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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1905
Page
3
An American farmer unveils a shoe attachment for hand weeding hoes with a curved shank and integrated cutting blade. The device enables forward pushing action to sever vines and creeping plants from stalks and also aids in chopping corn and thinning cotton.
Practical farming notes cover fowl flock income and capital growth, termite resistant wood treatment, and stall designs for dairy barns. It discusses early costs, scalable holdings, and how protected timber could revolutionize tropical exports while offering methodical care for farm machinery and implements.
The piece argues weeds cling to soil with tenacity and connects ancient Egypt’s weed battle to biblical times. It asserts humanity perpetually grows the weeds we fail to destroy and that eternal vigilance is the price of eradicating weeds.
Opinion on roads as a sign of wealth and drive. Poor roads imply laziness while good roads invite action. Some southern winter resorts market good roads as a draw for visitors, contrasting mud with progress.
A compact home recipe for Second Short-Bread uses twelve ounces flour three ounces sugar half a pound fresh butter. Mix dry flour then sugar. Melt butter and blend into flour. Knead into a lump roll one inch thick. Shape edges with a fork, prick with a skewer, bake one hour, cool and cut into squares.
A recipe describes cutting kernels from a dozen ears of freen corn and frying two onions in butter. Add corn, four broken biscuits, par boiled potatoes, pepper, salt, and parsley with boiling water. Cook thirty minutes, then stir in milk thickened with flour, and serve from a heated tureen.
Slice cold meat with fat removed, season with salt and pepper. Dust with flour and fry with onion, six cloves, grated herbs and a piece of putter. Add a dry wine, water or gravy, and mixed sauces. Cook briefly until absorbed, then serve with the remaining sauce poured over.
Instructions describe making minced meat batter for frying, including lemon juice eggs fat and almond garnish. Then a fruit preserve with grapes and spices boiled and stored. Finally cucumber pickling with mustard salt and cider vinegar and storage notes.
A simple old fashioned custard free ice cream method uses one quart cresaim, two cupfuls powdered sugar, and two teaspoonfuls vanilla extract. Mix gently until dissolved and freeze in a freezer for a large family serving.
A dated kitchen note describes making a pickle by boiling a solution of vinegar, mustard seed, and a pinch of salt. Pour over green plums unripe, let stand overnight, then drain and reheat the gar. Plums may be harvested early and pickled similarly.
Scientists from the American Museum of Natural History report the excavation of Tyrannosaurus rex in Montana. The 39 foot, 10 ton predator challenges the Triceratops as its prey while a full skeleton is prepared for exhibit in New York.
Edward Rutledge, youngest Rutledge brother, signer of the Declaration of Independence, opposed the Torys, helped negotiate with Lord Howe, was imprisoned in St Augustine, and later opposed the slave trade. Whitman returned to Woodbury to teach, visiting his birthplace twice and preserving the local schoolhouse as a relic.
Senator William A. Clark of Montana owns a vast New York City home described as among America’s largest private residences though not a dignified architectural work. His income is reputedly about one million dollars a month, yet interior beauty is noted and effort spared to make it unique in Gotham. Fog strains the eyes troubles stevedores officers aboard the Admiral Sampson report fog eye inflammation from peering in dense fog. Captain Higgins and crew from Jamaica port arrive at Long Wharf after a smooth voyage. The fog and heat cause smarting eyes and blurred visibility. Honesty of the Modern Kind appears as a bank president urges his son to value honesty while noting awareness of corporate law and legitimate business practice.
A tablet honoring Walt Whitman, "the Good Gray Poet," was erected by the Colonial Society of Huntington at Whitman’s birthplace in West Hills Huntington LI. Planned for the old homestead was dropped to avoid crowds. the memorial sits on the highway near the house, mounted on a dressed boulder with a marble slab bearing inscription.
Practical instructions cover polishing iron and brass bedsteads with damp leather and dry cloth, sugar and coton mixture, vinegar to ease screws, silver care near guttapers, pantry storage away from gas, starch reuse by drying into cakes, and sterilizing milk by sealing in cotton and boiling water then cooling slowly.
A brief journal item notes a debt dispute between Bjones and Bjenks Say with a $50 owed payment as the trigger. The line hints at a social exchange about tailors and debts, framed by a local newspaper’s quip on complaint.
Excerpts present a promotional Q and A asserting Mull's Grape Tonic cures constipation and stomach trouble. It warns against laxatives and mineral waters, touts a 40 percent Concord grape juice formula, and claims the tonic strengthens intestines and builds waste tissue. Drugstores stock it with a free bottle offer.
The note warns that the genuine article bears a date and number stamped on the label and instructs to take no other from the druggist.
The text recalls Mark Twain describing his early neglect before later prosperity. He reflects that difficulties taught thrift and questions whether to spend his first nickel on a cigar or an apple. William Dean Howells comments on Twain's apparent indecision amid success.
Mrs. Davis of Stony Creek Conn. credits Cuticura for curing severe eczema after years of suffering and medical bills. The testimonial asserts Cuticura Soap, Cuticura, and Cuticura Resolvent relieved a disfiguring condition that left her unable to sleep or eat.
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