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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1903
Page
7
A publication quotes a bear who never saw or heard and concludes that soul heaven immortality and created genius are lies. The argument claims the bear’s wisdom proves these notions wrong while asserting true faith lies in unseen hearts rather than senses. The message notes endurance of the view across centuries.
Ed Ackley navigates a crowded Belvidere lunch with Mrs Brittain and Nathalie while his ally Philip schemes to keep rivals busy. Aunt Hall disapproves of spending, Andrews wants Westinghouse rights, and Nathalie hints at entangled loyalties as the social trap tightens.
Roosevelt gazes over elk and a country scene while reflecting on the beauty of nature. The piece contrasts a simple rural morning with the demands of work and city life, ending with a wistful note about escaping to a peaceful world of fishing and freedom.
The narrator recalls Nathalie’s backward glance at the Brittains and notes a penciled line on The Thursdays. Phil calls the gesture foolish, but the couple ends the tale with an engagement, marking a quiet, intimate moment.
Union Pacific engineers face deep quagmires as they attempt a ten mile trestle across the Great Salt Lake. Cradles of timber filled with stone are being lowered to shore up foundations while temporary tracks and rock cars facilitate progress amid shifting salt and mud. The effort aims to reach solid bottom despite wind waves and thirty foot depths.
The project used rafts to move bags and timber stringers to lay a track over two quagmires. Officials estimate the quagmires have cost about $1,000,000 more than expected, with lake portion costs projected to reach at least $4,000,000.
The text presents bees as ideal workers. It praises their industriousness obedience to the queen loyalty to home cleanliness sympathy and peaceful behavior. It highlights early rising love of fresh air and mutual aid in distress.
A fragment reports Stella Mabel losing a diamond ring amid witty lines. Bela remarks on misfortune and a question of proposal. A quip about a woman not turning 30 until 40 or married appears in the humorous exchange.
An illustrated piece explains a wagon attachment using a lever and ratchet system to pull a stuck wagon out of mud. The device uses leverage at the wheel circumference and alternating pawls to grip ratchets on rear wheels, aiding extraction when teams fail to pull in unison. Also included are farming notes on pruning young trees and fruit plants for good establishment and future yields.
Description of a device to reduce timber waste by felling trees with a dual platform saw. Pivoted handles oscillate the blade while a pair of springs pulls it through the trunk, secured by stakes in the ground to maintain constant tension during operation, promoting speed and efficiency.
The article discusses spring housecleaning methods including rug use versus carpets, labor considerations, and the value of avoiding laborious carpet rotation. It notes farm observations on hog health linked to skim milk feeding, plant flowering behavior, and suggests using poor land for forestry. It also covers kerosene emulsion mixing and an milk absorption experiment.
The illustration shows a practical shearing table used to hold goats during shearing branding and related tasks. It describes placing the animal on its back in a trough and securing it with neck stanchions to prevent movement while starting at the brisket and shearing backward along the underside.
The excerpt outlines a method for butchering an animal, detailing steps to shave hair from the underside and neck areas. It describes positioning the animal, moving the stanchion, and performing sequential shearing from fore and hind legs, extending to the back and sides.
Hot strawberry shortcake recipe folds a quart of berries with a cup of sugar and a biscuit like dough baked quickly. Endive is simmered in butter and cream with paprika and served on fried bread for a delicate alternative.
Instructions for making potato croquettes by mixing warm mashed potatoes with cream butter and egg, shaping into cylinders, chilling, coating with egg and flour or breadcrumbs, and frying in lard. Used as garnish for fish or as luncheon or supper dish.
Combine eight quarts of berries with one pint of acetic acid and four quarts of water in a stone jar. Let stand for forty eight hours, stir occasionally. For each juice plot add a pound of sugar, boil fifteen minutes, bottle while hot, then cool and refill. Pound corks in tightly and wax seal.
Teel cut up and boil four large potatoes. When nearly done pour off the water and add one quart of hot water and boil till the potatoes are thoroughly dissolved. Put through the colander and add hot cream parsley and salt and pepper. Serve hot.
Heat a quart of milk to boil in a double boiler. Stir in five heaped tablespoons cornstarch dissolved in cold milk. Thickens, then add a lump of butter. Beat in an egg, then teaspoonful vanilla and nutmeg. Serve hot with butter and sugar or sugar and cream.
Beat eggs with milk and seasonings. Pour into a hot buttered pan and stir to a thick mass. Serve on rounds of buttered toast and sprinkle with chopped parsley.
A collection of practical tips includes cleaning with bread crusts and hot water to avoid pan burns, soaking lampwick in vinegar to reduce smoke, sprinkling tea leaves to ease ash dust, using old mantles as silver polish, and a caper butter sauce for fish. Also tips on minting palm leaves, and preventing cakes from sticking by wrapping tins with a damp cloth.
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