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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1906
Page
3
The article outlines a DIY cistern and filtering system with a ground dug cistern and a 2-foot sewer tile neck to form a tight, watertight unit. It describes a filtering cistern with a perforated bucket for lifting and a cemented 3-inch sewer tile link to the main cistern, plus notes on agricultural practices and the Department of Agriculture's impact on turpentine production.
The Illinois Experiment Station reports a graphic study of dairy cow profitability. About a quarter of cows produce under 1344 pounds of butter fat yearly with little profit, while the profitable group yields around 801 pounds of butter fat annually and a net profit of $31.32 per cow.
Fragmentary note on gear for grain thrashing and feeding. References to cylinder with two rows of teeth, Self feeder, sixteen horsepower engine, feeding quality of fodder after thrashing, moisture and spoilage concerns, and comparisons with clover hay. Mentions corn for bolts, molting season issues, and farm practices.
Instructions describe selecting ears at full grain, brining for preservation, drying, packing in wooden legs, and rehydrating before cooking. Steps emphasize soaking, drying, and freezing or storing in a dry closet. The text outlines boiling, simmering, and slicing methods with liquor for flavor.
A cropped OCR fragment shows a recipe style list with a teaspoonful of something and prepared mustard, a dash of cayenne, and a pint of chopped sausages. It references serving hot items from a fire cups.
Bake a common sponge cake in a flat-bottomed pudding dish. Cut into six or eight pieces, split and spread with butter, and return to the dish. Make a custard with four eggs to a quart of milk, flavor and sweeten to taste, pour over cake and bake half an hour. The cake will swell and fill the custard. This is delicious.
A historical cooking instruction combines six pounds of lean pork with an equal weight of fat pork and grinding. It directs adding six teaspoons fat and black pepper, twelve teaspoonfuls of powdered sage, two teaspoonfuls each of powdered cloves and mace, and one grated nutmeg, then packing firmly and pouring melted fat over the top to preserve.
Compiled baking times and heat guidelines across a range of foods from beans to pudding. Includes details for rolls cookies biscuits cake bread lamb beef pork and poultry with per pound or per item timings. Also notes on preparation steps and quality observations for crusts and doneness.
A fragmented poem recalls a barn loft childhoods with hay, rain, and fire swallows. Vivid lines describe hiding, slipping, the bark loft, and memories that cling to a rural, bygone day. The speaker reflects on play, danger, and home sounds in a nostalgic landscape.
In a small grocery shop, Maryasha Kuzlewsky, a fair and plump widow in her eighties, contemplates companionship from Stanislaw Baslawsky, the widowed father of three neglected children. He admires her, but guilt and struggle with his own duties keep him from pursuing a union.
In a Nebraska style vignette, Stanislaw meets Maryabla at a doorway near Widow Kuglewsky. She subtly reveals warmth through attire and a smile that softens his hardened heart as they discuss children’s dresses and daily chores.
The article argues for expanding the university and public libraries within the nation’s schools and laboratories to educate the public, spur invention, and reduce repeated mistakes. Citing Paris Conservatoire des Arts et Metiers, it notes its labs and 13 000 model museum as a model and suggests an ideal museum with industry alcoves and up-to-date demonstrations.
The article notes Porfirio Diaz built 27,000 troops into a well equipped force of 60,000 for possible war. It claims Mexico's population of about 14.4 million yields roughly one soldier per 19 inhabitants, with potential to shift to one per 23 in case of war.
The Pall Mall Gazette ridicules excessive enthusiasm for solitary artists and argues that starching slang and mockery rather than praise dominates. It questions the value of lavish praise and laments the era’s literary pretensions amid public discourse.
State News reports an assistant cashier Wiley Armstrong at the freight house of a railroad in Indianapolis was shot. A revolver with one chamber empty was left near the door and other spent cartridges matched the weapon. Police held Wilson D.S. for further investigation.
The jury in Hammond County Circuit Court convicted Constantine Stathacropulos of first degree murder in the death of Demetrius Kaklemanis. Stathacropulos stabbed Kaklemanis with a stiletto after a wheelbarrow incident, and Kaklemanis died three days later with a near severed heart. The state showed Kaklemanis heart during trial, which unnerved the defendant.
Principal Samuel Wertz sparked a heated clash at Columbus High School as several girls were expelled for wearing short sleeves and waist-length outfits deemed inappropriate. A girl promising long sleeves appeared in a ragged garment with sleeves slit the full length, fueling a week of tension and dress censorship protests.
Shelbyville judge uses Indiana law to grant limited divorces. Jeremiah Featherstone couple receives five year separation with no marriage or cohabitation permitted. Lazer Reed divorce granted two years amid efforts to curb drinking. wife knew husband was a drinker before marriage.
Matthias Heller aged 1 lived with Charles L. Rapp in Shelbyville and cared for a Jersey cow. He became despondent after the animal was shipped to the country. He tied a rope to a raft and around his neck, then jumped from a barn near the family’s land. His wife had died several years earlier.
A county board removes William Hey as superintendent amid accusations of cruelty to a minor, Henry Gillan, a blacksmith at the Puget mine. An engine accident near the rail line occurs an hour later as a switch cuts power and halts trains.
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