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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1908
Page
5
The article explains that butter making failures stem from advanced lactation and low cream temperature. It notes that milk from a long lactation cow can spoil an entire churn and that viscous milk slows fat separation. Remedies include raising cream temperature and careful rinsing to prevent clingy fat and split butter.
J A Vorhees of the New Jersey Station conducted a thorough study on lime quality for farming in New Jersey. He estimated the weight per bushel of different lime materials and found stone lime varies in weight per heaped bushel with no fixed relation to sample analysis.
The text describes an 66 foot rope span for land width and length being four times the rope, yielding a single acre as 4,840 square rods or 208 rods by 10. It notes keeping the rope dry to avoid stretch and defines a rod as 16.74 feet.
The article advises mixing ashes and manure before applying to soil to prevent ammonia loss and improve nutrient availability. Applying ash after manure enhances potash-deficient soils and speeds decomposition of coarse manures for crop use.
The chief reasons for pruning trees are to modify vigor and improve fruit, to keep growth within manageable shape, to switch between fruiting and wood production, to remove surplus or injured parts, to aid harvesting and spraying, to aid tinage, and to train toward a desired form.
A New York Press opinion argues protective tariffs restrain imports to balance trade, keep money and metals stable, and prevent rising national debts. It warns financiers overlook trade balances and stresses tariffs as essential to national finance and credibility.
The article discusses a proposed emergency currency plan from the President's message. It would impose high taxes to curb speculation and may win Senate support with House opposition limited. Seen as a compromise between central bank and asset currency, it could be enacted to avoid broader currency debate this session.
A dialogue captures a sudden shock as a duke learns of a stock slump’s impact. The scene highlights tension between titles and widens the market fret. Cleveland Pigeon Dealer serves as a fleeting, ironic witness to the exchange.
The piece argues tariff tinkering harms the economy and would undermine American workers. It asserts workmen currently earn high wages, and protection is needed only in certain industries while others compete with foreign labor. The author warns against drastic tariff changes that could depress general prosperity and job stability.
The piece analyzes William Jennings Bryan's evolving approach as Democratic opponents and allies react to his recent program. It notes hints of a broader, more hopeful policy direction, calls for olive branches to rivals, and warns of internal party resistance and shifting loyalties as Bryan attempts to rally supporters without alienating former backers.
A Philadelphia Press item notes a poem sent to the neighbor magazine, with a friend remarking it appeared sooner than expected as the sender confirms it showed up in the mail this morning.
A brief Cleveland Leader quip notes a debtor unable to collect from Mrs. Jones as a reader jokes about mailing a statement but is hindered by a Post No Bills sign on the letter box.
A Cleveland Leader item presents a witty exchange where a poet asks how his sonnet was received and the Philistine retorts that it never touched him. The brief quip captures clash between sensitivity and blunt dismissal in a city paper tone.
The text provides a jumble of recipe instructions for desserts and savory dishes. It includes steps for Devil's Food cake with boiling icing, potato purée mixes, and a roasted meat method with butter and cream. It also mentions salads, cheese spreads, and various kitchen tasks, all in a fragmented, bygone recipe style.
Tiny OCR recipe fragment describes sautéing calfs liver with pepper and onions, adding tomatoes and bread crumbs, seasoning with spices, and simmering covered with water for about an hour to finish.
This fragment describes a potato pudding bake with boiled sweet potatoes and butter. It mentions mixing two cups of water with brown sugar, adding flour and cornmeal, then a batter with sugar and soda. The text references baking in a moderate oven and adding melted butter before final bake.
A string of kitchen hacks cover cleaning odors from onions and paints, removing fruit stains, and whitening doorsteps. Tips include using borax water, coal oil for wringers, shredding whale fruit, and drying powders to control mice. Also described: tea leaf experiments, fine tea strainers, glue and whiting mix for doorstep whitening, and a fruit sorbet syrup recipe with currant and orange juices to freeze to a mush.
A troubled bell boy at a New England hotel faces a difficult morning as an elderly guest demands urgent waking for breakfast. The scene shows tense exchanges about duties and disturbances at the lobby or upper floors, with staff anxious to satisfy a stern employer.
Mrs. Frank Ioseboom of 512 Washington Street describes inherited kidney trouble worsening to nervous insomnia, dizziness, vision spots, back pain, and kidney discomfort. After using Denis Kidney Pills, symptoms subsided. 50 cent boxes sold by all dealers, Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A fractured 19th century legal notice outlines a dispute over inheritance with a mock dialogue about “Slave or One” and passing a share to a grandson. It includes an oath by Frank J. Cheney as senior partner of Cheney & Co about payment for a supposed patent remedy.
A humorous exchange at a butcher shop hints meat scarcity and rising prices. The customer expresses curiosity about horse meat while the butcher denies it. The piece notes meat is high and fruit scarce, urging Mrs. Austin's pancake flour as a thrifty breakfast option.
A judge awoke to find armed burghers in his room. One marauder kept the watch, the judge urged it be kept as a keepsake. The burglar refused and the appeal was allowed by a supreme court tribunal. The court then adjourned after the watch remained.
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