Local Greencastle Star-Democrat Greencastle News Note
The Greencastle Indiana Star-Democrat introduces its afternoon edition published by the Star-Democrat Publishing Company with editors Charles J. Arnold and William T. Sitlington and subscription details for carriers and mail.
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The
Star-Democrat Publishing Company
South Jackson Street
Greencastle Indiana
Charles J. Arnold
William T. Sitlington
Bingle
Greencastle
Indiana
Postoffice
Doan's Kidney Pills Endorsed By Resident Sillery
A Greencastle resident, William Sillery, testifies that Doan's Kidney Pills cured his disordered kidneys a decade ago and remains permanent. The ad notes a re endorsement dated June 5 1912 and urges readers to buy Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole US agents with price 59 cents.
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Greencastle
William Sillery Barber
Liberty St
Ind
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo New York
United States
Doan
Nother
Diarrhoea Quickly Cured by Chamberlain's Remedy
A Pennsylvania resident testimonial credits Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for quick relief from diarrhoea after a merchant persuaded use. The note claims one to two doses cure ordinary cases and notes wide dealer availability.
Notice of Final Settlement of Johnson C Herod Estate
Notice to creditors heirs and legatees of Johnson C Herod deceased to appear in Putnam Circuit Court Green castle Indiana on September 1 1913 to show cause why final settlement accounts should not be approved and to prove heirship and receive distributive shares witnessed by Clerk Arthur J Hamrick on July 30 1913 with Aug 8 entry.
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Johnson C. Herod
Putnam Circuit Court
Greencastle
Indiana
Arthur J, Hamrick
Ills of Women Relief with Chamberlain’s Tablets
Chronic constipation causes nervousness dizziness and a sallow complexion in many women. Chamberlain's Tablets invariably bring relief and are easy to take and pleasant in effect. For sale by all dealers.
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Chamberlain
Rice Ice Cream and Custard Cones from Old Recipe
Boil five minutes two cups cream with sugar lemon rind bay leaves and cinnamon. Mix ground rice with cool milk, add hot cream and simmer fifteen minutes. Strain and cool, add vanilla, freeze while folding in whipped cream. Serve in cups with almonds. Make custard with cream orange marmalade lemon juice and apple jelly, freeze and serve in cones with chopped nuts.
Marble Potato Ball Salad With Beets and Onions
Prepare potato balls from raw potatoes, boil until firm, and chill. Boil white button onions and beets, chill and cut beets into balls. Arrange on lettuce, marinate potato balls in French dressing, coat with minced parsley and celery, center with potatoes and surround by onions and beets. Finish by dousing with dressing over the layered salad.
Loaf Marble Cake Recipe Steps
A traditional loaf marble cake procedure uses butter and sugar creamed together, then milk and eggs, flour with baking powder and cocoa. Batter is divided, portions colored with cocoa and yolks or whites, then layered and baked in a loaf pan.
Watermelon Pickles Made Transparent and Spicy
A reader reveals a method to keep watermelon pickles translucent while adding heat. By mixing two thirds of a drain of cloves with one ounce of pure alcohol, the colorless solution is added to the brine, imparting pleasant flavor without dulling the amber color.
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News-Democrat
Mocha Sponge Cake Recipe Notes
A recipe describes beating two eggs until light then adding one cup sugar and one cup bread flour sifted five times with baking powder. Mix in hot milk and flavor with lemon or vanilla to form a small sheet cake, with a mocha frosting option.
Pear Croquettes From Rice and Egg Delicately Fried
Recipe describes preparing pear shaped croquettes from well washed rice and egg, flavored with a pinch of salt and sugar then fried to serve with lamb or chicken or as a lemon sauce dessert.
Anatomy for Beginners: A Humorous Card on Human Body
A playful educational piece describes the body from hips to feet and skin, noting cold feet, facial complexion, muscles, and internal organs. It jokes that organs mainly exist to furnish surgeons a living, reflecting a quirky humor about anatomy.
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Lipptneutt
Exciting Run Narrated In Slang
A fragmentary quote recalls a home run hit yesterday with a storyteller boasting about batting alongside his father. The casual sports banter captures a nostalgic field moment and adds local color.
A Lost Opportunity
A fragmented excerpt depicts small boys observing an accident as a little girl falls down stairs and is described as not badly hurt. The scene centers on anxious relatives and bystanders with a comic but sympathetic tone.
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Tommy
Dorothy
Miller’s Friendly Jab Sparks Brief Eavesdrop Moment
A miller idling by his garden gate greets a passing young farmer named George. George replies gruffly to the greeting, prompting the miller to quip that it must have been George’s ears flapping. The exchange ends with no harm and a light tease.
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George
Salmon Loaf and Gumbo Recipe Fragments From a 19th Century Column
The article offers a salmon loaf method with minced salmon and egg bound by soaked bread crumbs and milk, plus a gumbo base using okra, meat, tomatoes, onions, peppers, and stock. It notes serving with boiled rice and mentions sassafras infusion, then includes a dialogue excerpt about woman friends and storytelling.
Clever Woman Outwits Lawyer in Breach of Promise Case
A renowned lawyer, bested in wit by a clever woman who was mother of the plaintiff, faces a jury and concedes that he was a child in her hands. He then quips that what must his client have been, turning his failure into a success, as noted by the London Mail.
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London Mail
Peach Cream Pie and Pumpkin Pie Recipe Note
A vintage recipe note describes making two pies with peaches and spices. It lists eight peach halves, eggs beaten, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, allspice, milk, peach juice, sugar, and a baked crust mixture, suitable when pumpkins are out of season.
Chocolate Cream Cake Recipe From Historic Text
A recipe for a two layer chocolate cream cake with sour milk, melted chocolate, and a cocoa coffee frosting. The batter combines sugar butter egg sour milk and flour with soda and salt. Frosting uses sour cream sugar chopped nuts butter confectioners sugar cocoa and coffee.
Cold Catsup Recipe From Old Time Household Guide
Recipe for long keeping catsup uses raw tomatoes onions celery sugar salt mustard ground cloves black pepper and coriander with four peppers. Mix, add three pints cider vinegar, boil and bottle to preserve up to three years.
Coconut Peach Cream Delight From Old-Time Kitchen
Remove milk from coconut to chill. Beat fruit with sugar and ice. Whip cream stiffly and blend with coconut milk to make two quarts. Serve in high crystal pitcher with cracked ice, dust with nutmeg, and garnish with peaches and blackberries.
Apple Garnished Pork Roast Recipe
A historic instruction describes serving pork roast on a platter with lettuce and red apples carved with cores removed. It directs making a sugar syrup with water, dropping apples in, cooking until soft, then arranging apples around the roast and filling the centers with syrup.
Homemade Cucumber Pickles and Dates Cake Mix
A vintage recipe describes pickling cucumbers in salt and vinegar with sugar and mustard. It then instructs a batter with dates flour baking powder eggs and a round can baked half an hour. A butter vanilla sauce with sugar and egg is prepared and cooled.
Prisoner Challenges Jurors In Courtroom Irony
The burly prisoner faces the judge at arraigns and says he would not mind a round with the old josser in the corner, revealing a blunt, humorous take on jury selection.
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Josser
Notis Trespaser Warns Off Neighbors on Missouri Farm
A rural Missouri notice warns trespassers will be prosecuted to the full extent by a landowner. The post threatens dogs and a double-barreled shotgun as deterrents, stating the property has been disturbed by outsiders and that the farmer is fed up with the ongoing issue.
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Missouri
Pillera Dam
Tomato Peach Preserve Prep from Old Recipe Fragment
A fragmented cooking note describes simmering twenty four ripe tomatoes with sugar for an hour, adding nine peeled peaches sliced thin for another hour, keeping four peach pits during cooking, then adding vanilla, filling jars, and sealing with paraffin after cooling.
Steaming Sweet Cream Salt Corn Method
Steam sweet corn and potatoes together for about twenty minutes to save gas. This method prevents the corn from turning yellow and keeps it well cooked without scorching.
Day of Judgment Thunder Echoes in Irish Ballad Fragments
Fragmentary OCR reads a rustic spoken verse about a storm arousing Pat and Mike in a humorous, warnful call to rise at night. The text mixes dialect and exclamations as a playful sample of oral tradition.
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Pat
Moike
Mike
Arrah
Siape
Sandwich Fillings and Nut Biscuits Recipe Fragment
Instructions for a sandwich filling using walnuts raisins and pickles. Nut biscuits recipe describes sour, ferments, nuts, butter, eggs, salt and baking powder, mixing, rolling, cutting rounds and baking in a hot oven.
Henry's Uncle Leaves Her Homeless in Love Scene
Henry presses Miss Stubbles for a final answer as Genevieve hesitates amid bereavement when Henry learns his uncle has died leaving him with nothing. She declares devotion and then faints, revealing upheaval in their romance.
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Miss Stubbles
Henry
Humiliation of Dan Kennedy the Railroad Engineer
Old Dan Kennedy, a Kansas City fast mail engineer of fifteen years, retires to chicken farming. At a crossing he forgets to stop and is struck by No 8 slow freight, dies after recovery and mounting humiliation in front of a friend.
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Dan Kennedy
Dan
Kansas City
Bill
Zeke Crossby Races to Barn To Save Elopement
Wiram Tanda and a hired man discuss Zeke Crossby racing to the barn. They speculate he wants to guard a machine, but another says he aims to service motors to prevent a breakdown that could disrupt an anticipated elopement with a enamelboarder.
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Zeke Crossby
Zeke
Chicago News
Two city matrons recall ex husbands at club meeting
Two Western city matrons discuss former spouses at a women’s club. One says she met Hattie’s ex Tom and learned he spoke frankly of her second marriage. He expressed remorse yet claimed not to know the new husband.
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Hattie
Tom
Fragmented dialogue line prompts abrupt exit from house
A truncated quotation shows a speaker directing a command to leave the house and a claim of an intimate action following a hesitation. The text appears as an unfinished dialogue fragment from a larger scene.
Hymn Asked Why They Sang on the Sea Pillar
A snapshot dialogue recalls singing a hymn at sea during peril. A child asks if the hymn was for the poor sailors at risk, while the mother explains it honored the rich aboard.
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Poril
A Good Scheme in the Kitchen Chorus
Humorous dialogue about singing old songs while boiling eggs. Nora explains the tune changes with the number of eggs boiled, adding a playful domestic rhythm to a domestic scene.
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Nora
Life wisdom: a girl’s heartbreak is a sprained imagination
A compact reflection notes that many young women mistake a hurtful feeling for a broken heart, suggesting that imagination can amplify distress and heal with time and perspective. The aphorism frames emotional resilience as a playful, insightful truth.
The Quick and the Dead Phrase Discussed
The exchange hints at a rustic use of the saying about the quick and the dead as those who move aside for outsiders and absent people, with a tone of rural folks debating meaning in everyday speech.
Ethels Wish Opens With New Arrival Nurse
A scene shows Ethel eagerly addressing a nurse arrival and asking to see her nursing tricks, highlighting anticipation and mentorship in a domestic setting.
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Ethel
Vacation Trips on Monon Route On Sale
Beginning June 1 the Monon Route offers greatly reduced round trip tickets to Atlantic and Pacific Coast resorts and to Colorado Michigan and other points. Send a card to the undersigned for literature and full information by return mail. W. W. Gilgis Traveling Passenger
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Monon
Atlantic
Pacific Coast
Colorado
Michigan
Etc
W. W. Gilgis
Nature’s Sarcasm Warns On Population Trends
A speculative remark notes that semi-starvation may boost fertility while overfed groups show higher childlessness, reflecting a sardonic view of population dynamics and human diet.
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