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Newspaper
Kingman Star
Location
Kingman, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1914
Page
4
Mrs W E Gray of Elizabeth Mississippi arrived Tuesday for an extended visit with her children James Shoaf visited in Yeddo Saturday.
The article suggests making small festive cakes for children at Christmas using simple ingredients. Prepare a half inch thick sponge cake, ice in pink green white or chocolate, decorate with candies or holly, then cut into oblong pieces and paint chocolate spots for decoration.
A vintage recipe describes halving shortening with apgar and milk to make Holly cakes. Mix flour and baking powder, cream shortening with sugar, beat yolks, add milk, then combine with dry ingredients. Bake in shallow pans fifteen to eighteen minutes, dust with sugar, cut with a cake cutter, ice white, and top with holly sprigs.
A description of party games for a Christmas gathering including a sign guessing activity with a confederate and a spotting cane, followed by a nonsense rhyme chain game where players collaboratively craft rhymes on a folded note.
Snowballs are made by shaping toys in batting, wrapped in tissue, and dusted with frost powder to resemble real snow. Two baskets hold the balls for a relay where children race to collect and return them. No ball may break. fouls incur penalties. winning side is counted by successful players.
A Christmas game involves placing a cork on a chair at four to five feet high. The player uses a forefinger to gauge height, then steps back, closes one eye, and tries to strike the cork off. The attempt typically fails and provokes laughter from onlookers.
Read about festive games as long winter evenings arrive. Lively candy picking and the famous sucker toy get playful attention. A quick yarn on a rag rug trick ends with a flat surface plate gimmick for sticky fun.
C H Ratcliff and wife of Weedersburg visited over Sunday with the Wilkey family. Fred Thompson of Sheldon Illinois visited relatives here. Mrs Ed Reath visited in Yeddo. Miss Helen Flesher spent Saturday and Sunday in Frankfort. Mrs Ron Philpott and Mrs Ora Philpott were in Attica Tuesday. L A Bowsher was transacting business in Danville Illinois Tuesday.
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