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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1906
Page
7
A fragment lists recipes and notes for holiday confections from Mrs. Senator James H. Trewin of Cedar Rapids and Mrs. Will O. Whiting of Iowa. It includes almon cookies, pulled candy, nut drops, and peanut brittle with measurements and preparation hints.
A historical passage explains a Christmas dessert using Cox gelatine dissolved in milk, then heated with egg yolks and sugar, folded with whipped whites, flavored with vanilla and set in moulds. Serve cold with cream.
A historical recipe note lists a dessert method from the wife of the Superintendent of Public Instruction. It includes a pudding with raisins, currants, sorghum molasses and sour milk, steamed for hours, and a custard with chocolate, milk, sugar and flour plus a dessert dip of sugar flour butter and nutmeg.
The letter suggests a playful Christmas gift exchange with hidden packages placed in rooms on the first two floors and possibly three or four rooms. Each person hunts for a gift, returns mislaid packages, and opens gifts for all to view. It praises The Intelligencer for recent improvements and social coverage.
Boil half a cup of molasses one cup red sugar cream and grated chocolate. Stir constantly test in ice water. Before removing from heat add vanilla and butter the size of an egg. Let boil once and pour into red tins about one inch thick.
Fragmentary notice mentions Mrs Olivette Chevalier Jun Kin formerly of Ames now Mrs Senator Jun Kin Red Oak with a religious quote about Christmas. The text also includes a recipe fragment detailing gelatin with fruit juice and mayonnaise dressing.
A festive note urges sharing happiness with grieving homes and absent loved ones. A quoted Longfellow verse accompanies guidance to send greetings, small gifts, or blooms. Included is a simple spice cake recipe with sugar butter sour milk eggs and spices.
A vintage suggestion from Citizens National Bank Des Moines describes a nine to ten inch pie pan filled with popcorn nuts and bon bons. Gifts hidden in the pie are tied with red or green ribbons to a card and guests pull ribbons to reveal a plum prize. Decorations include cotton and diamond dust with holly sprays. The pie is served as the final course to end with merriment.
Mrs W M McFarland shares a boiled milk fruit pudding. Ingredients include bread crumbs milk eggs molasses raisins nuts figs and candied ginger to steam or bake then sliced. A separate vanilla flavored sauce combines sugar flour butter and boiling water to finish the dessert.
A biographical sketch recounts Governor Kirkwood's thwarted nomination by Weaver supporters, Kirkwood's 1876 plurality and senate term, his interior secretary role, and Lincoln era offers. It notes his early life, farming roots, advocacy for Iowa's agricultural college, and wartime leadership. The piece praises his public service, character, connections with the people, and his death in 1894.
A relative recalls Governor Kirkwood as a droll, hospitable man who preferred home life over public office. He enjoyed fireside chats with friends, reading current topics, and modest leisure with family. A nearby widow friend once lectured him about tobacco after dinner cigars.
Last Monday Nelson Taylor celebrated his 90th birthday at home near Bloomington four miles northeast of Ames with Fay Taylor his youngest son. The article traces Taylor lineage from early American settlers and notes his long health, two marriages, eight children and extensive family ties across Iowa Kansas and Illinois.
Clarence Baker of Ames died in Des Moines Friday from a brain tumor after an operation about a month earlier. He was a brother of H P Baker and Stannard Baker and had been employed with the Aleton Book Co since the illness began.
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