Subj : Round Tuits
To   : Dave Drum
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Wed May 08 2024 19:19:38

Hi Dave,


 DD> Actually the print shop only printed two items for public consumption.
 DD> The weekly (every Friday) Market Report which was an 8 page

 RH> Sounds like what my dad used to call "job printing". The newspaper was
 RH> printed weekly, plus they did other small jobs for businesses or
 RH> individuals. They kept a couple of albums of "fancy" jobs (wedding

 DD> When I was doing weakly (misspelling intentional) newspapers the "job
 DD> shop" actually made more $$$ than the newspaper(s). Even with 5
 DD> editions there just wasn't enough advertising or circulation revenue
 DD> to provide
 DD> a living for the staff. So, business cards, letterheads, envelopes,
 DD> forms, short-run cook books, etc. kept us afloat.

Anything to keep the presses running. The CMN (Catskill Mountain News)
had several job presses in addition to the big press for the paper.


 DD> With the advent of the internet small town papers are disappearing at
 DD> an alarming rate.

I know, the CMN died last year. The owner that bought it back in the
early 1900s hired dad in the early 50s, made him editor in the early
60s. Dad had a disagreement with his son (who didn't know how to run a
paper so was trying to tell dad the wrong way to do things) in the early
80s--dad said "I quit" just before the son (who, by now was boss) said
"you're fired". Whole town backed dad but he never went back to them.


 DD>       Title: Farmer's Market Cobbler
 DD>  Categories: Pies, Pastry, Fruits
 DD>       Yield: 6 Servings

 RH> It's getting to be that season. Steve brought home another basket of
 RH> strawberries from the local market yesterday.

 DD> This morning's e-edition of the local ird cae liner had a listing of
 DD> near-by farmer's markets with times/dates and locations. And I noticed
 DD> that my favourite farmstand - Suttill's - was advertising strawberries
 DD> on their road sign w/a promise of "Asparagus next week".   Bv)=

Asparagus sounds good. Best I ever had was in Germany, white asparagus
lightly blanched, then soaked in a light lemon vinegarette.


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Catch you later,
Ruth
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