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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,...

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Aug 2, 20202 min read


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...

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Jul 26, 20203 min read


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...

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Jul 19, 20203 min read


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...

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Jul 15, 20202 min read


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...

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Jul 12, 20201 min read


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...

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Jul 5, 20201 min read


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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Jun 30, 20202 min read


Apple Pie - Just Like Aunt Jenny Use to Make
In the 1930s and 40s, thousands of Saginaw housewives welcomed “Aunt Jenny” and her radio show "Real Life Stories" into their kitchens...

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Jun 29, 20202 min read


Who is Fred Hollister?
“We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us.” Winston Churchill Although this quote is over-used in advertising campaigns and has...

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Jun 24, 20202 min read
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