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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1915
Page
3
A concise Herald want ad offers fast results for buyers and sellers. It highlights an easy format, affordable rates, and quick placement to reach a broad local audience.
An editorial argues advertising lowers consumer prices by boosting sales on small margins. It compares advertisers to non-advertisers, stating ads enable better goods at lower prices through increased turnover and shared costs.
The article argues against overdoing remedies for sick chickens, urging quick burial for hopeless cases and careful observation for treatable ones. It advises quarantine for ailing birds, thorough cleaning of premises, and targeted care including lice control, tonics, fresh air, and proper heat for chicks. It notes disease outbreaks can reveal neglected farm faults and spur reform.
The wire tied label on fruit trees should not be discarded at planting. Record the tree count and position in writing. Shift the label from stem to a branch with space for growth two seasons. After that time rust weakens the wire and prevents strangulation. Use permanent metallic labels hung by soft galvanized wire. Also keep hand hoes sharp with a coarse file. Barbers supply conversation at cut rates.
Advice stresses warmth dryness fresh air and clean water for young chicks and notes selling eggs if conditions fail. It recommends wheat slipped oats and bran for growth and mentions green food should be fresh and crisp for best results.
The article cites Canon MacColl noting that the brain can outgrow hats, a habit seen in Gladstone as he neared seventy during the Midlothian campaign. The Spectator attributes his perceived perpetual youth to this continual brain growth.
A New York doctor and his wife visit a smart restaurant where she hopes to find a pearl in an oyster. The pearl is swallowed by both wife and myth, prompting reflections on happiness, trust, and recognition of blessings. Also describes a circular luncheon cloth design and a cheap granite sink strainer.
A simple DIY sleeve board using a medium bath towel wound around a rolling pin offers a practical substitute when a sleeve board is unavailable. The method yields a padded, firm surface suitable for pressing and shaping fabric edges.
The sea attracts people in Britain and the United States, influencing naval and mercantile power and fueling passionate participation in seafaring sports and pastimes, as noted by Hindu in Madras.
The page lists simple recipes and home tips including eggs curry style, macaroni beads for children, custard and jam recipes, and tips for cleaning gloves and silver. It notes a safety statistic from the Inter-State Commerce Commission reporting rail travel injuries and fatalities among railroad travelers, particularly tramps, from 1901 to 1905.
A Washington club with waiters of high repute polishes service. A distinguished Episcopal bishop dines there and, amid polite errors, the head waiter mislabels him as an admiral and a colonel before correcting himself.
A bucolic man questions a Chicago newsman about knowing residents. The exchange ends with a sharp remark about not knowing every city man. Then Grace recounts her father stumbling in as Jack kissed her, prompting a humorous book-claim misunderstanding about A Study in Scarlet.
In a quiet street scene a butch er waiting for a customer signals to a poised shopper. The customer replies with a witty line claiming to be Mrs Billions. The exchange captures a light moment of polite humor amid a busy day.
A wife asks George how he likes her new hat and he hesitates to answer. She shuts him down with a firm rebuke, ending the exchange when he begins to speak candidly.
A witty exchange from a humor column contrasts a common figure of speech with a literal car part. The gag replaces the idiom with tonneau and windshield to illustrate misapplied order in a playful fashion.
A short vignette features Miss Maguire asking for mail and a postmaster confirming names, while Mrs Gable questions crepe on a hat. A husband replies with a morbid joke about mourning for a first husband, provoking quiet discomfort.
Dialogue exchanges reveal a debate on housing and rent while mocking long engagements and the idea that longer commitments lessen daily trials. The snippets imply a satirical or humorous tone about living conditions and financial strain.
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