Obituary Notice Policy at The Herald
The Herald informs readers obituary notices incur a charge of one dollar per obituary and an additional fee per line for poetry. This pricing applies to all obituaries published in the newspaper.
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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1921
Page
2
The Herald informs readers obituary notices incur a charge of one dollar per obituary and an additional fee per line for poetry. This pricing applies to all obituaries published in the newspaper.
Washington bulletin recalls Sivas as a once mighty Asia Minor capital on a plateau near the Black Sea. It notes Armenian rulers, Byzantine status, Marco Polo’s visit, and Timur’s 1400 massacre, contrasting past grandeur with modern decline and rich mineral potential.
Instructions from the United States Department of Agriculture on clean practices and step by step methods for preparing yeast bread. It covers dough preparation kneading rising times temperatures and variations such as short sponge and overnight sponge methods with specific quantities.
United States Department of Agriculture specialists advise washing bristle brushes in lukewarm water with ammonia or borax, drying bristles downward, and avoiding full immersion. Corn brooms may be washed in hot soapy water with care to protect wires, while mops and dust cloths require thorough rinsing and proper drying.
A compact home advisory notes a dusty attic attracting pests and offers quick kitchen hints. It suggests planting kohlrabi in a vacation garden and adding thyme to fowl filling for flavor. It also mentions saving cereal to thicken soups and ensuring cellar ventilation with screened windows.
Agricultural guidance on drying late winter apples and pears from the US Department of Agriculture. It covers selecting mature fruit, handling to avoid bruising, rapid processing to evaporators, paring and slicing methods, blanching options, tray drying, sun or warm dryer methods, and tests for doneness and moisture.
A collection of home care tips covering kitchen cleaning and maintenance. Suggestions include whitening cellars, mosquito prevention with old tins, spinach carrot balls as a wholesome dish, brushing pies with milk for browning, storing honey away from light, using a whisk broom for woodwork, borax to brighten dingy oilcloth, soda and boiling water to remove kitchen grease, a long-handled spoon for ice cream service, linoleum floors to prevent buckling, dyeing faded white clothes for play wear, snap shields on the ends and middle to keep in place, and feeding nourishing egg white to invalids with tea or coffee.
A Brown library display proves Charles E Hughes read widely, listing novels by Tennyson and Longfellow among his university books. The piece argues for diverse reading for both pleasure and discipline, citing Poe, Darwin, Johnson, and Mrs. Asquith on sustained study and daily serious reading.
A village New England shopkeeper recalls advising a graduate to pursue sales work in large stores. She emphasizes the need for appearance, training, and ambition, noting sales as a growing, challenging profession with competition and effort required for success.
Senator Sorgum quips about his rival using good English while noting the opponent’s ideas are slight. The exchange highlights rhetorical emphasis on language over policy.
The piece explains the difference between angry and mad in everyday and figurative use. It notes psychologists link emotion to action but stresses mad means insanity while angry covers vexation. It gives examples like mad with pain and mad at that fellow, advising proper word choice.
The article recalls early photography milestones from Darkening silver salts to the first photograph with Draper in 1840 and Talbot's developing fluid. It also notes a rise in American egrets on a South Carolina plantation, counting twenty nine birds this season under migratory bird protections.
In a dialogue a heiress tells Alphonse she will marry him to quell gossip while planning to give her fortune to missionaries. He halts, then reveals his own intention to become a missionary as he leaves.
A brief witty exchange turns playful as a couple jokes about proving love through a kiss leaving an imprint. The lighthearted moment hints at affection and teasing between two people.
A NSW coalfield mineral called fibrofer rite or mullide excites miners and traders. It has raised high expectations and caused spontaneous combustion problems in mines. Estimates of value vary, with chemical tests hinting at valuable dye and product use potential, and a mine manager deeming it possibly more valuable than coal.
An old classified line lists T. H. I, E. Traction with a telephone contact 823 and the word Green. The brief entry appears as a compact public notice or ad fragment from the period.
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