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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1921
Page
8
Observations from Graysville residents comment on fashion, taxes, eggs, and social norms. The column wittily riffs on politics, marriage, and everyday life noting outdated phrases and humorous misprints while touching on Prohibition, travel, and rural humor.
The fragment notes Melporzpi or Melpoirses as the muse of tragedy. It says she presided over tragedy, is usually depicted standing with her left foot raised on a block and holding a wand or staff in her right hand, a staff used by tragedians.
A Kentucky Union County girl helps in seed testing by using bleached muslin rag dolls as germination testers for corn. The method, advocated by county and state agricultural offices, uses simple materials to gauge seed vigor and guide planting when seed supplies are limited.
A farmer's wife sold butter by mail at about half the retail price, prompting demand and allowing price increases as customers saved money. Several creameries have built parcel post businesses, selling directly to consumers or retail distributors, with others sending weekly price lists to expand trade.
We glimpse funeral practices from ancient Greece to 17th century England and to modern times. The passage notes how Achilles Patroclus scenes inspired memorial games and feasts and how funerals now use trained embalmers and directors to honor the dead while protecting health and easing family distress. BILLMAN
Advertisements invite customers to order fresh exes, butter, vegetables and cherries shipped by parcel post from Fair View Farm in Blank, Va. Wording notes direct-from-farm quality with prepaid or postpaid delivery and per-quart pricing requests.
An advertisement promises $36.00 per week full time or 75 cents an hour for spare time selling guaranteed hosiery. Agents can earn between $75.06 and $125.00 weekly. Emphasizes easy selling and pre war Fall line pricing by Hagle Hosiery Company in Darby Pennsylvania.
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