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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1920
Page
2
How to Care for Kitchen Floors in Historic Advice
The article advises scrubbing to prevent wood splintering, scraping smooths damaged floors, filling cracks, and applying erude oil or a specialized hardening preparation. It warns against wax or varnish in kitchens or bathrooms due to slipperiness and water damage, noting maintained floors stay easier to keep in good condition.
Towel Washing Tips From Household Advice
The text offers practical tips for washing towels in homes with frequent but not thorough cleansing. It suggests hanging aprons over towels to hide stains and keeps towels white, noting brown and colored aprons can affect the result. It emphasizes preserving whiteness without perfect stain removal.
A Novel Salad Easy Pineapple Pimento Poinsettia
A dainty salad recipe describes layering a slice of canned Hawaiian pineapple on lettuce, spreading cream cheese, adding peppery pimento petals, a dollop of cheap mayonnaise, and finishing with a stuffed olive at the center. The instructions emphasize decorative presentation and simple ingredients.
House Inventories
Simpler insurance schemes push blank residence inventories to attract clients. A 12 page booklet guides fire care, inventory and appraisal, with pages for original and three revisions, room by room notes, purchase date and cost. They cost six to seven cents and should be mailed carefully.
Convicted by a Thermometer in a Kirkintilloch Case
A tale from Dr. Whitelaw of Kirkintilloch recalls a night attack with robbery and injury. The thief used a clinical thermometer to record a patient’s temperature and later a matching thermometer led police to the culprit in Glasgow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitelaw
Kirkintilloch
Scotland
Glasgow
Orientation and animal navigation across vast journeys
The piece argues that many species use non sight based navigation to return home. It cites birds, fishes, cats, horses, and even whales with eyes set back, suggesting unknown sensory organs in the head or snout guide their migrations.
Grocery Price List From Local Market Ad
The advertisement lists bulk coffee types and prices, syrups, canned vegetables, beans, peaches, apricots, apples, salmon, milk, washing powders, toilet paper, corn puffs and flakes, bacon and hams, navy and Lima beans, potatoes, and soaps with per unit and package prices typical of a mid 20th century market circular. It shows multiple brands and bulk quantities across departments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers Pride
van Camp
Bordens
Tried Cooking ry Mecipes Potted Eggs Boiled and French Desserts
A compact United States era home recipe list covers egg paste potted eggs with butter and mace, chocolate soufflé steps, ripe grape jelly process, and Spanish scrambled eggs with peppers onions tomato stock and cheese. It preserves period culinary guidance and practical steps.
Keeping the Range Shiny Says New York Sun
The New York Sun suggests housewives restore dull iron ranges by scrubbing with hot water soap, drying, then applying paraffin wax with a wool mitten. Add powdered stove blocking for a shine and rub in with the mitten for a durable finish.
Japanese table garden trees with ancient age noted
A Japanese garden builder explains that ageing trees hundred years old are preferred for table gardens. Older dwarfed trees imported in winter survive the voyage better. younger thirty to forty year trees may die. They need sun fresh air daily watering and moist roots. roots are short thick tubers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gorden
Charcoal Purifier Promised for Musty Rooms
The New Haven Journal-Courier urges suspending charcoal in net bags in odorous places to keep the air pure. It advises weekly removal and emptying of the bars to maintain a sweet atmosphere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
New Haven Journal-Courier
Recipes That Have Merit and Budget Dishes
A column of home style dishes covers jellied chicken and oyster fillets, drop cookies, egg and cheese on toast, mutton tea with barley, steved tripe, iced beef tea, poached eggs in milk, plain omelet, and related notes. Each item lists basic ingredients and simple steps for boil, bake, or simmer.
Oven heat guides for perfect baking from the Montreal Star to New York Sun
The piece explains testing oven temperature with a paper, cooling hot ovens with water and rack, and using heat levels for different baked goods. It covers keeping heat steady for milk puddings, rich cakes, pies, and pastries, and offers tips to prevent burning and sagging. It ends with guidance on selecting mutton and lamb, noting fat color and age.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuys
Montreal Star
Jake
Household Tips From an Old Pantry
Practical tidbits include using whipped cream in a pitcher to cut spatter, taping a measure to a sewing machine edge, damp cloth to loosen cake from pans, and avoiding soap on glass. Suggestions cover cleaning, polishing, baking, ant control, and scent deterrents like wormwood.
Carpet pile rotation to extend stair runner life
The Washington Herald notes moving a stair carpet’s tread a couple of inches up or down periodically keeps the pile uniform and fresh, preventing wear. The practice costs nothing and can greatly extend carpet life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Herald
Creamy Meat Toast Dish Instructions from Los Angeles Express
Take cold meat such as turkey or chicken, make it tender and well done, cut small pieces. Mix with half a sweet pepper minced fine, one tablespoon flour, salt, pepper and paprika, then add cold milk or cream and water to a creamy consistency. Boil five minutes, finish with a walnut-sized butter, and pour over buttered toast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis Republic
Los Angeles Express
Homemade Paint Surface Cleaner Remedy
An easy cleaner for painted surfaces combines two quarts of hot water two tablespoons of turpentine and a pint of skimmed milk to lift grime and restore finish.
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Hanna & Huffman
Bank and Trust Company
United States Government
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Congress
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Michigan Ave
Chicago
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