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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1915
Page
3
The article outlines practical uses for kerosene in the home. It suggests adding a spoonful to a clothes boiler to whiten fabrics, using lemon as an alternative, and treating grease on children’s clothing. It also covers renewing leather shoe flexibility, cleaning white paint, and refreshing porcelain tubs, with cautions on odor and ventilation.
A tablespoonful of olive oil and an other of molasses added to griddle cake batter is worth while trying This keeps the cakes from sticking and also aids in browning. The milk added to potatoes while mashing them should be hot to keep them from becoming soggy. Mice object to camphor, which is put in places frequented by them will drive them away completely.
In Baltimore a tailless iron gray horse named Bob gains a new tail via a crafted leather triangle and a harness buckle. A resourceful woman, Mrs. Bernard McCourt, buys him from a brewery firm and arranges care with a vet. The tale ends with Bob proudly parading the stylish tail on street outings.
J McCafferty chief engineer of the Llama oil steamer recounts a bottle thrown overboard during a New York to Stockholm voyage. The bottle traveled 1315 miles in 38 days averaging 34.6 miles daily and carried a reward note. A second bottle found in Ireland bore P Lavelle’s name and reward.
In Hernando Mississippi Mise a Buff Cochin hen, driven to despair after her rooster was defeated by the cock of the walk, attempted self harm and was found dead impaled on a sharp iron fence picket. The incident is attributed to brooding over the loss.
A physician’s freckle removal prescription claims high success and offers a money back guarantee. The ad urges readers to obtain an ounce of ethine from druggists with double strength for faster results and lighter freckles vanishing after early applications.
The state conference on agriculture and home economics at Purdue University June 24 25 brings top U.S. workers to share methods for home project work. Noted educators from Michigan Illinois North Adams Mass Hanover College and Purdue will present results from Indiana schools and community extension projects. Interested parties should contact the agricultural extension department Purdue University.
Monroe county Dixie highway promoters plan to ask Governor Ralston to assign 100 prisoners from the state farm at Putnamville to build a short cut through Washington township. The cost will be covered by popular subscription as Washington township has no funds for the project.
In loving remembrance of Sophia A Miller who died June 20 1915 the month of June again brings sadness as we recall a dear one taken two years ago today. Her loving heart is at rest God took her home when He thought best. We hope to meet our mother there.
Twenty five cents invested in a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy will insure yourself and family against any bad results from an attack of bowel complaint during the summer months. This remedy is prompt and reliable. Every family should keep it at hand. No medicine is more highly esteemed by those who know its real value. Obtainable everywhere.
An eminent New York artist famed for fine etchings relates a summer encounter in New England. He offers a free sketch of a farmer's barn but asks for a pig in payment. The farmer notes the pigs are worth a dollar each, prompting a humorous moral about art and value.
A playful exchange features a cat boasting nine lives and a cow countering with a record of kicking the bucket ten times in one week.
Percival, recovering from fever, remains optimistic and humorous. He shares absurd details of his diet, noting he may drink water from boiled eggs and hopes to eat doughnuts soon, as Penelope teases his cheerful mood.
A Johns Hopkins surgeon tells a tale about a patient who fears a heart problem. The doctor finds a swelling but discovers it is the patient’s pocketbook, prompting a joke about reducing it too much.
A stern old gentleman refuses to misrepresent an inferior shoe. The Honest Merchant orders the item marked plainly as “A Shoe Fit for a Queen” and kept out of display, noting a queen does not walk much.
A quick breakfast idea uses buttered earthware ramekins. Crumbs from milk-moistened bread mix with lightly beaten eggs, cheese sprinkled on top, then cooked on stove or in a slow oven. Serve puffed and lightly browned from the ramekin for individual portions.
A man asks what the Roman numeral MCMXV spells while another looks off, guessing a new dance, possibly a variation of the maxixe, from a calendar page.
A grateful candidate lauds a speech that placed him in renomination while the old campaigner admits it was a fine statement but hints at a tough proving of the claim ahead. Both men reflect on their public exchange and upcoming campaign effort.
Mrs. Charles E. Hann of Shortsville New York says after two years of persistent stomach trouble and costly medical care Chamberlains Tablets gave immediate relief. She reports removal of dull heaviness after meals improved digestion and cured constipation. Advences obtainable everywhere.
J. O. Mullinix, trustee of Washington Township, states he will be in his Reetsville office on Tuesday and Friday each week to transact township business.
Edgar J. Wilson, trustee of Floyd Township, states he will conduct township business at his Floyd Township home every Wednesday. This notification outlines his regular in-home office hours for residents to access township services.
Emerson E. Ruark announces weekly business meetings as trustee of Marion Township to be held at his Filmore home on Tuesdays and Fridays.
Harry Talbott trustee will be in the S. C. Sayers Book store in Greencastle each weekday during term to conduct township business. Phone 388.
An ad from Cook Drug Co. urges readers to drink Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea weekly to “clean the bowels” and “purify the blood” to improve coarse arid skin and complexion, listing tea or tablets for 5 cents.
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