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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1918
Page
4
Secretary McAdoo derides the German government as corrupt and provocateur. A rancher tells a fable about a Mexican worker and a coffee mill to illustrate trust and deceit, ending with the Mexican and the mill disappearing after a prank.
An Exchange notes wasteful stoking in furnaces and overheating public buildings. Level coal at the feed door heats as well as heaped piles while using less coal. Opening windows to vent heat wastes fuel. adopt air-changing devices to conserve coal and money, likening savings to earning nickels toward Liberty bonds.
A humorous exchange about reading wanted columns reveals the speaker's vanity deflation upon learning many jobs they could not tackle. The quip contrasts aspiration with self awareness, presenting a light moment in a period newspaper.
Napoleon Bonaparte argues that initiating or maintaining an offensive is essential, while retreat drains morale and resources. He notes that retreats cost more in men and material, and the enemy gains an advantage, unlike in battle where losses are shared.
Save vegetable parings from several vegetables for soup. Grind bits of meat or fat pork, wash parings, boil until done, strain, then add cooked rice or macaroni and a flour butter paste for thickening. Season with salt and pepper for a hearty soup using the parings.
Pauletta discovers a well-dressed stranger sleeping by the beach in Pinewood Paradise. He explains he walked seven miles after finding his cottage rebuilt by strangers. Pauletta invites him to breakfast and tours, proposing a colony while her father arrives with news.
Mrs Connery recalls a neighbor bride with a baby doll next door and a bean obsession. A tale of beans, coffee, and domestic trials unfolds as Connery and she reflect on first-year wobbles, kitchen mishaps, and support across porches in a light humorous vignette from the Chicago Daily News.
England weighs postwar labor policy as G H Roberts announces the labor department plans to place about 62,000 returning soldiers in work. Veterans with longer service and dependents gain priority, while munition workers await their turn after troops are placed. many employers pledge old jobs.
Reported burglary in Waldo Wisconsin notes likely first use of oxyacetylene welding and cutting to reach the vault. Thieves removed the vault door by cutting time locks but failed to open the burglar proof safe. An attempt to slow open the safe with nitro-gybeerin also failed.
A tip for bakers notes that rolling raisins in melted butter before adding them to cake or bread dough keeps them from sinking. The technique uses butter as a coating instead of flour to help raisins stay suspended during baking.
London leads Europe in health records while Paris expands policing with a new corps of Seine divers. Global blindness is estimated at 2 390 000 people.
A Gallipoli soldier misused a periscope and saw only a dark dirty face with stubble. He dropped it, rushed the parapet to shoot the Turk, found no one there, and slid back to the trench as comrades laughed.
The text outlines specific flags used as signals on warships, including a yellow flag with a black disk indicating special dispatch duty, a red pennant for meal times, a blue flag with a white cross meaning boats must return to the ship, and a white pennant with a blue cross as the church flag hoisted above the national ensign.
The Brooklyn Eagle mocks women serving on juries noting their knitting skills and wartime duties as they listen. The column suggests it is notorious that a knitting woman misses nothing while wool gathering becomes physical rather than mental.
A method for installing a large rug uses a broom to sweep from the center toward the edges, pressing air from beneath to smooth the rug and achieve an even lay.
An advertisement urging irregular or delayed use of Triumph Pills as safe and dependable, not sold in drug stores. It invites readers to write for details and offers information for free from the National Medical Institute in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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