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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1920
Page
3
Indianapolis hog receipts reach 9 200 with prices 25 to 50 cents lower at opening. Hog prices last traded 17.00 to 17.25 with top 17.25, pigs to 16.59, packing sows 15.25 down. Cattle steady, calves 50 cents to 1 dollar lower. best veals 17.50. Sheep steady, lambs 50 cents lower, est 11.50.
A described method for maintaining a smooth throat and shoulders before wearing a low neckline gown. The process includes hot washes, cold cream application, light rubbing, masking with a handkerchief, gentle astringent dusting, and powdering to set a refined neckline. The routine emphasizes cleansing, tightening, and grooming the skin for a fresh, lasting appearance.
Wm Overly of Indianapolis spent Sunday in Greencastle. Roy Harris of Indianapolis visited Mr and Mrs John H James. The Dick Land cow sale at the Champer barn run by Dobbs and Vestal was a big success with 27 head selling at an average of 110 dollars.
Modern furnished room at 906 S Locust Street call Green 625. Men wanted for both day and night shifts at American Zinc Products Co. For sale seed wheat Red Ware in clean good test $2.50 per bushel call Frank Hammond Mt Meridian. Lost female fox hound black and white spotted four years old reward $5 Harry Bond Reelsville Ind. Wanted a girl or young man at the Herald Office for a permanent industrious position apply at Herald Office. For sale single comb brown Leghory cockerels Everett O Hair Fillmore Indiana Rural Route 1.
An advertisement touts RAT SNAP as the best rat exterminator with claims of quick, odorless action. It lists sizes 35c 85c and 1.25 and names sellers John Cook & Son J Sudranski Co and R P Mullins and notes multiple local business contacts.
James McGuire, noted hog raiser, urges farmers to use RAT SNAP after spending a dollar on the cake bait. He claims the rats killed saved the price of a hog. RAT SNAP comes in cake form. cats or dogs won’t touch it. Three sizes 35c 65c and $1.25, sold and guaranteed by John Cook & Sons J Sudranski & Co R P Mullins.
Instructions describe washing and shelling strawberries in cold water, then preparing strawberry russe, charlotte russe, and biscuit crust desserts. Recipes cover buttered layers, whipped cream, orange and peach fillings, and making jelly from strawberry juice and rhubarb with sugar for preservation.
Delicate pastry notes describe puff shells baked in a hot oven for about twenty minutes and filled with crushed sweetened strawberries. The recipe uses a strawberry icing glaze made from juice and sugar, then the puffs are split and filled while warm for a fruity dessert.
A historical recipe details making egg croquettes from six hard boiled eggs. It instructs simmering eggs then preparing a milk roux with butter and flour, seasoning with cayenne onion juice and mace, folding in chopped parsley, shaping into croquettes, breading, and frying until golden served with cream or tomato sauce.
Split peas are soaked overnight then drained and covered with cold water to heat slowly. Boil and skim, add stock for flavor, simmer until soft. Two hours before serving add browned carrot and onion, rub through a sieve, reheat, season, and thicken with flour.
Southern cooks present numerous sweet potato preparations to pair with pork chops, sausage, or bacon. Dishes include baked pork chops with mashed sweet potato coating, sausage stuffed potatoes on skewers, sweet potato and bacon brochettes, and candied or stuffed variations. The guide also notes a bacon crumb flavoring technique and a few kitchen tips like toasting bread with a popcorn popper and preserving olives in brine with oil.
J A Martin of Spokane and J H Woodard of the Old National Bank building engineering staff perfected an electric safety device. It blocks elevator movement until the door is closed. Patents are pending on all parts. The team plans thorough tests in the bank building elevator before manufacturing.
A San Francisco inventor patents a telephone transmitter cover that uses used paper which must be removed before reuse. A new electrical device measures ten millionth parts of a second with precision. A folding wachtub saves space by collapsing when filled. A coat and hat rack doubles as a fire escape, offering a handy household furniture solution.
An Harper's Magazine writer notes the Mealean ants produce an aromatic ant honey resembling bee honey. A chemist finds a nearly pure fruit sugar solution that does not crystallize. Natives used it as food, drink, or medicine though farming ants is impractical due to small yields.
Instructions describe preparing a simple dessert by pitting dates, mixing with desiccated cocoanut, baking briefly, and serving in a glass dish with a final cocoanut topping. The result is a quick, tasty treat.
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