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Newspaper
Monticello Herald
Location
Monticello, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1921
Page
3
An experienced auctioneer and former stockman discusses strategies to ensure successful sales. They emphasize preparation, clear bidding terms, and engaging buyers to maximize value. The piece reflects practical field knowledge from rural auction settings.
H L Miller DC removes the cause of disease offers free analysis and consultation. Office on Main Floor corner Olinovis and Washington Streets opposite City Hall Montredin. Phone 42. Calls answered day or night. Available every day except Mondiaga and Piiairs days.
In the September bulletin the White County Board of Charities reports on the poor asylum north of town visited June 27, 192%. Population 16 men 12 women 4. acreage 150. stock cattle 11 horses 6 swine 65 poultry 100. Facilities show aging farm buildings and poor fences. main building needs repairs though some work has been done. Water quality is bad, new well or water system needed. Staff salaries listed. inmates healthy, clothing good, meals adequate but supervision quarterly. Recent painting noted. overall condition unsatisfactory.
A fragment recounts beliefs about Christmas spirits and the wandering Jew, then shifts to a kitchen recipe. It describes preparing celery and a celery water stock, mixing flour with sugar and milk, and finishing with a custardlike sauce, though the text is fragmentary and garbled.
The article traces the origin of stockings and gifts from St. Nicholas of Padua who threw knitted purses to the poor. It describes how purses were hung from windows or mantels to receive gifts, later replaced by stockings as coin scarcity led to alternates like foxes for children and practical gifts.
The article describes French Christmas customs with Le Petit Bonhomme bringing gifts in wooden shoes, and lists greens decorations, mistletoe, and holly. It notes New Year’s Day, Le Jour de l An, as the second festival, and highlights the festive decorations across homes.
In nineteenth century Reus farm life, servants visited houses at Christmas with a life sized wooden hodening horse on a stick. The horse head opened by hinges, operated by a cord, and wore horse cloth while participants posed on the stick to beg gratuities during rounds through houses.
The Sunflower in Russia describes Bunstower cultivation becoming an industry in southern Russia. Seeds serve as olive substitutes for oil, with Russians eating the kernel. An acre of sunflowers yields about 60 bushels of seeds, producing substantial oil.
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