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Newspaper
Greensburg Standard
Location
Greensburg, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1911
Page
7
Sunday supper is outlined with a traditional menu including cold dessert, salads, potato salad, cheese platters, and hot biscuits. The piece notes prep timing and suggests using leftovers and a packaged cake. Local notices follow: Dr. Alphonso Armstrong's death. individual travels and visits. a surgery in Indianapolis. moves to North Vernon. and a protracted Baptist meeting ending in fifteen baptisms.
The blizzard strands Attinebury family at home as streetcars stall and local deliveries halt. Attibeury keeps a cheerful front while Mrs. Attilebury laments missing the morning paper and weather news in Harper’s Weekly style.
A collection of household hints covers grease spills on floors and carpets, using hot water to set grease, then cleaning with gasoline or naphtha. Salt on stove grease prevents smoking, and washing the spot before blackening the stove. Zinc in hot coals frees stoves from soot and mats drafts. Coal oil cleans zinc and oilcloth, while tea kettles clean with coal oil. A cross-wire broiler grates cheese and soap for boiler use.
A tray cozy is defined as a piece of heated asbestos placed on a serving tray to carry warm foods to an invalid's room.
Westport residents report Mrs Sarah Pickett visiting her daughter in Rushville last week and Mrs Eaphrain Arbuckle returning from Shelbyville. Miss Ethel Yale returns to Newport after visiting Ira Colson’s family. Lyle Conwell opens a new drug store on Poplar Street. Tom Hepler buys a house and 3.5 acres on the town’s east side. Bert McCammon of Letts is also mentioned among local items.
Hartsville circular recounts visits by Miss Maude White to Aurora and others in Columbus, a Methodist children's day event, pledges for church painting, and a large school commencement with eight graduates. Gladys Mahaffey died in Los Angeles and was buried in Garland Brook, while Rev Westhafer supports his children’s higher education. The piece mentions multiple relatives and regional outings.
A speaker condemns secret fraternities for causing division, lawsuits and fire while praising the fraternities for charitable church work. The speaker notes forty local youths deserve college opportunities.
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