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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1902
Page
7
A poem from Youth's Companion laments leaving a childhood home. The speaker recalls a baby who died and siblings at the window sill, contrasting mourning memories with the lure of new days. The piece contemplates memories, inheritance, and the ache of homes and growth.
A lord wakes to a restless night as a maid allegedly enters his room to fix her appearance repeatedly. The valet Thomas recalls the persistent intrusion signaling a curious disturbance in the household.
A curious American and Thomas discuss a centuries old ghostly figure named Rosette. They examine a bare room with a hidden secret and confirm the woman roams unseen, with the young visitor noting a pale woman in a quilted skirt and black bodice.
Rev B Z S Sowerby will visit Philadelphia to rally support for saving the Penn Church famed for its Penn family brasses dating to 1597 and a vault of six Penn grandchildren. The church, built 1213 and standing 300 years old, stands high above Windsor and the Thames with a centuries old yew trees and a storied pulpit replaced by an oak chapel from Curzon Street.
A valet recounts a centuries old legend of Rosette the French maid in Lord Lerbert's house. The lord and his wife allegedly killed or locked her in a nailed closet where her ghost, seen only in mirrors, predicts misfortune. The American dismisses ghosts and avoids the room.
A discussion reviews theories on sun spot formation, noting planetary tides on the sun and lunar effects on Earth’s atmosphere. The Paris Academy report by Birkhind argues planetary influence cannot fully explain sun spot cycles, and even era-changing ideas like Crolls shift from favored explanations.
A Boston area correspondent raises a philosophical query on how literature links minds across time. The editor responds with light humor noting buckwheat cakes may be due soon. A vintage quip contrasts a woman's talk with thinking as a playful aside.
A letter to the American Blacksmith explains converting a discarded bicycle into a drive for a grindstone. The maker details frame modifications, a shared shaft, ball bearings, and a high speed, spatter-free grind. The piece also surveys fruit varieties, urging eastern resilience and expansion of local varieties while noting economic farming insights.
A reader warns hundreds of farmers have been swindled by lightning rod agents who overcharge and misrepresent receipts, yet notes the rod itself remains effective when properly installed. The piece explains rod placement from fences to earth and discusses milk cream rising via gravity and the role of separators.
The article weighs the economics of ensilage and roots for cattle feed, estimating true costs at about twice the low figures often cited. It notes roots offer little advantage in milk production versus ensilage, with risks of drought losses and poorer spring feeding. It also cites trials on rye for pigs and mentions California steam farming efficiency. It concludes with advice to cull unprofitable cows to avoid losses.
Advice from experience urges prevention over cure in swine growth. Emphasizes continuous improvement, practical routines, and balanced feeding. Warns against relying on corn alone and cautions about new corn feeding post cholera concerns. Early buyers gain top pigs and familiarity with their new homes before breeding season.
Readable fragments from a home advice piece cover cleanliness methods for nursing patients, food preparation warnings about potatoes and butter, jelly and gelatin flavor tips, bottle cleaning, herb tea vessels, and several old fashioned recipes including cauliflower Parisian style and tomato macaroni soup with mackerel creams.
Toast as many slices of bread as are required, butter carefully, and stand in the oven to keep hot. Prepare a sauce with two tablespoons flour and two of butter until cooked, add salt and hot milk, stir constantly, boil, and pour over the toast. Then make a ginger soap batter from molasses, butter, baking powder, flour, and ground ginger.
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