Gas Company Rates Upgraded Amid Service Concerns
The Indiana Public Service Commission orders a temporary rate increase after finding inadequate gas rates and an emergency need. It mandates a booster for peak load, pipe cleaning to remove naphaline, and improved pressure, with new tiered rates effective for one year after the next meter reading.
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Chamber of Commerce
Rotary Club
W. M. Blanchard
Department of Chemistry
DePauw University
Petitioner
Public Service Commission OF
Indiana
Greencastle Gas and Electric Light Company
Tariff Department
Public Service Commission Act
Greencastle Gag and Electric Light Company
Public Service Commission
Tried Cooking Recipes For Fish And Chicken Dishes
A fragmented set of cooking instructions describes boiling fish with onions and a cream sauce, then baking layered fish with pork and bread dressing. It mentions haddock or cod as alternatives and provides steps for a rich chicken and cracker dish with butter and cream layers.
Boiled Dinner and Cake Filling from a New England Menu
A compact old recipe describes boiling corned beef with turnips carrots potatoes and cabbage while beets are peeled separately. It then gives a sugar butter cornstarch milk egg whites and flour cake batter with vanilla baked in, and a filling of yolks sugar milk nuts and raisins for layer filling.
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New England
Oyster Salad Recipe from a Historic Menu
Small oysters washed and dried lay on cloth then mixed with fine dice celery. A touch of mayonnaise coats the seafood and celery. Serve chilled in a lettuce lined bowl with minced olives as garnish for a delicious supper dish.
Peach Butter From Dried Peaches And Salad Cues
The guide explains making peach butter by stewing dried peaches until tender, mashing, then adding two cups of sugar per pound and optional cinnamon. It notes this butter is rich and inexpensive and suggests watching master workers for inspiration. It also mentions Arab horse pedigrees dating back 27 000 years and a salad recipe with bananas cucumber grapes walnuts and mayonnaise.
Miner Pescomb Encounters a Sick Chinaman in Reed City
A traveler named Pescomb buys medicine for a Chinaman living near a claim. The sick man dies soon after from a bullet wound, and Pescomb admits he might have fired the shot while guarding tools, though he hid the incident to avoid hurting feelings. The account, sourced to the Omaha Bee, paints local attitudes and mystery around the death.
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Dacsomb
Pescomb
Reed City
Bill
Aikaea
Omaha
All About Prunes. California Ideal for Producing and Drying
The article explains prune varieties from France Italy and Germany and notes California leads American prune production due to its dry summers and cool nights. It recalls the first large California prune orchard in 1870 and states current crops come from thousands of orchards with about 5 million trees, yielding 200 million pounds dried and 500 million pounds fresh annually.
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Californ
California
America
Oregon
Washington
Comforts for the Girls at Trinity Parish House
In Pittsburgh the Girls Friendly Society at Trinity Episcopal Church runs a lunch program for working girls at cost. Miss Anna Fr Bailie directs the project with lunches soupy coffee and Pittaburel rolls for those who bring their own lunch. The facility offers gym library and restrooms with sewing dancing and gymnastics planned later. Lunches served daily except Saturdays between 11 and 2.
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Cos
Pittsburgh
Trinity Episcopal Church
Girls’ Friendly Society
Anna Fr. Bailie
Local Nuptials Move West Of Greencastle
Miss Effie Cricks wed Frank McAlinden Wednesday night at 8 oclock. Rev William Noble officiated in a small gathering. The couple will live five miles west of Greencastle with guests from New York City and Indianapolis.
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Effie Cricks
Frank McAlinden
William Noble
Mrs. McAlinden
Greencastle
Obituary for Louisa Pollom Rissler of Clay County Indiana
Louisa Pollom Rissler born in Ohio July 24 1844 died November 19 1920 at 67 3 25. She moved with her parents to Clay County Indiana spent her youth near Reelsville and later lived with her daughter in Center Point. Married Moses Boone Rissler March 14 1863 they had five children George Morton two daughters and one infant death. twelve grandchildren and three great grandchildren. She joined the Methodist church at fourteen and later the Bir Walnut Baptist church in 1877 remaining a faithful member until death. Funeral services were held at her home and Big Walnut Baptist church with Rev Banks and Rev Carswell officiating. Interment Boone Cemetery near Hamvick.
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Louisa
Joseph
Lydia Pollom
Ohio
Clay County
Indiana
Putnam County
Reelsville
Clarence Wright
Center Point
Moses
Boone Rissler
George
Morton
E. P. Aker
Grant
William Pollom
Luther
David Pollom
Methodist Church
Bir Walnut Baptist Church
Clark and
Jenkins
Big Walnut Baptist Church
Banks
Carswell
Barkman
Rochester
Boone Cemetery
Hamvick
Central Trust Company Demand Certificates Note
Fragmentary OCR text references Central Trust Company and demand certificates with unclear figures. No coherent event, date, or outcomes are readable to summarize a specific story or action.
For Sale New anchor glass enclosed top for Overland 4 Touring
Classified ads list a price of 186.00 dollars for an anchor glass enclosed top for the Overland 4 Touring car from Van Dyke Auto Co Crawfordsville Indiana and mentions architect contractor and landscape gardening services by W H Evans Greencastle Indiana. Also seeks a girl or young man for a permanent position at the Herald Office and a girl for reporting and other work at The Herald Office seeking industrious hustler to learn.
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van Dyke Auto Co
Crawfordsville
Indiana
Herald Office
One Big Day Saturday Nov 27 Soap Sale
Advertising blurb lists soap bars including Le Lenox Climax White Flyer Polar White and Bob White with quantities such as 6 and 7 bars for Saturday promotions. The note emphasizes a one day event on the upcoming Saturday.
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Lenox
Climax
Bob White
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Concur
Carl H. Mote
Ady
Bascomb
Herrin
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Prunes
Ruth Ritter O'Daniel
New York City
A. V. O'Daniel
Jesse Green
Norvetta Green
Indianapolis
Nellie Anderson
Gary
Fr. Gilmore
Morton Diali
Lockport, N. Y
Jennie Smythe
Lois Brown
Locust Stret Church
Alvin Thomas
Chicago
Central Trust Company
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St Ciate
Poricl
Manly
John Ekitel & Son
W. H. Evans
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Opera House
Samuel Goldwyn
Mabel Normand
George Ade
Goldwyn
Goldwyn-Bray Pictograph
Buckeye
Iicinity Lave En Buying
Smad Beste
Burger Bros. CO
Cincinnati
Gnio
Battle Ship
Golden Sur
Silver Sea
Monarch
Farmer's Pride
S. D. Early
South Greencastle
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