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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1919
Page
2
The fragment mentions obituaries priced at $1 each and a pastry line charge of 5 cents per line. It then shifts to a humorous exchange about inventions and family purchases including a house with a flagpole and a cooking house with a mortgage, with names like Sherman and Louis.
A jobless man in a hat visits a newspaper office asking for the editor. The office boy explains the editor is away, and the man mutters about the editor being worn under a jacksterman while the boy reveals he just bought goods and awaits a bill.
A coastal estate tale features an old admiral and his servant debating a name for cliffside villas. The servant jokes that “Gilwal ter buildings” should be the label, arguing the site’s impregnable perch will keep it secure and unseized.
A reader report recalls a near escape where a man dodges a blazing oil lamp after a chair toppled, catching his clothes and burning his trousers. Quick action and wit helped him slip away unharmed.
A passenger misreads a humorous scenario about a planned mock war between a team of married men and a team of single men. A man named B Wag is approached and questioned about his marital status. He replies he is only a coalworker, not married, explaining his appearance.
In a witty exchange, Algy asks for funds to win at golf. the father probes the aim and learns the goal is not the game but the pronunciation. The humor centers on the desire to master saying golf correctly rather than playing.
Marie recalls a young farmhand attempting a kiss at a summer stay. She replies that she is no agricultural experiment station. Gwendy asks her reaction, highlighting the humorous social clash.
In Boston a man named Wendell Holmes Emerson sits in the park with a book after dinner. He admits he overate and fears embarrassing the old lady beside him. She questions his age in awkward, humorous fashion and he declares that he has overeaten.
William Collier discusses a scientist's experiments with the microphane, likening it to a microphone that magnifies sounds. The scientist notes spider footfalls sound like marching infantry and a fly on glass resembles horse hoofbeats, prompting a light remark from the actor.
Mrs Newwedde reads a bank notice showing her account is overdrawn while her husband Herbert protests a recent $150 check. She insists the funds are untouched and stored in her desk, tense with misunderstanding.
Edison narrates an anecdote about a schoolteacher asking what is the most wonderful invention. A quiet class erupts as a girl answers that a man has made a living for his wife and family, highlighting practical achievement.
A Kansas City visitor questions significance while the Petunia tavern keeper notes that daily morning noon and night bustle remains constant and is seen by locals as noteworthy.
A dialogue contrasts youth chances today with earlier times. Mr Comrex notes a young man can start in golf and coaching early, whereas he lacked such chances well into his middle age. The exchange highlights evolving access to sporting avenues for the young.
In a sharp wag of courtroom humor a man named Dibbles spurns the limits of alimony by borrowing back half of each monthly payment after his wife and he separate. The exchange turns on the idea of friends and a bust of confidences.
A quirky dialogue shows a character named Meander jog Mike claiming to practice a faith cure. He jokes about chopping pretend wood with no imaginary ax as part of the odd exercise, highlighting humorous miscommunication.
The dialogue jokes about Mrs. Fussy and Miss Richgirl with wit on fashion and a clothesline. A passerby notes Miss Richgirl’s sharpness and elbows, while Mrs. Fussy is teased for laundry habits. The humor hinges on gossip and social quirks.
A remark suggests organizing a vegetable trust with concerns about leaks and a possible scent or stink arising. The comment hints at secrecy and worry over unintended exposure.
A reader laments a young girl torn between admiration for a football hero and adoration of a movie idol, reflecting on how youth struggle to know their own mind amid celebrity influence. The excerpt captures a generational tension and the pull of public figures on impressionable minds.
Instructions describe drawing threads for drawn work with a damp brush and soap. A boudoir cap uses three overlapping pleated net frills, Irish lace nucleus, satin ribbons, and a decorative front rose. Text also references traycloths and decorative trims amid garbled lines.
The passage mixes dubious cures and health tips including lard and gum blends for constipation, a wheat bran and water mixture left to rise, and emergency wound care with quick-acting bandaging. It also praises exercise for forearm development with twisting movements and arm extensions.
Practical cleaners list vinegar for salt water, borax with ammonia for walls, patching wallpaper to hide stains, and a portable travel closet built from a wire frame and cretonne curtain. Instructions emphasize quick fixes and space saving for domestic use.
Prune pie uses soaked prunes prune pulp and juice cornstarch sugar and a baked crust. After cooling add prune filling and whipped cream. Potato curry dish chops onions in butter simmer with milk stock rice flour curry powder salt lemon juice and potatoes. serve hot.
Specialists warn no simple test proves edibility. Gather only certain mushrooms, avoiding Amanita lookalikes, and use the U S Department of Agriculture bulletin for identification and caution. The piece includes recipes for canning corn plum damson jelly plum butter and canned plums.
Instructions for eggs with mushrooms: slice and brown mushrooms in butter, season, drain, cover with beaten eggs and bake until set. Carrots are thinly sliced and fried in butter, then simmer with water and butter, finishing with a cream dressing before serving.
In a Bolivian plateau setting Oyon eyes his wife Patua as she plans a dance with a pink petticoat. To buy it he mortgagess twelve sheep and travels to La Paz, selling two flocks at market and struggling with the need to prove her worth and secure her status amid their harsh frontier life.
In a wrangling scene, Willie pleads to drive Uncle Tom and Aunt Gertrude’s car but is denied. Mrs. Cookbank and Mr. Cookbank clash over age rules and safety as Willie sulks and is sent to bed. The family questions the temptation of a new phonograph and a potential motorized toy.
A humorous exchange shows Mrs Youngbride accusing her husband of fraud over notes. He admits they would loan money on notes, but she recalls writing nine she presented before marriage and the cashier’s reading of them. Her demand is met with no cash from him.
Comic exchange shows Silly Sally asking Billy about Mr Thinner being a vegetarian. Billy affirms with humorous exaggeration claiming Mr Thinner even eats an animal cracker.
A quip notes that a five dollar box of roses speaks louder than a fifty cent bunch of actions implying social status and sentiment. The remark contrasts value and message in floral gifts with a sardonic tone.
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