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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1912
Page
3
Missoula resident Charles H. Hall noted for Montana attorney general runs as a Democrat recalls a tale from the Saturday Evening Post. Two French Canadian travelers on a Montana riverboat anchor for the night and drift at dawn. One wakes to find they are twelve miles from their intended spot.
Jesse Hyatt of Colon, a former Washington observer, predicts the Panama Canal will open to vessel passage by late next year and become a paying project. He cites rapid American progress under Colonel Goethals and compares the venture to the profitable Suez Canal.
The article explains how Uncle Sam provides emergency hospital facilities for government buildings in Washington. It notes a corps of doctors and trained nurses on site, ready to tend to the sick and injured during official hours for thousands of employees.
The senate committee on public buildings and grounds approved using Armory Square between Sixth and Seventh streets NW for the George Washington Memorial Hall. Mrs. Henry F. Dimmock pledged construction would begin promptly if Congress grants the site. The move undermines the long standing plan for a District National Guard armory on the square.
The sea's salt arises from land wash and river runoff with evaporation concentrating minerals. Sea water holds about 2 percent salt and computer estimates count four and a half million cubic miles of rock salt in the ocean, far exceeding Europe’s landmass. The Atlantic is especially saline, attributed to water vapor transport by bordering continents.
Instructions describe creating a blotting pad from a thick cardboard base 16 by 12 inches. Leather corner flaps slip over edges, glued to dry, with blotting sheets tucked beneath. A dark blue serge cover lined with contrasting silk folds over the pad and is edged with silk cord.
A sixteen inch deep box two feet wide and two and a half feet long forms an effective self feeder for bran mash. The box becomes hopper, with a hinged lid, slanted top, and edges nailed to hold mash. Fill the box for the chickens to eat, benefiting laying season.
The article notes a prevailing fashion trend using three sided shapes in dress. It highlights triangular tunics with apex to the side, evening bodices with paired fabric triangles, lace rabats, and triangle shaped corne hats as popular motifs.
The census forecast paints a gloomy holiday feast future with turkeys likely to disappear from common tables by 1920. Ducks and geese fall in numbers too, while chickens rise from 1900 to 1910, growing from 233 million to 280 million, hinting at changing centerpiece meats for celebrations.
Jewels grow more beautiful each season with tartan colored stones set in rings brooches and bangles. Dark gems gain by brilliants rims while new bandeaux for hair and necklaces use wreaths and buckles of diamonds on velvet ribbon. The trend replaces the tiara.
A woman in a small flat created a ceiling height shelf across her bedroom and placed six hat boxes on it. She wallpapered the boxes with a rose design, forming a decorative frieze that serves as a handy storeroom. An external cupboard door lists contents by box number.
Mr G Dever of Oklahoma describes a novel chicken roost using a cart wheel. The axle is fixed to a post in the ground so cleaning is easy and removing the wheel allows access from either side. The wheel can be turned to catch a chicken on the opposite side.
A taffeta gown features a hem cut into small scallops each punctured with a tiny tassel matching the color. The short coat accompanying the costume also displays tassels on the hem and on the turned back cuffs.
Instructions advise adding a small amount of brown dye to rinsing water and starch to prevent a washed out look on tan clothes stockings and khaki suits. One ten cent dye package dissolved in boiling water and bottled will last a season.
Instruction advises placing poultry house windows low to floor level so hens enjoy light while scratching. High windows shed light only when birds perch and leave roosts, creating an uneven lighting pattern and less sun exposure overall.
The old remedy suggests placing common rock brimstone in the chest or wardrobe to keep moths away from woolens, claiming that moths will avoid the area entirely. The tip reflects period homecare practices and uses simple, direct language.
Instructions prescribe soda water for sick fowls with abnormal droppings. Mix three heaping tablespoonfuls of baking soda to one pint water, shake well. Give a teaspoonful to each afflicted bird, then administer one quinine grain pill each night for three nights in succession.
Classified rail sheet lists trains including Louisville Mail and Express, Laf French Lick connections, and Chicago trains with times from morning to night. Northbound and daily service announced with no passenger restrictions. contact J D Elc agent for details.
Officials announce weekly residency and office hours. WILL STROUBRE and BENJAMIN WALLS state they will conduct township trustee business at their residences in Madison and Jackson townships each Wednesday and Friday respectively. FRED TODD and OLIVER STRINGER list Tuesday and Saturday office hours in Deerson and other townships.
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