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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1911
Page
2
Charles J Arnold editor and Tm Itlington city editor announce subscription terms for the Greencastle Indiana newspaper. Single copies two cents, carrier 6 cents weekly, mail $3.00 yearly. Entry confirms second class mail matter at Greencastle post office.
A renowned detective is asked to locate a swallowed needle. He calmly instructs the mother to have the child swallow a thimble, offering a clever, light hearted solution to the domestic mystery. The scene combines whimsy with the detective's confident method.
Fashion ideas highlight lace touches on gowns with guimpes and chemisettes, mourning tete de negre straw, and blackish yet soft looks. Silk suits adopt military styling with striped revers, collars, cuffs, and braided peplums. Transparent fabrics extend to unlined Eton jackets and boleros trimmed with satin bands.
A historic kitchen instruction to make orange marmalade using oranges lemons and water with sugar. After slicing, the fruit soaks in water for 24 hours, then cooks two to three hours until tender, sugar is added and simmered another 30 minutes. The mixture is poured into tumblers, cooled, and stored in a cool place. Peel inclusion alters bitterness. Makes about 5 quarts.
Gather one gallon of dandelion blossoms in sunlit hours. Pour boiling water over, steep three days. Add orange and lemon rind, boil, strain. Mix in three pounds sugar and citrus juice, add half a yeast cake. After a week in warmth, bottle when fermentation ends.
Describes hanging basket construction with wire frames lined by moss and filled with a soil mix of loam leaf mould stable manure and sand. Recommends planting begonias fuchsias trailing lobelias ferns ivy leaved geraniums and tradescanta and other vine plants.
An old recipe notes iced tea should be brewed hours ahead and served over ice. Sweeten before serving and avoid milk or cream. It advises storing tea in airtight canisters to preserve flavor and claims tea acts as an excitant and aids digestion.
The ad claims disease germs kill more people than wild beasts and that Electric Bitters purify blood by destroying germs in air water dust and food. It promotes relief from chills fever ague malaria and blood diseases with a money back guarantee and a 50 cent price at Owl Drug Store.
A juvenile court scene prompts a debate over moving pictures and youth crime. A boy on probation exposes questions about films that depict crime and the duty of communities to demand wholesome programs while acknowledging the films’ educational role. The piece argues films shape impressions in urban youths and urges public responsibility to ensure entertaining yet clean entertainment.
The article advises nurturing a child's appetite without coercion, prioritizing abundant meat dairy eggs and fish, with sugar in pudding and fruit. It notes fats should suit taste and form, emphasizes beans nuts and vegetables, and argues variety keeps a child lively as growth proceeds.
Midday sun can burn foliage of common house plants so shade during heat improves moisture retention. Air and water temperatures matter. avoid overheated humid air that causes lanky growth and disease. Use room temperature water, water thoroughly, and provide drainage holes in plant containers.
A humorous relic quotes a man praising an ideal woman who appreciates wireless telegraphy as perfectly grand, aeroplanes as lots of fun, occultism as too cute for anything, and himself as eminently wonderful. The tone is playful social satire from a bygone era.
A practical, easy to clean method for providing pure water to fowls is described. Use a milk pan on a low box with a lath covered top allowing birds to drink without contaminating the water. The design enables simple cleansing and can be adapted with a hinged cover for quick filling and removal.
A simple salt shed for livestock is described as cheap to build in fields. It may be circular or square, covered with boards or straw thatch, using a tree stump or post with a wooden measure on top filled with rock salt. The post height should suit sheep reach and the thatch keeps the salt dry.
The article advises massing a single flower variety for pleasing effect, notes seeds to soak for cyprus vine and filing for canna, mentions self sowing poppies, and recommends growing sensitive plants and Japanese morning glory for children and color, stressing new results yearly without high costs.
Article notes alfalfa requires substantial lime and well drained soil. Young plants are weed vulnerable and flood damage from streams is a risk. Use well rotted barnyard manure, avoid fresh manure due to weeds. Seeding timing varies by region with late summer favored in East and South and spring in West and North.
The piece reflects on parental opposition to young love and elopements, arguing mothers often fuel secrecy and rash actions. It urges parents to recall their own first romance and treat their children kindly to let love mature naturally.
A humor attempt at work backfires as Mrs Meek, a church pillar, reacts strongly to a tomato joke. The narrator admits striking a chord and must apologize to maintain employment.
The text urges using a clean scrub brush kept for laundry tasks to rub garments on a board, avoiding knuckles and saving wear. It also describes brushes for cleaning sinks, rugs with kerosene and ammonia baths, plus a brush method for washing a corset.
A cut glass water bottle which was badly stained was cleaned by filling it with buttermilk and letting it stand for several days until the stains disappeared. The method relies on the mild acidity and gentle cleansing action of the dairy product.
A stale loaf of cake is prepared by removing the top and hollowing inside. The crumb is mixed with raspberry jelly and rich egg custard to fill the cake case, then topped with thick whipped cream for serving.
Fragmentary dialogue shows Mrs. Rufiek debating jealousy while a humorous aside mentions a Mr. eee nine. The clip captures a staged exchange with light domestic humor and social banter.
The article describes gentle methods to preserve natural hair color using white of egg with a pinch of baking soda and cool water, California white wine as a cleansing rinse, and rhubarb and honey shampoo. It warns against harsh sodas that dry the scalp and cause dull, brittle hair, advising careful, sun-dried rinses with no soap.
Advice for beginners on soil preparation watering and seed sowing. Emphasizes fine uniformly worked soil air moisture and gentle watering with a fine sprinkler to prevent lumping and rot. Describes depth covering seeds and using sieves or fingerDrop method for tiny seeds to ensure even coverage.
A cautious woman questions rushing into marriage and suggests a delayed engagement. He asks how long, and she proposes not marrying until a week from next Thursday, highlighting restraint and deliberation before matrimony.
A manager vents about a disastrous performance criticizing the lead actor for a wooden love scene and asks why the leading lady eats onions provoking the actor’s angry reply.
H B Martin of Port Harrelston South Carolina recalls a near death from consumption twenty one years ago. After ineffective treatments from Georgetown doctors he was cured by Dr King New Discovery. He endorses the remedy as guaranteed for coughs colds and bronchial ailments with trial bottles free at Owl Drug store.
Prepare gelatin in water then strain. Simmer rhubarb with sugar lemon rind and juice and water until tender. Add gelatin and stiffly beaten egg whites, set in a lady finger lined mold. Turn out onto a cold dish and serve with vanilla custard sauce.
The proper time to bag grapes is when the fruit is quite small not larger than small peas. Use ordinary paper bags with mouths wrapped around the stem and secured with a tight string. Bagging shields bunches from fungus and insects, yielding more perfect fruit.
A historic recipe instructs to sift flour salt sugar and baking powder then mix with beaten egg and milk to form a soft dough. Knead lightly roll cut circles place on greased pans and brush with egg yolk before baking in a hot oven.
A downtown clerk remarks that a broken engagement costs little. The book keeper asks for the cost, and the clerk cites spending $1.60 on candy and four instalments on the ring, underscoring the modest financial impact.
A humorous exchange unfolds between Meandering Mike and a boastful Mr Prosperous. Mike argues against exploiting a stranger for money while expressing his own generosity in a lighthearted, jocular scene.
A simple fricassee using asparagus lettuce watercress parsley and lemon juice. Boil asparagus until tender then make a light sauce with butter flour and the asparagus water combine with lettuce cress parsley and sugar simmer briefly and finish with lemon juice.
A step by step Graham biscuit dough method uses milk butter salt and molasses with a yeast cake, then white flour to form a thin batter and a soft dough. After rising the dough is rolled to one inch thickness cut into small biscuits and baked in a hot oven.
A humorous notice from Rev H Stubenwoll of Allison Iowa lauds Dr King's New Pills as a health essential. The verse proclaims the pills are needed in every home and promises relief when other remedies fail. Available for 25 cents at local outlets.
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