Portrait Studio Visit With Scared Kitten
A person took their kitten for a portrait and was asked to hold it still as the animal trembled. The speaker admits tears arise when the camera eye starts staring, recalling the anxious moment at the studio.
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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1903
Page
7
Cousin Jim Returns Home to Heaven at Last
The story follows Cousin Jim visiting the farm at Silas and Mandy's. Jim, a lifelong bachelor with city wealth, returns feeble yet hopeful, dreaming of boyhood days, then dies peacefully in the parlor. The farm family comforts him as his city relatives mourn the will.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andy
Jim
Jim Fosdyke
Silas
Maundy
Jin
Aim
Old Gray
Gray
Mandy
Heaven
Therhelor
Old
Tim
New York Times
Original Bill Bailey Civil War Veteran Examined for Pension
William Bailey known as Oh Won’t You Come Home Bill Bailey, appeared before Wyandot County Board of Pension Examiners seeking a quarterly allowance increase. Born in Seneca County New York, he moved to Ohio, worked West with the Northwestern Fur Company, was captured by Comanche Indians in 1851, later served in the Twelfth Illinois Infantry in the Civil War and also spent eighteen months in the U S Volunteers in the Mexican War.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Bailey
Bill Bailey
Wyandot
Ohio
County Board of Pension Examiners
Bailey
Bucyrus
Mr. Bailey
Joseph Parker
Springfield, IL
Twelfth
Ilinois Infantry
United States Volunteers
Mexico
One Negro Excluded From Heaven Claim Shocks Utah Funeral
A Salt Lake City report says Mormon Church leaders claimed only one Negro has entered heaven while others are barred from exaltation. At Eugene Burns funeral, Patriarch Miner asserted blacks cannot reach exaltation, claiming Abel Burns did and that provision exists for a preliminary state of exaltation for Negroes. Brown rebutted with Bible examples of saved Black men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heaven
Mormon Church
Eugene Burns
Utah
J. A. Brown
First Baptist Church
Miner
Abel Burns
Joseph Smith
Abel
Joseph
Brown
Burns
Salt Lake City Dispatch
New York Sun
Whistler as a Child Revealed by Aunt Kate Letter
A London Times letter from a lifelong confidante named Aunt Kate describes a young James McNeill Whistler found at two years old. The onlooker recalls Jem in a small space under a table, drawing with a pencil and paper, showing early artistic promise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James McNeil Whistler
Whistler
Kate
London Times
Whistlers
Jemmie
An Eye to Business
A brief Detroit Free Press snippet shows a character asking for references while a cook replies about establishing the place first. The exchange hints at setting up a business or restaurant scene with a wary mistress and practical cook in a period-style dialogue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit Free Press
Hints on Breeding Sheep From Wisconsin Station
The Wisconsin station summarizes years of data from 514 ewes. Gestation length ranges 144 to 150 days with peak lambing at 146 days. No strong gestation differences by sex. quicker maturing breeds carry shorter periods. Large lambs have longer gestation. lambs before day 144 or after day 149 lack vitality. Shropshire ewes most prolific. twins common in mutton-type ewes. Early-bred ewes with a single ram produce more lambs. Immature ewes yield fewer lambs. maturity increases lambing rate until about six years. Service load on the ram influences ewe offspring. Massachusetts Ploughman form citation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Shropshire
Massachusetts
Farm Notes From The Farm Journal On Work And Reading
Farmers are urged to plan before acting to avoid wasted effort and to share useful methods with neighbors. Emphasizes daily reading for progress, keeping squash stems longer to prevent decay, careful trenching of decay spots, and engaging boys in mechanical tasks like cleaning machinery and understanding binder parts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack
Old Jong
Farm Journal
Storing Seed Potatoes For Winter
The article discusses buying seed tubers in spring when storage is impractical. It outlines two methods: burying outdoors in cold Central States and northern South regions with straw and sand, or dry cellar or shed storage with air circulation and a temperature a few degrees above freezing. Proper care preserves seed potatoes in good condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central States
South
Indianapolis News
Dehorning cattle and poultry disease beguiled practice
Practical Farmer discusses humane dehorning as safer when done properly, noting rare risks and profits, then shifts to poultry disease prevention stressing hygiene, regular feeding, warmth, and a poultry house’s role. It covers guano values in manure, and finishes with Harper's Bazar on evolving table linen fashions and oriental designs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. H. Yerry
Harper’s Bazar
Proper sheep handling to avoid injury during catching
The Pacific Homestead advises against catching a sheep by its wool as it causes unnecessary pain and damages the meat. It recommends handling by the hind leg above the gambrel joint or by the neck or jaw, and warns against catching below the gambrel when using a crook to prevent leg injuries.
Proper Hog Preparation for Shipping
Prior to shipping place the hog in isolation to accustom it to solitude. Feed lightly to improve trip condition. Measure the animal and cut materials accordingly. Allow forward and backward movement and comfortable lying. Use a tall box to prevent back contact. Use sturdy light wood. Ensure the pig is well watered and fed with enough food for the journey.
Household Hints for Cleaners and Caretakers
Old stockings cut down the seam make excellent cloths for polishing furniture and floors as well as soft iron holders. Gasoline on stains on white silk will usually remove the stain when followed by lump magnesia. To remove kitchen grease pour cold water immediately to prevent absorption. Salt removes soot from carpets. sweep with grain. Dow pillow cases ironed on wrong side to prevent down leakage. Flatirons washed weekly and kept dry. Do not iron hot. irons retain heat. Clean photographs with cold water and press backs with the palm. mounts rubbed with stale bread crumbs.
Domestic Recipes and a Japan Fishing Nets Order
A collection of kitchen instructions covers figs jelly wild duck hashed lamb and celery mayonnaise with cornmeal muffins and an iced fruit souffle plus frozen pudding. An unrelated note reports orders in Japan for fishing nets to Alaska valued at thirty thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Afiaska
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Sharpe
Baltimore
Whealton
Chicago News
Bill” Bailey
Aun TS Oy
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