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Newspaper
Darlington Herald
Location
Darlington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1919
Page
3
Carl Marshall argues in Thrift that household budgeting relies on basic bookkeeping. He mocks lazy housekeepers who skip records, recalling a country storekeeper outcompeted by rivals who kept accounts. You cannot plan or know your finances without keeping records.
Robert Turns died at Dumfries on July 21 1796 aged 87. His funeral on July 25 featured a military honors procession with soldiers from Dumfries Gentlemen Volunteers Angusshire Fenethle infantry and Cinque Ports cavalry. Hon Robert Bank Jenkinson later Earl of Liverpool attended. Local notable inhabitants joined a vast crowd in the town streets and churchyard.
A critic lauds The Faery Queen for its fertility of imagination and musical verse. The noble knightly tales show varied adventures, though repetition and carelessness are noted as flaws. The poet often borrows old material, integrating it into a unique edition with mixed success.
A Chinese merchant explains that delicate china should be placed in cold water and heated slowly to temper it. By letting the teaware warm gradually until cold, it can better withstand sudden heat expansion. Repeating the treatment is not necessary.
Flower shows have deep roots in English villages with origins back to ancient times. The practice likely spread after 1567 when Flemish weavers fled Philip and Alva. Elizabethan gardens adopted favorites like the gilly flower and the carnation from these floricultural displays.
The article describes traditional Alaskan Indian burial rites along the rock-bound coast of the Bering Sea. It states a dead person must pass four stages and four days of feasting and chanting before cremation. The body is hoisted through the roof, not through living doors, before ashes are stored in family grave chests. Modernization has lessened the ritual, but the door passage aversion remains.
The noted tragedienne Charlotte Cushman born in Boston on July 23, 1816 rose from a musical start to become the leading actress of the English speaking world. She began her farewell U.S. tour forty five years ago and gave her final performance at the Globe Theatre in May 1875, dying less than a year later.
G. W. Be Russell argues Palmerston was not a Whig despite long service in Whig administrations. He notes Palmerston, born and bred a Tory, valued power above party. From 1807 to 1830 he held Tory office, then spent years in Whig governments, yet remained fundamentally not a Whig. He cared chiefly for power.
Buy or sell an automobile by visiting the Herald office. Drop in to arrange service or listings and connect with the local auto trade contact.
In Washington, railway union leaders threaten a nationwide strike and push a plan to nationalize railroad and other industries. Citing government wage hikes since 1917, they seek another billion dollar increase and operate railroads under a worker-controlled, communistic profit sharing model. They plan a broad campaign with funds reportedly reaching tens of millions.
A brief note on merchant confidence in ads, asserting buyers may rely on advertised goods as up to date and not shop worn, and that patrons are safe patronizing merchants whose ads appear in the paper.
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