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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1918
Page
4
Parched cornmeal forms the base for wheatless biscuits. The method uses one half cup cornmeal browned, plus peanut butter one cup, water one and a half cups, and salt one teaspoon. Mix heat and combine to a hot dough, drop in ungreased pans, bake into 16 biscuits each with protein content noted.
The article describes perfume plant production in France, Turkey, Germany and England, naming Grasse as a major center. It lists plants such as orange, rose, lilac, lavender, peppermint, and notes oils sourced from damask roses, geranium leaves, and citrus fruits. It also highlights distillation in Maryland and Connecticut and the trend toward delicate fragrances.
A guide drawn from the New York Weekly extols tenderness in home life and a maidenly dignity. It notes men value gentleness, justice, companionship, and interest in a partner’s concerns, with a smile and bright, unfrowning eyes that meet his gaze.
A quote from The New Republic argues that kindness and sincerity can hinder judgment as earnest misdeeds complicate prosecutions. It contrasts easy criminals with well intentioned wrongdoers and laments the trouble of dealing with a good man gone astray.
Two young women discuss the breakup of Etelka and Olaf engagement. The pair, once considered turtledoves, split due to Olaf's nearsightedness and Etelka's fear of long separations, deciding not to marry.
A motor car raced downhill at express speed, overturned, trapping the driver. A village constable approached and insisted on the driver’s name and address, warning him for speeding.
A new car theft device uses a foot lever to lock ignition. a special key is needed to unlock. Venezuela’s first refinery, owned by an American firm, has begun kerosene and gasoline production. The Philippines government distributes African seeds to revive island coffee. Louisiana chemists find a charcoal method from sawdust for sugar refiners.
The piece discusses teaching children to respect both their own rights and those of others. It notes early selfish tendencies as kids claim ownership, urging mothers to guide instincts with patience and wisdom.
Instructions for carving a sirloin roast with thickest end on the left, serving fillet hot, and slicing across. It advises removing whole fillet first, then slicing from one end to the other with undercut paired to top slice, ensuring even cuts and full use of the flap.
A candy preparation outlines using sugar cream marshmallows butter preserved cherries and chocolate. The mix boils to a soft ball in cold water then rests for cooling before being pressed into a buttered tin and cut into squares for packing.
Households seek moisture in cakes through an apple in the tin which prevents drying while cloth covering the tin preserves moisture for up to 48 hours. Re-dampen the cloth if the lid remains closed longer. reopening requires rewetting to avoid mold.
A new German fortification, built as a cast iron turret for four men, replaces the traditional concrete pill box. Two to three inch thick turret walls house a small observation opening and are designed to be planted solidly on the ground rather than embedded.
The Seamen’s Church and Sailors’ Home near the London docks offer a full maritime community. For a pound weekly, sailors from all nations receive lodging, four meals, and access to a bank, barber, schools, shops, laundry, and library. The home operates as a self contained town with varied facilities and a long history since 1835, sheltering crews from Mediterranean to North Sea ports.
Statistical notes report Bermuda’s potato crop surpassing 99,000 bushels. Also cited are Norway forming 341 new corporations in the past year and Spain’s 1916 ore crop valued at 68,914,033 dollars. Italy exported 67,207 boxes of lemons to the United States with U S production of 32,958 tons of dry white lead valued at 4,714,343 dollars.
A reader describes a meatless main course night featuring thin bread slices topped with a seasoned cheese egg yolk mix and a slice of bacon baked until browned. The note remarks one bacon slice per person is not extravagant and compares the effect to premeal cocktails. It mentions butter as an hors d oeuvre in French lunches with olives and radishes.
The Copyreader article describes a copyreader as a subeditor who reads stories from reporters, removes intelligent content, and ensures the piece will be meaningless to the reader before sending to print. It cites a Buffalo Express quote about the role.
Mary meets a small man who prefers mutton chops. She orders everything else from soup to nuts and wine, and after dining she ends up divorcing the man for nine dollars and a dime.
A reflective aphorism by Amos Bronson Alcott praising a good book that engages readers from start to finish and promises profit for the thoughtful mind. It commends well-mastered works that prepare readers to master more literature while noting detail can wait for calmer moments.
A patrolman explains that in his report the man had fallen down "in an athletic fit." The exchange shows the officer using a figurative medical term to describe the incident in plain speech.
Notaries public are described as appointed by primitive Christians to record facts about early martyrs. The office later assumed a legal form focused on authenticating deeds and other writings.
A leak in a gas or water pipe can cause damage before a plumber arrives. It can be temporarily halted using a thick paste made from yellow kitchen scraps and whiting.
E R Denny trustee announces weekly business hours at his Bainbridge store, inviting residents to meet on Tuesdays and Fridays to conduct official matters for Monroe Township.
A fragmented timetable shows lines with marked times and letters such as L and H. Reading seems to list departures or broadcasts with sequence 6 7 25 and evening slots 8 55 10 32 plus a late 5 15 7 52.
The text outlines an army hierarchy with a company of 250 men led by two captains a first lieutenant and three second lieutenants. Four companies form a battalion and three battalions form a regiment once machine gun supply and headquarters units are added, totaling about 3 755 men. Two regiments form a brigade and two brigades form a division.
A girl crawls into bed with parents on a Sunday morning and sings patriotic songs. When asked to include the Star Spangled Banner she jokes that she’s avoiding it to avoid getting up.
Molybdenum is credited with strengthening steel used in rifling big guns and is said to have extended gun life twentyfold. It also stabilizes high explosives and has applications in chemicals, leather dyes, rubber, silk, and as a disinfectant.
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