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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1906
Page
6
An eight sided barn design provides more floor space per wall than a square, with cautions on filling and construction details. The article also discusses drought strategies for potato farming, soil humus, and thinning practices from a Massachusetts bulletin, plus wool market tips and fiber testing methods.
Cornell University plans a traveling school of agriculture in summer. Seventeen students petitioned for the trip to study conditions across the United States. The eight week tour starts July 1, costs about 400 dollars per student, visiting Ithaca to Buffalo and through multiple states before returning home.
Senate approves free alcohol bill allowing tax exemption for arts and industry after January 1, 1907. Congress also advances statehood and railway rate regulation measures amid broad Republican backing and limited Democratic opposition. Final action and conference outcomes loom as bills head to the President.
The piece argues cost of materials rose 50 percent not from hides tariffs. It notes hides face 13 to 15 percent duties and much hides enter duty free. Shoes costing $8.50 would rise 2 to 7 cents due to tariffs, with the Shoe Trust seeking higher profits at the expense of cattle raisers or consumers, though competition should keep prices low.
An argument over whether Panama Canal materials should be bought abroad or in the United States rages in Congress. Proponents say buying at home keeps four hundred million dollars in American hands, boosting domestic industry and wages, while foreign purchases drain wealth abroad. The stance reflects broader debates on tariffs and national sourcing.
Bitkins argues the Panama Canal is a waste of time and money because by the time it is finished there will be nothing but air ships to traverse. Bilkins questions the claim and seeks justification.
Awake in Mexico farmers study Luther Burbank influenced methods as a new agriculture school begins near the boundary. The article notes similarities with Texas and southern California, and predicts improved yields with careful rye usage as weather warms. Early rye can cause scours if fed too soon, and abrupt diet changes may reduce milk production.
A note by L. W. Oviatt describes a simple pump siphon and reservoir setup to reduce kitchen work and noise. It details a compact conduit and funnel over the pump spout, plus a practical, nearly invisible hose arrangement for convenient water delivery. Also a recipe roundup uses chicken onions mushrooms celery Chinese potatoes and sauce with steps and simmering instructions.
A kitchen instruction describes making lard sauce by omitting tomato, adding half a pint more milk, three tablespoons flour, cooking smooth, beating in one egg, one tablespoon minced chives, one tablespoon parsley, one tablespoon lemon juice, and one pint baked fish. Shape into cutlets, crumb dip, fry golden, serve on a napkin, garnish with pimolas sliced.
After draining oil, fill a cup with sardines skinless and boneless. Cook bread in milk, add egg yolks beaten, butter, lemon juice, sifted yolks, paprika, mix with sardines, shape into ovals, dip in egg and crumbs, and fry in deep fat.
A recipe for ginger ice cream uses one pint cream four eggs four ounces preserved ginger ground ginger and sugar, frozen after cooling. A mustardy yolk sauce with four egg yolks pepper mustard oil and tarragon vinegar follows, folded with chopped shallots or parsley.
The text lists cooking times for potatoes by method and provides a lemon cream recipe. Boiled potatoes vary from twenty to forty minutes, steamed from twenty to forty, baked thirty to forty five. The lemon cream combines lemon juice and grated peel with sugar and cream, then is strained and frozen in molds or ice glasses.
A simple camphor method freshens a sick room by placing a camphor piece on a saucer with a red hot poker tip beneath it. The fumes rise quickly, filling the room and masking odors.
A letter from Mrs Geo H Simser of Grant Ontario Canada reports kidney and bladder trouble for ten years and praise for Peruna after three months usage. Another testimony says two bottles of Peruna and Manalin cured long term kidney issues and improved health significantly. The piece promotes Peruna as kidney support to remove poisons from blood and aid during strain.
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