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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1903
Page
2
A compact feature summarizes a one leg milking stool design with a barrel hoop support, plus notes on hauling shocked corn rig, summer pruning of fruit trees, home made windmills, pig feeding troughs, and practical hog-raising guidance.
The article discusses peatland celery in Santa Anna California with 2200 acres producing 1500 carloads in 1903. It urges farmers to keep careful soil culture records and notes tests debunking the idea that hen diet changes egg flavor. It covers irrigation, calf rearing with warm milk and specific feed, and general farming wisdom.
A historical recipe describes lemon dumplings made with grated bread er mules, suet, moist sugar, eggs, lemon rind and juice. Dry ingredients are mixed in a basin, moistened with eggs and lemon juice, pressed into small cups, steamed for two and a half hours, then unmoulded and served with sifted sugar.
Blanch almonds in boiling water then coat with melted butter and salt. Bake in a warm oven until lightly browned. Peanuts prepared the same, but without blanching since the brown skin is easy to remove.
To two cups of milk add two well beaten eggs two slightly rounded teaspoons of cocoa three level tablespoons of sugar and half a teaspoon of vanilla. Dissolve cocoa with sugar in half the milk heated then cool and add the rest of the ingredients. Bake cups in a pan of boiling water in a moderate oven.
Remove seeds from a green pepper and chop fine. Simmer ten minutes in butter without browning. Add salt and chill. Spread between crustless bread slices. Top pepper with grated American cream cheese for a piquant finish. Pairs well with cold meat.
Includes Cranberry Fritters and Creamed Oysters recipes with step by step instructions, Apples with Cream, Ham Toast, and Dried Beef prep. Also discusses Sales at Fairs and a political update on Panama and trust regulation, plus a light radio-style quip exchange about trousers.
A Scientific American writer recounts vermin removal by turning whitewash yellow with copperas and applying it to cellar stones and rafters. Rats and mice vanished, and the family avoided typhoid or fever after repeated spring coatings, claimed as a purifier and exterminator.
Bristows full investigation on postal scandals reveals widespread corruption from 1898 to about a year ago in the First Assistant Postmaster General and related offices. The public will accept the President’s memorandum and an abstract noting some officials involved, with several cases already tried and acquitted. Public justice requires pursuing remaining indictments.
The Chicago Inter Ocean argues for ratifying the canal treaty with Panama, asserting the isthmus policy remains correct despite doubts. It cites 1846 and later expansions as the enduring framework guiding free transit rights and global security. The piece notes rising trust-driven manufacturing shares around 1900 and hints at broader economic concerns.
A humorous school feature shows eleven classes presenting verses about cleaning with Sapolio. The playful alphabet and subject poems parody classroom work, linking each lesson to soap and cleanliness with wordplay and puns.
An old Negro farmer Chad recounts his son failing the civil service exam due to arithmetic grammar history and spelling gaps. The friendly interviewer asks what he will do next and Chad says he has decided to teach school. The dialogue echoes themes of education and opportunity from early 20th century Atlanta Constitution columns.
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