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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1899
Page
3
A poem cited from the Atlanta Constitution recalls a man who laments there was never a latchstring on the outside door for him despite love and promise. He reflects on winter and spring, beauty and hardship, and the sense that his beloved’s home would not welcome him outside. The piece emphasizes longing, unrequited access, and rural charm.
A Paris set piece unfolds as a nameless narrator, mistaken for a cleric by a mysterious man with a black cross, becomes involved in a guardian’s plot to marry his ward Marie Duchane to save his fortune. The plan uses a staged ceremony performed by a supposed clergyman, leading to a payoff and the ward’s eventual restoration of wealth.
Fragmentary OCR line references a ceremony involving gold and ownership. The text is garbled and lacks clear names, dates, places, or outcomes to establish a full news item.
A narrator feigns a clerical role and meets a tall imperious man who asserts the mission, asking if Col. de Lisle sent him to the corner of and streets and if he answers to Alaria, revealing a tense confrontation and unfolding intrigue.
Italian Catholics propose a nineteenth century commemoration by placing nineteen colossal gilded cast iron statues of Christ at sites such as Mount Soratte, Gran Sasso d'Italia, and the toe, heel, and instep of the boot.
Agricultural notes urge subsoiling on every farm using an arrow-point shovel attached behind a plow to loosen deep soil and improve drainage water runoff and drought storage. The piece also covers careful rust removal of tools with sulphuric acid solution, greasing, and keeping plows clean for easier handling and efficiency.
An American Cultivator discussion compares mules and mares for a ten year farm term. It argues mules beat horses in durability and upkeep, noting mules work as hard daily at half the food cost and stay sound longer, with potential higher long-run profitability if colts balance the accounts.
Practical tips on preventing troughs from freezing for barn stock. Box in yard troughs and fit double covers to protect water during the coldest weather. Provide drainage after drinking, feed animals at night, and consider heating options or warmed water for mildh cows when temperatures approach ninety nine degrees.
A reader advises substituting a bran and scalded meal mix three times weekly for usual grain when horses are idle. The blend, fed damp but not sloppy, keeps horses fat and smooth, aids digestion, and may be less nutritious yet compensates with digestive benefits. Exchange.
The Department of Agriculture publishes clear steps for cleaning a plow to keep iron and steel tools in prime condition. The guidance emphasizes removing dirt, drying thoroughly, applying protective oil, and storing properly to prevent rust and wear.
Kansas Experiment Station lists multiple ration formulas using corn fodder with various supplements. Each line details quantities of corn fodder, additional feeds such as bran soy bean meal cottonseed meal oats kaffir corn and linseed meal for livestock rations.
Growers may gain new income as peach apricot nectarine plum and prune pits gain value. Kernels fetch 5 to 10 dollars per ton delivered to San Francisco with kernels used for nut candy flavors and extracts. Pits are cracked in San Francisco then kernels shipped east for processing.
Salt topdressing for land with organic matter speeds decomposition and releases carbonic acid gas and ammonia, aiding soil minerals. Used in small amounts per acre, it can substitute for potash and phosphate at lower cost, though salt is mainly seen as a preservative in larger quantities.
The author discusses movable fences to improve pasture use and reduce trampling losses. By restricting stock to sections until food is eaten, regrowth occurs in other parts. Winter pastures are limited, but guidance remains for spring. With rye ready, avoid overgrazing and grazing on wet ground to protect rye.
The curry comb and brush are vital for cows as for horses and aid thrift. Clean skin reduces filth on udders and flanks from stalls. Dairy cleanliness begins with currying and brushing, and udders should be washed with soapy water before milking, then rinsed with clean water.
The article notes hauling as a major farm expense and urges planning crop locations to minimize travel. It suggests using idle winter teams to haul fodder to the barn, reducing spring labor costs, and warns that costs rise when teams are idle during one period and busy in another.
A seasonal note describes how a bucket of water near a dry pumpkin or melon causes the fruit to direct its growth toward the water, with the melon leaves reaching into the water within a few days. The observation suggests plant intelligence guiding movement toward moisture sources.
A pro administration polemic argues the November 1899 results endorse McKinley and expansion, noting across the nation a verdict against Bryanism and for Dingley tariff policies. It cites endorsements from The New York Evening Post and reactions from American Economist and Peoria Journal.
The Indianapolis Journal recounts a Kansas paper editor finding a Bryan banner from 1896 showing bleak price predictions for corn wheat oats hay butter eggs hogs and cattle along with praise for low interest rates. It argues such forecasts failed and warns Republicans to read the banner to discredit Bryanites amid ongoing political chatter.
Iowa volunteers recount Filipino use of Mexican dollars labeled Thats Mex in Manila. Soldiers reject non backed coins and warn against flimsy currency abroad. Expansion as 1900 campaign theme grows from Iowa and South Dakota results, urging Republicans to attack anti expansion Democrats.
The fragment asks what every wool grower in the country would ask his Congressman or Senator about customs authorities. It implies concern over import duties and government trade policy affecting wool. The text hints at a broader debate on tariffs and regulatory controls impacting the industry and constituents.
A summary critique of Mr. Bryan's campaigns cites 1806 state carries and 1896 to 1899 voting trends. It argues Republicans held 26 states with 285 electoral votes while Democrats had 19 states and 162 votes, asserting Bryan’s optimism is misplaced given state results in Ohio Iowa Massachusetts New York Pennsylvania and New Jersey and predicting a Republican 123 vote electoral edge based on 1898 1899 returns.
A brief letter from T BE Andrews of Charles Mix County South Dakota argues that local bank deposits per capita favor farmers over merchants and that Populism will fade once prosperity returns. He notes four banks with deposits over 20 per capita and compares county conditions to the Sioux City Journal critique.
From Yormestown Ohio comes a dispatch on a wage conference between Tames St. Nutt of the Tron Manufacturers Association and a committee for the Amalgamated Association of Tron and Sievel Workers. Wages for November and December were set at 16 2 cents, yielding paddlers 85.58 per ton, the highest price for purchasing since 1885. The wage earner is seen as benefiting from the general prosperity and the protective system.
In a late interview the Western manager of a major watch factory said he could sell the entire output and noted draymen paying cash for watches. He described demand as desperate and warned that prosperity may push people to view city life as they struggle to obtain money quickly.
Moravian Falls North Carolina newspaper Yellow Jacket notes that protective tariffs and stimulated inventions drive the nation to lead in iron production, praising these promoters as key to unexampled industrial advance.
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