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kellison71
Jan 106 min read
Holly’s Landing on the Banks of the Saginaw River Â
“Holly’s Landing, one of the area’s new restaurants, opens for business today.  Holly’s, representing a $500,000 investment, is located...
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kellison71
Jan 44 min read
Starting a New Year By Looking Back: A Return to the Kozy Korner
This week’s recipe, the first for 2025, is an update on our continuing exploration of the chopped peanut sandwich and Saginaw’s...
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kellison71
Dec 29, 20242 min read
Where to Go--New Year's Eve, 1944
New Year Year’s Eve is a time to reflect. A time to look back and a time to look forward. For the recipe column the emphasis is on...
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kellison71
Dec 22, 20244 min read
Two Holidays & Two Churches: A Recipe for Friendship
In 2024 the First Day of Hanukkah, the Jewish Festival of Lights, starts at sundown on December 25 – which coincides with Christmas Day....
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kellison71
Dec 15, 20245 min read
A Break From Holiday Shopping – 1976
The 1976 holiday shopping season offered Saginaw shoppers new department store dining destinations – two restaurants in the transformed...
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kellison71
Dec 8, 20245 min read
Catherine Calista Johnson Mershon
“Wanted a thoroughly competent cook – Call between 10 and 12 a.m., 421 North Washington Avenue. The highest wages will be paid to a cook...
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kellison71
Dec 1, 20243 min read
A Dream Kitchen--Purchased at the State Street Kroger
A few weeks ago, we paid a visit to Saginaw’s State Street Kroger. When it opened on February 29, 1956, advertising promoted it as “a...
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kellison71
Nov 24, 20243 min read
Celebrating Thanksgiving Day with a Football Game: Ever-Changing Traditions Â
“On a cold November day in 1894, a group of high school boys proudly wearing the red and yellow colors of Saginaw West Side High School...
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kellison71
Nov 17, 20243 min read
A New Store for Sears, Roebuck and Company
“More than 200 Sears, Roebuck and Co. Employees and guests will participate in the ground-breaking ceremony for the new Sears retail...
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