Holiday Cheer and Cookery Verse in The Intelligencer
The Intelligencer prints Christmas greetings from Iowa women and festive verses. It offers cheerful musings and holiday receipts, including a turkey roast with Stowell's Evergreen corn, dressing, and a candied cherry sherbet dessert to pair with the meal.
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the Intelligencer
Iowa
Union Sunday Schools
Clermont
The
Intelligencer
Stowell
Warren Garst
Federation Resolution Ends Extravagant Gift Giving
Mrs J J Seerley of Burlington presides as Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs endorses a resolution urging members to curb extravagant and inappropriate gifts at holiday times. It states the spirit of peace and good will should guide giving and warns against draining time and funds.
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Burlington
Iowa Federation of Women’s Clubs
James Russell
Launfal
Lowell
Honest Time Avoidance Reflections on Attendance
A reflective piece questions the common excuse I really have no time. It recalls Tolstoy advising honest feedback to a singer and recounts an archaeology lecture where lack of interest trumped time. The author urges candid self honesty about priorities and attendance.
President Des Moines Conversational Club
The fragment mentions a Des Moines club and a phrase about the song of the angels and peace on earth. No clear event or names beyond the club reference.
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Des Moines
Song of the Angels
English Plum Pudding and Custard Mixture Recipe Notes
A vintage recipe fragment outlines English plum pudding ingredients and method with suet raisins currants mixed peel sugar eggs flour and vinegar, plus a cream element and long boiling time. It includes a separate small custard like mix with sugar egg butter flour and milk to flavor as desired.
Christmas Carol Quotes and Gelatine Recipe From Dinah Mulock Graik
A mixed clipping notes a quotation from A Christmas Carol and a gelatin dessert recipe. It references Mrs Henry J Howe of Marshalltown and library commission work. The recipe describes gelatin soaked in water, milk warmed, beaten egg yolks, sugar salt, then gelatin, ginger syrup preserved ginger orange juice lemon juice vanilla, cooled and whipped cream. The entry blends literary snippet with culinary instruction and local names.
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Knox
Prize Winners at International Livestock Show Record I A B C
I B C students shared 150 dollars of a 350 dollar prize pool for best articles on horse cattle sheep and swine exhibits at the International Livestock show. WA Eldridge of Delphi Indiana who studied at Purdue won first in horses and cattle. C V Gregory won first in swine Elis Rail took second in horses and fourth in swine and sheep. E M Wentworth earned third in horses.
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Cheago Livestock World
WA. Eldridge
Delphi
Indiana
Purdue
Ames
C. V. Gregory
Elis Rail
Plea for simple gifting in holiday letters
Marie M Carrell, former president of the Des Moines Women’s Club, urges frugal Christmas giving and shares quotes about generosity. She offers a stuffed date recipe using cream cheese and walnuts as an affordable substitute for expensive condiments.
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The
Des Moines Women’s Club
Methodists Rally Day Service Celebrates Church Drive
Joseph W. Powell leads a rally as funds for a new church total 27 488 dollars after subscriptions and bonds are counted. Preparations for spring building begin. The Brotherhood of St Paul forms with 112 members and installs officers led by F B King president and Andrew M Shea chaplain.
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Joseph W. Powell
Dr. Shea
Powell
Brotherhood
Brotherhood of St. Paul
Home Front China visitor at Boone College
Mr. Cloud of Boone and Miss Le Compte, Boone schools teacher, visited the Newens at the college on Sunday. Cloud is on a three month government consul service furlough from China and expects to be recalled to duty soon.
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Mr. Cloud
Boone
Ames Poultry Show Likely at State College Grounds
The Ames Poultry Breeders association will hold its first chicken show January 8 to 11, 1907 during the short course at Iowa State College. Breeders gain a fine chance to exhibit stock. apply for premium list from secretary F. N. Fowler.
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Ames
Ames Poultry Breeders’ Association
Iowa State College
F. N. Fowler
Ames government building delayed by bad roads
In a December 20 1906 note from John A. T. Santa Claus to Parley Sheldon Capt. Greeley and the Commercial club committee he states he cannot bring the Ames government building this season due to bad roads.
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Washington
D. C
Intelligencer
Ames
Parley Sheldon
Capt
Greeley
Commercial Club
Iowa Day Celebrates Gov Kirkwood and Louisiana Transfer
Iowa Day honors Samuel J. Kirkwood born December 20 1813 commemorating his Iowa leadership and a 1803 transfer of Louisiana Territory. Ames marks the event with college ceremonies at the chapel and school programs across districts led by President Storms and Dr Cessna with music from Prof Ressler.
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Iowa
Towa
Samuel J. Kirkwood
Louisiana Territory
France
United States
Ames
Gov Kirkwood
Louisiana
Iowa State College
College Chapel
Storms
H. Cessna
F R. Conaway
Frank Ressler
Supt. King
Ames City
Samuel J. Kirkwood Born December 20 1813 in Maryland
Samuel J. Kirkwood was born on his father's farm in Hartford Maryland on December 20 1813. In 1835 his family moved to Richland County Ohio where he helped clear and open a farm.
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Samuel J. Kirkwood
J. A. Fitchpatrick
Hartford
Maryland
Richland County
Ohio
Masons Host Day Delegates From Nearby Cities
Arcadia Masonic Lodge held a rally day with three candidates raised to the M M degree EB W Valentine Martin Sorenson of Ames and CO D Shepard of Chibert. Work ran 2 to 6 pm followed by dinner and toasted remarks from notable guests, with delegates from Boone Cambridge Nevada and visitors from Des Moines Illinois Ohio and Wisconsin. 125 members and guests attended as A S Griffith and Cambridge lodge teams led the work.
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Arcadia Masonic Lodge
EB. W. Valentine
Martin Sorenson
Ames and CO
G. A. Underwood
Frank J. Ressler
F. R. Conaway
A. Moreton
8. W. Byer
J. R. Lincoln
Ames
Frank Thompson
Cambridge
Chas, Tucker
L. R. Harper
Boone
Samuel Statler
Nevada
Des Moines
Ilinois
Ohio
Wisconsin
A. 8. Griffith
Frank Thompsons
Loage
Slander Case Settled Without Trial
Hazelbaker v Devendorf ends with defendant apologizing. Court records show no grounds for the slander claim and the case settles prior to trial.
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Hazelbaker
Mrs Dyer Exhibit At Keatings This Week
Mrs Dyer will display china and water color paintings at Keating's this week, showcasing delicate porcelain works alongside vibrant watercolor pieces.
Trials of the Holiday Clerk in Christmas Shopping
A poem observing holiday shopping crowds and the pressures on retail clerks. It notes weary workers forced to mask real feelings while customers seek gifts, and bosses demand efficiency amid the rush. The piece reflects seasonal bustle and clerkly endurance.
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Santa Claus
C. BH. Mavens, la
Christmas in Berlin tableau from Des Moines group
Mrs. W. W. Witmer describes a Berlin Christmas with German customs in a shared flat. The day includes a pine scented streets tour a large tree lighting a special dinner and gift exchange with the hansfrau and servants. The piece highlights German shops churches and the absence of Santa while focusing on Christ child tales and practical gifts.
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W. W. Witmer
Des Moines
Penny Provident Association
Berlin
Hansfrau
Germany
Banco
Santa Claus
Kirkwood’s Rise From Law Student to Iowa Governor Rival
The narrative traces his 1840s law study and bar admission, marriage to Jane Clark, and service as prosecuting attorney. It covers his role in the Ohio constitutional convention, party shifts from Free Soil Democrat to Republican, and entry into milling near Iowa City. It details his 1856 Iowa Senate term, the 1859 Iowa governor race against Augustus Dodge, Kirkwood’s plain attire and forceful rhetoric, the 56,502 to 53,332 result, then his 1865 appointment as Secretary of the Interior under Lincoln, with later return to Iowa City and Senate ambitions amid 1875 Republican maneuvers.
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Jane Clark
Republican Party
Iowa City
State Senate
Des Moines
Augustus Caesar Dodge
United States Senate
Kirkwood
General Dodge
Ince
Mer
Merrit
United
Lincoln
January Tee
Johnson
Aldaro
Senate
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Merry Christmas
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J. J. Seerley
My Christmas
Elsie Lincoln
Tolstoi
W. H. Baily
Rapheel
Henry J. Howe
Marshalltown
Town Library Commission
Dinah Mulock Graik
Christ
Galilee
Nazareth
Browning
Sky Press
Hy Park
Chic
Chicago Livestock World
Mrs
Marie M’carthy Carrell
Maurice Materlinck
J. W. Powell
F. B. King
R. C. Barrett
W. J. Miller
John Montgomery
Andrew M. Shea
J. A. Campbell
Herman Knapp
Geo. Graham
D. M. Ghrist
F. M. Cupps
W. A. McDonald
C. L. Waltmire
J. L. Young
J. H. Williams
B. O. Stillman
Alfred H. Munn
Melvin Brooks
Frank
China
John A. T. Santa Claus
Ames College
Vaterland
Samuel J. Kirk Wood Lowas
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