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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1913
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR shows subscription details including price for single copies two cents, carrier delivery rates four weeks and annual options. Mentions circulation area Greeneast Indiana and mailing terms.
Grimes Greencastle testimonial from Miss Jane Albin cites relief after using Dean's Kidney Pills for kidney discomfort and fatigue. Ad promotes product through Foster-Miskham Co agents with price and sole U S distributor details.
Pelana grate four good sized cucumbers and put in a small saucepan with water vinegar onion juice and salt and pepper. Simmer and press through a sieve. Add green coloring and gelatin then mold. Unmold on lettuce and fill center with mayonnaise dressed with onion juice and tarroxen vinegar, surrounded by tomato slices. Serves about eight.
A cheap reliable fly poison is described using bichromate of potash dissolved in water with sugar. It advises placing in shallow dishes around the house. A second formula uses carbolic acid heated with a shovel and twenty drops of the solution to create vapor to kill flies.
Instructions describe serving watermelons oranges pineapples coconuts peaches and peaches in syrup. Directions include chilling washing cutting peeling arranging on platters and sweetening with sugar and cream. It reads like a vintage kitchen recipe list with steps for each fruit.
A reader shares a cheap do it yourself shoe cleaning method. Use 25 cents per bottle worth of whitening mixed with water to a creamy texture and brush onto white shoes for a snowy finish. To color tone plain shoes add small amounts of color to the whitening and finish with a red crepe paper tint for pink.
Cut small, well flavored cantaloupe in half and chill. Drain and chill a very ripe pineapple, then fill the cantaloupe with pineapple and garnish with mint jelly cubes or green minted cherries. Alternate red maraschino cherries or red raspberries for a different color scheme.
An eight hour brain work day is forecast by inventor Edison as likely, predicting broader output and cheaper commodities. The claim is tied to a future kingdom of industry driven by automation and efficiency.
A compact survey lists looming shifts such as labor dominance, cheaper goods, and rising class tensions. It cites the monorail, railroad constraints, chemical foods, new social makeups, and debates over fuel, friction, and WW whiskey as central issues shaping future life.
Instructions describe corn preparation by cutting from the cob and packing into jars, then boiling in a water bath for two and a half hours with continual water addition. Jars are sealed with rubber tops, kept tight during processing, and stored in a cool dry cupboard. The guidance emphasizes sterilization and testing jars before canning, using fresh rubbers and tops, and using pint jars for corn.
Thomas A Edison predicts the laboring class will prosper as machines and science drive cheaper goods. He envisions eight hour brain work days, social industry, minimal manual labor, and widespread affordable fashion, plus future transport and fuel innovations and reduced friction in machines.
The article describes a method for Swiss steak costing about thirty cents, cut two inches thick. Season with pepper and flour, fry to brown, then simmer in hot water for one and a half to two hours until tender. Gravy is noted as very nice.
An antique cooking fragment covers starching tips for ironing using lard and a veal hash method. It details veal hash ingredients with onion juice paprika Worcester sauce tomato catsup and dripping, plus steps to cook 10 minutes and serve with poached eggs on toast amidst quirky ironing advice.
Fragmentary dialogue shows a husband proposing to save by making his wife go without. The wife questions the plan and asks how they will reach their goal, while the man hints at a larger deception about funds.
Edward Petery of Denver Lancaster county aged eighty years is in excellent health though for sixty years he has not worn stockings. He attributes his longevity to the habit and plans to keep it up.
In Leavenworth Kansas guards in the federal prison are assigned to light the pipes for convicts who wish to smoke a peculiar prison duty.
A home cafeteria concept is offered as a summer relief for the overworked mother. The plan envisions individual trays, self service for meals, and a simplified dishwashing routine to provide quick, efficient dining with mothers gaining a much needed break.
The piece discusses revers design as a bold feature on waists and skirts, noting black and white striped revers as a popular accent. It explains revers formed by folding back a loose panel on six-gored skirts with a broad back panel to create a decorative edge.
Instructions describe preparing ripe tomatoes by scoring and peeling, packing in jars, sealing with new rubbers, and pouring boiling water over them. Jars go into a wash boiler on the floor, fully covered with boiling water, then the boiler is sealed and wrapped in cloths until cooled. Jars are moved to a cellar after cooling.
Beat four eggs with half a cup of boiling milk and four tablespoons grated cheese. Season with salt pepper and red pepper. Cook in small molds over simmering water until set. Fry bread rounds in butter until golden, plate custards atop and brown in oven, garnish with parsley.
Peel and pulp six ears of corn then fry with one tablespoon olive oil. Sauté a green bell pepper and onion, add corn, cover and cook ten minutes. Stir in chopped ripe tomatoes, salt, red pepper, and sugar. Cook a few minutes more and serve hot.
Glove Daintiness Saxe gloves, perfumed and pale, long and loose, are a popular craze of the hour. They sell quickly and are tied to cleanliness, though considered extravagant. Widespread use marks the chic trend in fashion.
A recipe for peach parfait blends mashed peaches with lemon juice water and sugar then freezes to a soft mush. Whipped egg whites beaten with sugar and vanilla are folded in before final freezing to a half frozen texture.
Nine Oakdale Public School students are arrested on malicious mischief charges after limburger cheese smeared heat radiators and caused teachers to faint. Grove City College students Dickson Wallace and Leiter among the accused. others admit participation but say older students prompted the plan.
Washington officials heard Prof. Willis L. Moore say rapid tech advances could make North Pole trips possible in 24 to 36 hours. He noted aluminum air cars and electric lighting could propel passengers from New York to the Pole and back, though no such estimates were available.
Alton Illinois promises wingless chickens as Bertman a local fancier crosses Wyandottes and barred Rocks to reduce wings. The new fowl shows few pinfeathers and cannot jump fences over two feet, allowing easier confinement and fatter drumsticks as wings disappear from city bills of fare.
Cambridge scholar Prof. William Morris Davis of Harvard asserts the earth is about 60,000,000 years old not 100,000,000. He bases estimates on Arizona and Utah cliff deposits and Grand Canyon erosion rates, plus underground temperatures and sun history comparisons.
An advertisement touts Holluister's R M Tea as a mild weekly laxative that cleanses bowels purifies the blood and improves appetite. Sold at Owl Drug store.
Sunday visitors gathered for horse chow at Greencastle with James Graham and his wife. Attendees included John Winger and family from Whitesville, R C Baird and wife, Mason Vermillion and family, visiting Mr and Mrs Fant Judy. Success to The Herald-Democr.
Advertisement notes indigestion and constipation as causes of illness and promotes Hollister's A. M. Tea available at the Owl Drug store.
Hazel Thomas and her baby Lena visit relatives in town. A large crowd attended a Walnut Chapel festival Saturday night. Flossie Allee visits Dorothy Short in Coatesville. Gladys Dorsett spends a week with Earl Hurst and son in Greencastle. Rollie Hill and wife of Cloverdal visit Mr and Mrs Noble Vaughn. Thomas Broadstreet builds two new barns, John Stringer adds a shed to his barn.
An old advertisement claims headaches and dull appearance signal impure blood and promotes Hollister's A. M. Tea. The product is advertised as for sale at Owl Drug store.
Mr and Mrs Frank Wood spent Sunday afternoon with Mr and Mrs W D Mann. Mrs Jessie Stanley of Pittsboro visited her mother Mrs Cynthia Robbins. Virginia Terry sustained a head gash from a wagon fall needing stitches. Mr and Mrs Fewel Crews spent Sunday in Coatesville.
A historical sales blurb promotes Hol lister's A M Tea with a note it is for sale at the Owl Drug store suggesting a daily morning tonic remedy.
Jones Stevens druggists issue a statement promoting Adlerika a mixture of buckthorn bark and glycerine as a powerful new remedy for sour stomach gas and constipation claiming it relieves symptoms instantly and with quick action.
Riley's Second Hand Store No 7198 on Main Street offers a full line of second hand household goods with furniture repair services available. Phone 134.
An ad proclaims E R U S A pile cure safe as it contains no opiates or poisonous drugs. It claims other pile medicines cause constipation and damage. The promotion offers a $50 forfeit pledge and names Jones Stevens as sole distributor in Greencastle.
Commencing June 1st the Onon Route offers round trip tickets to Atlantic and Pacific Coast points including Colorado and Michigan resorts at greatly reduced fares. Write to the Traveling Passenger Agent W W Cileis, Monon Route, Bedford, for literature and complete information by return mail.
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