Pageant renews Canandaigua treaty with New York tribes
A Rochester pageant by Mrs. Speelman marked the Canandaigua treaty of 1784 with the six Iroquois tribes. The Tonawanda festival featured a parchment copy of the treaty, native costumes, and remarks by Dr Arthur Parker. The tribes receive yearly goods as payment, historically five yards of calico this year.
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New York
United States
Canandaigua
N. Y
Margaret, Speelman
Haskell
New Tonawanda
Akron
Arthur C. Parker
Rochester Museum of Arts and Sciences
Canada
Tonawanda
Pile fabrics should be made with nap all running the same way
A reader explains errors in corduroy and velvet work when pile runs in different directions. Experts advise patterns be laid so the pile runs uniformly on all pieces to avoid two shade effects and a flat look.
Homemade Candy Recipes for a Festive Season
A reader offers simple candy ideas for holidays including Twisted Candy Canes Molasses Taffy Divinity Fudge Vinegar Taffy Peanut Butter Fudge and Fondant. Each recipe lists ingredients and steps to reach a workable candy stage with cooling and shaping guidance.
Light Supper After Santa Visit Menu Idea
The reader is advised to plan a Christmas Eve light supper after gifts and Santa arrives. Proposes a warm, advance prepare menu with creamed chicken or veal, white fish, eggs, and a substantial dessert like a large frosted layer cake. Includes mint candle warming, festive sweets, and candy treats for children.
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Santa
Santa Claus
Germany Cool Toward France After Laval Departure
German attitude toward collaboration cooled after Pierre Laval left the Vichy government. French officials indicated today that the Petain cabinet meetings continued with expectations of a cabinet reshuffle.
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Germany
France
Vichy
Petain
Pierre Laval
Bright Gifts for Winter Weather for Girls this Christmas
Winter clothing items dominate gift ideas with parkas in white or bright colors, hooded wool suits, and embroidered sashes. Heavy woolen hose and mittens or gloves, including Swiss embroidery and contrasting yarn seams, are highlighted as valued presents in crimson white green and blue.
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Lawrence
Switzerland
Tricks With Cookies Shine With Evaporated Milk Glaze
The guide shows a glaze recipe for holiday cookies using 2 tablespoons evaporated milk and 1 tablespoon sugar. It notes this method gives a glossy, professional-looking finish to baked cookies.
English Phim Pudding Pouwnd And Baking Instructions
A recipe text describes English plum pudding components including beef suet or ground pound, currants, sorghum, and spice measures. It gives steps to dampen a cloth, place batter, and steam for six hours or three hours in a cannister, noting origins from England and a local recipient Mrs. Virginia Hargett. The piece closes with a sentimental verse about Emmanuel and a nudge to gift a Journal-World subscription.
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England
Virginia Hargett
Ohio St
Plan Your Christmas Feast Around Roast
Plan your Christmas feast around roast meat with dressing choices to suit taste and pocketbook. Choose turkey goose duck or chicken and follow these recipes to ensure a successful meal.
Old Fashioned Poultry Dressing Instructions For Turkey And Chicken
A vintage recipe set guides cleaning and stuffing chickens and a 10 pound turkey. It covers washing warm water with soda, preparing dressings with bread crumbs celery salt sage curry powder and poultry seasoning, seaming openings, roasting times, gravy from giblets, and a celery olive Brazil nut stuffing mixture.
Town Kitchen Recipe for Apple Celery Stuffing
A brief cooking note outlines making an apple celery stuffing. Melt butter and brown onion, add chopped celery bread crumbs chopped apple and parsley. Season with salt and pepper. Optional raisins add sweetness.
Potato Stovetop Mash With Cracker Crumbs and Giblets
A recipe combines two cups mashed potatoes with cracker crumbs two cups and melted butter four cups plus melted sausage fat percent cup and chopped cooked giblets. Season with salt pepper and poultry seasoning then moisten with hot water to reach the right consistency.
Soup Recipes Spark Holiday Dinners with Savory Flavors
A collection of soup recipes outlines tomato, asparagus, cream of mushroom and other soups with ingredients and steps. Details include cups of stock and milk, butter and flour roux, seasonings, and serving notes. The guide also mentions canned tomato and pea soups and a lobster bisque variation.
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Margaret Speelman
Six Tribes
Paul Anderson
Route 1
London
Winston Churchill
Harrow
Churchill
Emmanuel
Louisa Cooke
Don Carlos
The
Journal-World
Arrow
Arrow Fancy
Jimmy
Jack Frost
E. W. Young
Ed Young
Lawrence National Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Vermont
Kansas
Han
Ing
Nishing Telephone Service
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
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