugar with water and cream of tartar until a thread forms. It is poured into whipped egg whites, cooled, then flavored with caramel and vanilla.
Instruction fragment shows Bell macaroni preparation to cook 20 minutes drain and rinse with cold water. Let stand 15 minutes then drain and mix with pickles nuts and salad dressing. Appears as a clipped household tip without broader context.
A La Follette Wheeler Progressive meeting is set for Thursday evening October 23 at Casino Hall in Richmond Iowa at eight o'clock. Speaker will be J F Schuirman. All are invited. Farmers Union Local 228. 1212
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