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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1906
Page
1
Official representatives of Ames Women’s clubs and church societies present favorite quotations timely suggestions and successful receipts such as a rum pudding recipe. Next week will include additional contributions. The pudding uses cup water unit molasses suet and dried fruit steamed for three hours with butter hard sauce and lemon vanilla flavoring.
A fragment from a speech by Mrs President Albert B. Storms of Iowa State College emphasizes life requiring nourishment and advocates for pure wholesome living. Chestnut stuffing recipe appears: boil chestnuts, mash, mix with cream and crumbs seasoned with salt and pepper.
Mrs Mary Little notes children cherish early Xmas days. She stresses joy as a priceless memory to last a lifetime. A poem by Paul Laurence Dunbar is quoted, reflecting on use and futility of worry and sighing in hard times.
A Christmas message from Mrs Captain K W Brown of the Baptist Church emphasizes putting Christ first over symbols, shaping homes and hearts to serve others, and recalling the Magi shepherds and angels to inspire love and service for all.
Mrs Lydia Tilden delivers a devotional message quoting angels and scripture praising the coming of the day spring and the light to guide feet to peace. She evokes Christmas themes and Immanuel in a reflective address to society members.
A fragment mentions Mrs W D Rich wife of the United States Civil Service Commissioner offering blessings and happiness. It also includes an old recipe for fig balls with figs dates lemon juice chopped nuts and sugar rolled into marble sized bonbons.
A religious verse from Mrs C H Cessna extols Christmas peace and service. The piece describes a table centerpiece a holly star with wrought iron candleabra and red candles, plus red silk stockings with bonbons as souvenirs. Also includes Prune and Apple Dressing and a turkey stuffing recipe.
Glory to God in the highest and peace on earth with good will to men. A recipe fragment for Steamed Suet and Fruit Pudding lists ingredients such as flour soda salt cinnamon nutmeg suet chopped raisins currents and citron.
A church notice from the President of the Ames Dorcas Society offers a Christmas moral exhortation to give heart and help others. It is followed by a recipe list citing biblical verses for ingredients and baking instructions to bake a long-duration, slow-to-fast rising loaf over two hours.
The note praises true goodness in giving and receiving gifts and shares a chocolate cookie recipe. Ingredients include brown sugar butter sour milk egg and flour with bakers chocolate and vanilla. Instructions detail spoon drops into a buttered pan and quick oven bake with a white egg frosting.
George Templeton, 78, born in England and longtime Grant township resident near Ames, died Tuesday afternoon after a neck swelling. A will memo was found under a carpet. George Batholomew of Des Moines was severely burned in a dynamite explosion at the college interurban site, possibly losing sight in one eye.
Preparations for the annual short course at Ames College are under way with only three weeks remaining before it begins. The event has grown in popularity since its start four years ago, and this winter promises the best season yet for agricultural departments.
Houge Bros of Slater disposed of a 175 ton scrap iron pile after three years of accumulation. The iron sold for $12 per ton to the Chernyk Iron Metal Company of Marshalltown, expected to yield about $1,800. The sale ends a long chase by junk dealers who visited the site as a local curiosity.
The Grinnell Herald notes Ames leads the livestock show for a second year in a row, once mistaken as a fluke but now seen as a steady habit by many readers.
Mrs Professor Barrett shares favorite Christmas verse lines and practical sewing tips for handkerchief sachet bags and ribbon cases. A plum bread pudding recipe is included with directions and ingredients.
The text contrasts English Christmas pantomimes with American children and includes a verse about Christmas bells. It then provides a dressing recipe method for a goose with sweet potatoes, butter, cream, egg, seasonings, and a hint of kitchen bouquet to enrich the flavor.
The text opens with a Christmas poem by Mrs L M Hart praising peaceful night and the Prince of Light. It then describes a Christmas centerpiece idea a small evergreen laden with candies toys popcorn and holly sprigs. A Hermits recipe lists raisins nuts butter eggs sugar hot water soda cloves and cinnamon to make stiff walnut sized drops for baking.
Reverend R. G. Young of Boone was found dead in his pantry in a position indicating prayer. No inquest was held as officials believed heart disease caused the death.
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