This book was compiled by Mother Armstrong for Helen, October 1933. It has a label saying: "Purchased from Strawbridge & Clothier Philadelphia." In the rear is pasted in: Wit & "Wittles" by Phil Baker from Armour & Co., a little 16 page pamphlet...
Homecoming Is Early -- Can the Football Team Maintain the 1913 Pace -- Frank O. Lowden a Success -- Irving Institute Has a Semi-Centennial -- Literary Reunion in Des Moines -- Many Marriages During Summer -- Cup for Class News -- The Third Annual...
Scrapbook compiled by Evelyn Birkby; chiefly contains clippings from "Up a country lane, " Birkby's weekly homemaking column in the Shenandoah Evening Sentinel newspaper.
John E. Archer is an Iowa native, born in Centerville, who lives in West Liberty, Iowa. He has authored technical articles while working for several industrial firms. His latest project is a first-person account of growing up in Muscatine and...
The Name of the Game – This Building Campus -- Faces from the Crowd – The President’s Report -- Art Criticism in one Lesson – Toward the Engineering Art – Football Coach -- Practicing What he Preaches – Basketball A-Go-Go -- Her Honor...
Scrapbook compiled by Evelyn Birkby; chiefly contains clippings from "Up a country lane, " Birkby's weekly homemaking column in the Shenandoah Evening Sentinel newspaper.
This book is indexed and includes culinary and medical recipes. There are 40 pages of which 40 are written including the cover. Recipes include: Brown-bread; Beef brine; Blueberry Cake; Fruit Cake; French custard; Chocolate Cake; Cake for tea;...
This notebook was handwritten by Carrie L. Wirts of Baltimore, Md., circa 1917-1920. There are numerous receipts and recipes laid in, including one for Assessment and taxes for 1920. There are 188 pages of which 28 are written
Family history including author's description of her father John Strang's participation in the Civil War in Company K of the 11th Regiment of the Iowa Infantry Volunteers.
Beth M. Howard reads from Making Piece, a Memoir of Love, Loss and Pie. When journalist Beth M. Howard's young husband dies suddenly, she packs up the RV he left behind and hits the American highways. At every stop along the way—whether filming a...