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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1907
Page
2
Farmers learn to locate silos near barns for easy feeding while avoiding odor in stables. Concrete silos offer durability and cheaper long term costs, with round designs maximizing capacity. The article also covers weed control, manure spreading efficiency, and weed and pest management methods including lime sulfur mixes and kerosene lime oil substitutes.
The article explains a whitewash method using flour starch conmon glue and hot water to create a paste. After mixing hot, add salt and lime slurry, apply hot to wood, and divide if needed. The coating resists rubbing off and garments, with two coats for best appearance and low cost.
The article argues for purchasing a first class strong colony rather than a cheap partial set. A robust colony in a single season can yield 100 to 200 pounds of honey and may swarm to form one or two new colonies. Bees should be self sufficient and placed in standard hives with essential fixtures ready for immediate use once located.
The guide warns against scrubbing oilcloth to avoid paint wear. Sweep dust with a soft brush, wipe with tepid water, and use soft soap sparingly if very dirty. When dry, polish with a cloth dipped in skimmed milk, then dry to brighten and preserve colors.
Chop enough tender white cabbage to make one quart with salt and pepper. Heat vinegar water butter sugar cornstarch and mustard to thicken, cool, then beat in cream for a rich cabbage sauce.
Pare seven large apples core them and place in a pudding dish. Fill each with one teaspoon sugar and a little lemon rind. Bake until soft. Remove and pour hot milk stirred with three beaten eggs one salt cup of sugar. Bake again until custard sets and cool. Cover top with beaten egg whites.
Alcohol removes candle grease and vegetable waste should go into boiling water. Varnished wood brightens with crude oil while salt water cleans bamboo furniture. Corks should be washed dried and stored. Peel onions under water to keep cheerful. Use an old glove on brass rod ends to avoid tearing curtains. Gas burners collect grime but cleaning improves light, and salt with vinegar removes burnt marks from enamel with cold soda soak first.
The Toledo Blade reports on clashes between San Santiago police and Caelo Sam sailors. It argues military personnel must uphold law and order and warns authorities will punish offenders if provoked. It notes sailors may be reprimanded or dismissed if described as disorderly, emphasizing national defense duties and government dignity.
The writer argues against piecemeal tariff favors and urges universal concessions for all nations that grant the United States most favored nation status. Exports are mainly foodstuffs, necessities in demand abroad, and values should reflect reciprocal access rather than retaliation, with self protection available if discrimination occurs.
The article asserts that 5 percent of goods from American mills farms reach home consumers, stressing the domestic market as vital and warning against views or moves misprioritizing export focus. It cites the German tariff as unfair, noting Germany cannot grant concessions while agrarian interests resist.
A Germantown dairyman from near Philadelphia boasts his dairy products are superior. He confronted a housekeeper offering to transfer her custom with a threat of trouble, claiming his hens never lay anything but fresh eggs.
In Somerville Journal a heated exchange unfolds between Alice and Kate. Alice recounts anger over a request for a lock of new hair and the subsequent return of an incorrect colored lock.
A quoted exchange contrasts optimism with harsh reality as a cheerful speaker insists sunshine persists somewhere while the other predicts a harsh year. The Washington Star note hints at rising prices or costs amid bleak outlooks implied by the phrase billiard raising rain.
The Chicago Chronicle argues that the nation’s prosperity over the last decade is not due solely to the Dingley tariff or gold standard laws. Per capita wealth rose but not beyond precedent, with prosperity explained by natural environment and individual effort rather than legislative miracles.
A survey of curiosities includes Nile fish riches from a 9,000 specimen collection, rings on Egyptian mummies, and Lafoden’s Arctic railway race toward Spitzbergen to tap coal. It notes American Ethnological Society plans, a new concrete bonding patent, and Manchurian mineral wealth. Astronomers predict Halley’s comet perihelion before mid May 1910, following the 1835 close approach.
In an exchange cited by the Philadelphia Press ID Auber asks Cutts about a painting. Cutts confirms the remark and notes TF suspected the piece was well framed before showing it to Crittick.
A quote from Fliegende Blaetter shows a man declaring he is done with doctors after one advised sleeping with windows open. He woke to find his gold watch missing from the bureau the next morning.
The empress, highly esteemed by her people, champions broad education for women and funds women’s schools. During the Russia war she visited hospitals and created bandages that reportedly aided wounded soldiers. The empress’s sterilized bandages were reused for their perceived healing effect.
Mand and Bess discuss a woman in black. Mand learns she is mourning for a husband. The dialogue notes she is not married to him but grieves as if she were a widow.
A dialogue snippet features a distracted professor greeting a non married interlocutor and a quip about a wife and peace conference. The exchange ends with a witty remark: the only time a boy needs a peace conference is when he must cry enough.
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