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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1906
Page
7
Fassett A. Cotton reports to Governor Hanly that Indiana school teachers’ wages rose notably from 1904 to 1906. Average daily pay moved from 2.45 to 2.78 dollars statewide, with township, town, and city increases. Total teacher wages climbed from 6,438,191.04 to 7,125,830.40 dollars.
Antone Lambert, aided by attorneys from Epworth League of First Methodist church La Porte, found guilty of murder in the second degree and given a life sentence for killing Jacob Schwartz in South Bend. Defense argued intoxication left Lambert wholly irresponsible due to drink. Epworth League may fund appeal.
A vast sink hole near Hammond, Lake County, extends about ten miles and forty feet wide, baffling engineers as gravel and cinders dumped for five years fail to fill it. Poles driven to 100 feet have vanished, and no bottom has been found, affecting the Erie Panhandle and Indiana Farbor railways through the area.
Lawmakers will be asked next month to appropriate money to restore the resting place of Nancy Hanks Lincoln in Spencer County. After years of agitation the grave, neglected and overgrown with weeds and debris, may finally be cared for with public funds.
In Aurora a five year old boy Broncho Brooks used his father's loaded shotgun to shoot and kill Hazel Huffington aged eight during a play quarrel. Authorities describe the incident as an accidental child homicide with no stated motive or intent.
Miss Fannie Beadell daughter of Fort Wayne dry goods merchant Henry Beadell eloped secretly to Sturgis Michigan to marry George C Hart fresco artist. Her father believed she was visiting in Chicago.
Jacob Dotterer died in Kokomo from injuries suffered in the San Francisco earthquake. The tremor damaged his speech and caused lung and spinal injuries, leading to his death.
In Akron a stopcock blew off the boiler of the new electric light plant injuring Thomas Gast and James Thrush. Gast died at midnight while Thrush is expected to recover.
The body of a small child was found near the cemetery door in La Porte wrapped in a newspaper and apparently smothered to death.
In Wabash near a local dance hall a 10 year old boy obtained a shotgun and fatally wounded a baby while the mother Mrs William Sackman Lagra attended a dance near their home.
John W. Splawn a 64 year old railroad subcontractor shot himself in Boonville after becoming despondent and reportedly heavily in debt.
Jesse Page and his wife die instantly when struck by a passenger train while crossing the Big Four tracks at Farmland. The incident follows a fire at J. P. Polk & Co. canning works in Greenwood, causing an estimated loss of 220000 with 76000 insured. Also, Richmond mother Martha Bailey dies in her sleep and six year old Elsie Leepert dies after a fall in La Porte. authorities suspect a broken neck after stumbling play.
The Methodist Episcopal Church leader Bishop Charles C. McCabe died in a New York hospital after a stroke. He was born October 11, 1836 in Athens Ohio and entered the ministry after studying at Ohio Wesleyan University. His death comes while en route to Philadelphia with family at his bedside.
The narrative recounts Chaplain McCabe’s Civil War service with the Second Ohio volunteers, capture at Winchester and Libby Prison, and return to duty after four months. It notes his postwar ministry in Portsmouth Ohio, sixteen years with the Church Extension Society, and later leadership of the Missionary Society and the bishopric. It highlights his popular Libby Prison lecture that purportedly raised significant church funds.
A Department of Commerce and Labor report states meat and dairy exports will exceed 250 million dollars in the year ending this month. The breakdown shows about 200 million in neats, 35 million in cattle, and 10 million in butter cheese and milk. Exports rose roughly sixty percent over the last decade.
One of the largest mail deliveries to reach New York City arrived aboard a ship, with about 1,650 sacks of mail matter. It is estimated that the letters total at least 500,000, while another portion lay on the steamer Celtic.
Yale economist J Pease Norton denounces US neglect of public health. He cites 6 million deaths from pneumonia and 2 year olds dying while mothers watch, criticizing low federal support for human health versus plant and animal health spending by the Department of Agriculture.
Census bureau finds in 1902 about half the states levied inheritance taxes collecting over 7 million dollars. Officials expect revenue to rise to about 10 to 12 million in the current year. A forthcoming report notes at least a dozen states rely on this tax for state funding.
The volcano Kilauea remains active in Hawaii. Theodore Roosevelt Jr is being initiated into the Harvard fraternity Dickies after a week of odd stunts. Edna Irvine faces aggravated assault charges in Sheri dan Wyoming for shooting a cowboy on her father's ranch after he was described as sassy. In Atlanta Georgia the biennial election elected W R Joyner to succeed Mayor Woodward. Joyner has spent twenty seven years with the fire department and led the International Association of Fire Engineers.
C W Morrill in Tri-State Farmer advises seed corn in Georgia grown on a 1-2 acre testing ground away from other fields. Select best ears yearly, discard inferior plants, and ensure adequate plant food. West field tests show high potash fertilizer boosts yields. with proper fertilizers and strict seed selection the South can raise average yields of well bred corn.
The United States Department of Agriculture finds fruit deteriorates quickly after picking and stores best when sent to storage promptly. Do not pile to sweat in the orchard. send apples to storage in refrigerator cars if weather is warm and distance is long. Best handlers aim to have fruit in storage before night of pickup.
A mining worker offers a low cost safety fix for corn shredders. He suggests halving a croquet ball, drilling a hole through the flat and oval sides, inserting a broom handle end, and securing with a wedge or nail. Kept nearby, the tool stirs fodder to unjam a clogged machine.
A recent Reliable Poultry Journal illustration shows a feed trough described as convenient and inexpensive. The piece emphasizes practical design for small flocks and ease of construction.
A brief note describes a forty inch long coop that is cheap and simple to build and capable of housing twenty hens. The description emphasizes that it is a practical, ready to assemble design.
The digestibility of cattle foods largely drives value. Straw contains more protein than corn fodder, but corn is more digestible. Coarse foods aid digestion of concentrates by adding bulk and separating materials, especially when finely ground. Even partial digestion of straw improves overall value as feed prepared for manure.
The article outlines pig feeding from spring to fattening weight, using rye and clover for grazing, then barley, then a small patch of early flint or sweet corn to bridge to denting field corn. Pigs are rotated in small field corn areas to fatten efficiently while controlling costs.
The report notes several farmers adopting the practice with high satisfaction and very low figures, indicating early success and positive reception among practitioners.
Orange Judd Farmer notes a ten acre parcel near the Christian County seat selling for 5000 dollars or 500 dollars per acre. Buyer W C Simpson plans to earn interest plus profit from a fruit and vegetable farm. Author urges intensive agriculture to show farming can yield profits and uplift neighbor prospects.
Study on fourteen Wisconsin cows found dehorning caused about 8 percent drop in milk yield for initial days while butter fat fell only 2 percent, boosting fat content. Tuberculin testing showed little effect on milk secretion. Also shared a plan for a simple root washer using a slatted cylinder.
The article extols sheep-shearing machines as cleaner and faster than hand clipping. It stresses the need for sharp clippers and handling skill, noting experienced shearers can manage a machine clipper with ease. One man and a boy can shear about twice as many sheep daily as with hand shearing, and buyers should obtain a good sharpener.
In fourteen jars with different flavoring substances added but not connected, milk absorbed flavors. After eight hours a sample drawn from the bottom showed the flavor had penetrated to the lowest milk layer in all fifteen trials.
Kainit is highlighted as a potent fertilizer, converting ammonia to sulfate or chloride and fixing it. As a potash salt with common salt, it boosts clover yields and enhances manure value. Spring application benefits soil chemistry and is cost effective compared with other fertilizers.
The article argues against fixed day wages for farm labor noting that a day’s work varies between workers and product values. It contends that piecework should be the rule where possible, though rare on farms, since the value of a day’s work cannot be determined before performance.
The article stresses that wintering sheep hinges on starting with strong healthy animals. It argues sheep require no special care beyond good stock and consistent winter management, noting that profitability hinges on maintaining good condition through cold seasons.
A versatile tool combines a tack lifter and stove lifter useful for pulling tacks and lifting stove lids. The two pivoted sections spread to grip tacks firmly, allowing a strong hold and easier removal, especially near heat.
Instructions for making bread dough including a long rising process and a coconut candy recipe. Details cover salting, flour additions, kneading, rising in warm places, and baking. Also describes preparing a cocoanut candy with sugar syrup and coconut, plus optional vanilla or lemon flavor.
The recipe describes a Brown Betty with alternating layers of apples, bread crumbs, sugar and spice baked until brown, served with a molasses lemon sauce. It also details a turkey dressing with buttered breadcrumbs thyme marjoram onion pepper and salt, with optional sausage mix, stuffed by spoonfuls at the neck. Mr Bird should appear plump when roasted.
A recipe for orange shortcake describes making two orange layers with a rich biscuit dough and meringue topping. It also advises saving effort by reducing daily sweeping and cleaning, suggesting weekly bedroom sweeps and occasional floor dusting to conserve strength.
The guide suggests keeping a separate supply of dish towels and washing them once a week. Soak overnight in strong suds, then boil gently for fifteen minutes, rinse in two waters, and dry without much rubbing.
Six apples stewed and mashed then cooled. Whip six egg whites with five teaspoonfuls of sugar until stiff and fold into apples. Serve with sweetened cream flavored to taste.
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