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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1900
Page
9
A young apprentice on a doomed emigrant ship endures fear and loneliness as a shipboard uprising threatens. Tormented by cowardice he considers escape by sealing the door from the other side and dies as the boat and light fade, leaving him in a tomb-like fate.
In a fogbound voyage, the Pride of Asia collides with a sailing ship. Captain and crew battle flooding as passengers panic, and young Malcolm heroically aids in the salvage before perishing in the forward hold. His father receives the tragic news as a grave marker proclaims Here Lies a Hero.
A reflective piece argues for reviving the old term genteel to describe a refined blend of style, grace, and breeding. It contrasts contemporary use with past standards shown in graceful women, dishwashing praise, and Woman's Home Companion’s influence.
The piece argues mothers err when dressing boys merging Brendter judgment and fashion. It contrasts American limp ensembles with English style, noting boys aged 8 to 10 prefer practical shirts collars and Eton jackets over frilly uniforms. It critiques Freckled sunburnt youths in lace and ribbons.
Officials of national banks retain first notes as souvenirs. If these notes never reenter circulation or face redemption, government coffers grow richer. Redemption division records show no bank fully redeemed since national banks began, leaving a sizable treasury fund.
Captain G H E Shelley an English ornithologist notes Africa may be the metropolis of song birds as it hosts wintering Northern European species such as the nightingale swallow and many warblers. Africa also harbors numerous remarkable and beautiful birds of its own.
The Chief Justice’s right seat is held by the longest serving associate justice, the left seat by the next in seniority, and the pattern continues alternately from right to left across the bench. This arrangement remains a tradition guiding Supreme Court seating.
A fragment notes that in China black dogs and black cats are favored in midsummer as eating them is believed to ensure health and strength.
W R Thatcher and N W Hussey of Oskaloosa Iowa show a milking device using a tight can cover to create an airtight interior and four rubber cups on the teats. An exhaust system and gauge indicate air removal, producing a steady milk flow until the can empties.
Farmers can double or triple output by summer crops such as Hungarian grass and rape for hay and weed control. Cow peas provide soil nitrogen and can be grazed, mowed, or plowed under. Do not neglect corn while growing summer forage for stock and soil health.
Tomato plants benefit from a benchlike support to spread vines toward sun and air while keeping growth elevated. The method aims to minimize ground contact and improve airflow for healthier fruit development.
The Farm Journal shows a low wooden ground support for tomatoes at eight foot intervals with two strips of twelve inch wire poultry netting across the top. The Cleveland Retail Grocers Association votes to sell all vegetables by weight, even in small quantities, to protect buyers and sellers.
A reader describes using a sixty foot baseline and a pole equal to his height to sight the tree from the ground. By laying back with eyes above the line and sighting over the pole he infers the tree’s top is about sixty feet high.
Up-to-date Farming outlines ideal qualities for a perfect winter wheat. It should mature early to avoid rust and insects, yield prolifically, have a stiff straw to prevent lodging, winter-hardened resilience, and a thin skin to minimize bran and maximize flour. The piece asks who will first offer a variety combining these traits.
A 2330 foot bore at the Good Shepherd grounds in Wauwatosa Wisconsin yields a soft limpid drinking water supply. The contractor stops as no flowing well could be obtained. Water rises to within eighty feet of the surface and could serve 4000 to 5000 people once pumped by a $500 engine for a century.
The article argues fowls require exercise to digest grain and stay healthy. It notes that while proper feeding builds muscle, there is a French fattening method where birds are caged and fed soft mash with no exercise yet still gain meat and fat rapidly.
An article urges thinning potato hills to one stalk each before tubers form, with rows three feet apart and plants twenty inches apart. It cites high yields and marketable sizes, while advising small plots to test the method before wide adoption. It also covers milk prices in New York, feeding practices for horses, bedding, watering, and humane handling to reduce illness and improve profit.
Mrs Richards models a budget plan for middle earners on 1000 to 3000 dollars yearly. She advocates 20 percent rent 15 percent operating costs 15 percent clothing and 25 percent food, leaving 25 percent for future needs and intellectual life. Two laws guide the method noting higher income lowers subsistence share and clothing rent heat and light stay proportionate.
Instructions describe sorting clothes by cleanliness, washing powder application, rolling, boiling in a boiler, rinsing in cold water, and repeating with remaining items. Colored garments should be treated as usual. Author identified as Mrs K C Call.
Recipes cover chocolate cakes with butter cocoa eggs and baking powder, mar shallowed frosting with marshmallows. ham curing with borax in hot water, drying, and smoke house methods. horseradish sauce recipe with grated horseradish sugar salt mustard vinegar taragon cream. potato diet note from agriculture. and a breakfast salad of tomatoes cucumbers onion lettuce.
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