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Janet Grandy’s German Dill Pickles

Here's what you will need: 3 quarts and 1 cup water 1 cup vinegar 1 cup salt Cucumbers, about 3 inches long, split lengthwise in quarters...

Cabbage Rolls? I'll Take One!

During World War I, the YWCA coordinated and sponsored a garden between North Michigan Avenue and Niagara Street. “Recipes give us living...

Easy Strawberry Pie Recipe

“St. James Lutheran Church was filled with friends last evening to witness the marriage of Miss Elizabeth Furstenberg to Charles F. Dall,...

Mrs. Arnold Lenz’s Cabbage & Apples

Here's what you will need: 1 medium head cabbage 2 tart apples Juice of 1/2 lemon 1 medium onion 2 tsp salt Shred cabbage; peel, core and...

Mrs. Charles Ten Eyck’s Potato Salad

Are You Ready to Test this Recipe Out? • Slice cold boiled potatoes and an onion (onions thinner than potatoes). The quantity of onions...

A Golf Card with a History

While never used, this advertising piece offers a brief glimpse into the history of Saginaw's golf courses and the development of Saginaw...

Ruth Horn Cummins’ Fresh Greens

Ruth Cummins was born in Columbus, Ohio in 1907. She married George H. Cummins and they lived in Saginaw on Burt Street with their four...

What do Barbecue Sauce & Spic & Span have in common?

Naomi Mae Woolcot moved to Saginaw in 1906 when she was nine years old. She attended Hoyt and Saginaw High School, then began doing...

Shaping Saginaw: J. Fred Beckbissinger, Architect

Born in 1870, J. Fred Beckbissinger started his career - and training - working as a draftsman for Saginaw manufacturing companies and...

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