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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1907
Page
3
A brief verse from Good Housekeeping about Little Pink Sunbonnet leaving grandpa's farm for school. It contrasts a lonely home with the bustle of classroom life and growing up, ending with a farewell kiss and hopeful note.
Nell faces her father’s stubborn blessing as Will declares marriage unless he consents. At a station, they slip into a locomotive cab and Nell triggers the engine, racing off before the dispatcher clears the track. A telegraph confirms forgiveness and a wedding with parental blessing awaits. The Chicago Tribune reports the sequence.
The tale recounts Katherine Hollingsworth and George Robinson joining the Quaker Meeting to wed in 1688 on the Brandywine settlement. George converts after scrutiny by elders who test his motive, choosing conversion for love of Katherine. The couple endure a long marriage marked by piety and devotion to the Society of Friends.
A Yonkers Statesman exchange notes a playful line about fingerprints, quoting Egbert and noting that one chance in 64 billion could align with a humorous view on marriage. The exchange contrasts science with personal whim in a light, printed joke.
Fruit growers prize a new plum variety named Miracle by Luther Burbank of California. It is a hybrid seedling with French prune as a parent, practically seedless with a small kernel stone, dark blue bloom, yellow flesh, very sweet and juicy. Initial tests in California show promise for tougher northern climates.
A five month field trial at the West Virginia experiment station compared board and earth floors for laying hens. Starting Nov. 24, 36 hens per floor were observed. earth floors produced about 66 percent more eggs than board floors, though earth floors felt warmer in cold weather. Only one lame reup case was noted across both groups.
A strip 40 feet wide and 192 miles long yielded 4800 birds of 94 species or varieties. Two thirds were finch sparrows and about one sixth were crow blackbirds. Other common species included meadowlarks cowbirds crows horned larks and mourning doves in roughly 10 to 6 percent ranges.
A French Academy of Sciences report shows two pear trees of the same variety grafted on different stocks. The pear seedling stock produced green fruit, while the quince stock yielded golden yellow fruit with a sunward rose blush. The quince stock fruit weighed about a third more per specimen and was denser in fruit and juice, with higher acidity and sugar.
The article extols alfalfa as a base for profitable farming in Texas, noting it supports swine growth, exercise, and muscle. It also highlights high market demand for well-kept poultry and fancy fowls, with breeders able to fetch strong prices.
A government bulletin outlines symptoms of stomach worm infestation in sheep and two main prevention methods. Keeping ewes in bare lots to reduce exposure and allowing lambs to graze on infested pastures are discussed, with fall lambing favored over spring. It also lists remedies such as coal tar creosote blue stone and gasoline.
Timothy Hay claims tested by Prof. Patterson of the Maryland Agricultural Station show timothy is less digestible to horses than cattle. The finding challenges the belief that timothy hay suits horses best as a feed, with clover often preferred for horse feed.
Ground clover hay is prepared by scalding with boiling water and thickening with meal or other feed. Poultrymen use it to enrich rations with beneficial results and it is also suitable for young calves and pigs.
A report from Audenried near Tlattetown Pa describes a hen adopting six orphaned chicks after their mother deserted them. In Maryland a fruit grower grows peaches with skin free of fuzz and plans next year to produce peelable fruit like an orange.
Rcwriter describes a simple plan for smoking meat in a mint context. The process includes two weeks in brine, a cold-water soak for a day and night, then transferring to a smoking setup with a four foot high by two to three foot box, and knocking both.
Plan describes digging a 71 foot deep hole two feet square and a long shallow trench with a stove pipe end and dirt cover. Other items discuss cherry-picking, seed quality, German farm labor wages, Danish small farms, rustproof milk cans, pruning sprouts, farmers exchanges, cement fence posts, denatured alcohol prices, and horse head carriage mechanics.
Instructions describe baking a fruit pie using a pudding dish as the base with an upside down teacup in the center. Peaches are peeled and chopped, sweetened, with water and flour. apples are heated with spice and butter. Crust covers the top, slits made, and the cup remains until serving.
A recipe describes making a pineapple syrup by combining two sugar leaf pineapples peeled and chopped with two thirds of their weight in sugar. Let stand overnight, morning cook and strain juice. Use strained pulp for marmalade, boil juice to bottle, and boil pulp with sugar to finish.
Wash and trim asparagus then boil until tender, avoiding soft tips. Pack into clean cans and cover with boiled asparagus liquor. Seal cans by boiling water bath for five minutes, then store in a cool dark place.
Soak gelatine in cold water for an hour. Mash strawberries with sugar and let stand five hours. Dissolve gelatine in two cups boiling water then add berry juice and lemon juice. Strain and mold in a cold bag, set on ice, serve with rich cream.
The excerpt notes meat tenderness depends on aging and cooking. It mentions that long hang time makes meat more tender and that cooking aids fiber breakdown. It also describes a home method soaking indifferently cut steak in vinegar and olive oil overnight, claimed to improve flavor.
Instructions describe making peach preserves by cooking peaches with sugar and spices, then packing jars while hot. The method calls for three pounds of sugar per five pounds of peaches, a quart of vinegar, ground cloves and allspice, simmering, and sealing jars.
The excerpt describes preparing a strawberry mixture with lemon juice then cooking briefly. It yields a berry syrup to mix with water and sugar, then the whole mass is frozen in a packed freezer, with steps to disrupt and rest for several hours.
Instructions to make a creamy icing by boiling two cups sugar one tablespoon butter and two thirds cup milk until thick then adding vanilla extract and cooling before spreading.
The method begins with chopped cold beef or veal seasoned as for bash. Hot mashed potatoes are seasoned and layered in a shallow dish alternately with meat, finishing with a potato layer. Smooth the top, make holes, and dot with butter before baking until brown.
A compact recipe instructs to brown equal parts shortening and flour in a pan, add onion, fry to golden, then whisk in five cups of soup stock or warm water. Thicken, pour over a beaten egg, and season with salt pepper and chopped nuts to taste.
A compilation from Owensville to Petersburg notes church projects and dedications including a $10,000 Methodist house of worship and a $3,500 General Baptist church in Decker. It reports fires, accidents, robberies, court cases, farm yields, gold findings, and notable deaths across Indiana towns with diverse local details.
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