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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1906
Page
7
The article surveys twenty years of dairy progress driven by chemists, inventors, and dairymen. It contrasts old hand methods with modern centrifugal separators and power equipment, highlighting faster butter production, precise temperature control, and labor savings from the combined churn and worker.
The test is now widely used by advanced dairymen as a guide to divide factory proceeds, reduce losses in by products, detect adulterations, and test individual cows. It provides a quick measure of fat percentage in milk and products, replacing older manual cream burning methods. The lactometer and acidimeter aid dairymen in assessing solids and detecting adulterations to improve quality control.
Discussion on 4 H practices in cheese making and cream ripening. The pasteurizer kills germs, then starter cultures seed the milk, guiding flavor. Advances in dairy methods are raising the industry to a more scientific basis through understanding the reasons behind procedures.
The piece extols the United States Congressional Library as the nation’s most beautiful public building, detailing its $7,000,000 cost, 470 by 840 foot footprint, three stories and a gold leaf capped dome. It notes its collections including Jefferson’s library and the Smithsonian, open to all yet with borrowing limited to officials, and praises its interior marble halls, stairways, and sixteenth century harmony.
The piece praises London humor, noting its spread among the general population. It contrasts London wit with Parisian gayness and cites W. W. Jacobs, Dickens, and Thackeray as depictions, asserting humor is pervasive across the city and town masses.
A brief back and forth shows a bookish young man asking about Chaucer while Mrs Comrox admits only glancing at his works. The exchange notes Chaucer as an original spelling reformer in a Washlington Star style line.
The remark notes that people who display great confidence frequently prove correct, even when others dislike their approach. It suggests a cautious respect for bold leaders and the value of conviction in judgment.
A summary recounts the 1889 Johnstown disaster in a narrow valley near the Alleghenies. heavy rains filled streams, the South Fork Dam failed, wiping out hotels, banks, and homes. Thousands died, but by June 3 188? the city began rebuilding amid charity and enterprise.
A mosaic of brief biographical blurbs names Colonel Henry Algernon Du Pont as Delaware’s elected U S Senator with ties to the DuPont Powder Works and rail interests. It also skims Russian politics, including M Muromzeff and M Muronzeff, plus American figures such as Robert Adams, Mark Twain, and Henry De Koven, with odd anecdotes and historical footnotes.
In Corydon area a boy named Hollis Carl, 11, killed his girl playmate Pearl Vance in an ambush after a quarrel. He secured a single barrel shotgun at home, hid in weeds, and shot as she walked by. The tragedy left the child grieving and shocked the community.
William Wardin a farmer near Boonville fatally shot his wife then guarded the body all night keeping officers at bay with a shotgun and revolver. Their 13 year old son witnessed the initial shooting. Wardin killed himself the next evening after leaving a letter accusing his wife. Prominent business names were noted in the report.
Police in Indianapolis announced a new line of inquiry into the Bedford High School teacher Sarah Schafer murder. William Mullex, a laborer who worked on a local farm, was arrested and questioned after a tip linked him to the crime. Investigators believe Mullex's record will be examined as the case expands.
A special election in Lawrence County votes 37000 to build thirteen miles of macadamized roads. Main roads will become pikes and many side roads paved. Voters view gravel road funding as the best use of money despite past tax opposition.
Tage Noyea, a Lake Shore conductor blinded by a wreck in the South Bend yards, regained vision when a straw hat worn by a child rubbed his eye. The rubbing caused pain and numbness that gradually restored his sight in a surprising, novel manner.
Herman Wilkins aged 16 son of Mr and Mrs R Wilkins of Anderson while alone at home with siblings frightened a burglar by bluffing with an empty shotgun causing the intruder to drop the loot flee through a window and escape.
The coroner states Elmer Patterson 22 son of Mrs. W A Patterson died in an accidental death near Tilden. A Evansville plant fire caused by a gasoline explosion destroyed Kellar Printing Co with a 60000 loss. In Evansville Andrew Williams trial Mrs Minerva Williams testified she fired the shot. Wesley Williams received a life sentence for murder of James Leigh. Mary Royal freed on bigamy charges as testifying husband failed to appear. John Royal sues for divorce. court orders support. Nancy Teague 107 dies in Lafayette. George Young 45 killed by Fort Wayne train near Noblesville. Garnet Cockerhan 18 months dies after ingesting arsenic tablets for neuralgia.
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