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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1906
Page
2
Mrs. George of 701 Coburn St Akron Ohio reports her daughter suffered a widespread humor with facial swelling and ear risk. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment, sores healed quickly, and she would pay much more than the advertised price to prevent a relapse.
A Philadelphia reader lauds Mary Mapes Dodge for favoring direct personal charity over organized giving. Dodge did not refuse beggars and recalled a Maryland tramp debate about why the poor are helped while the rich resist.
Captain John L. Fly of Company E Seventeenth Ohio recalls chronic kidney issues from Civil War days. He credits Doan's Kidney Pills used in 1901 with curing his condition and keeping him well since, adding that the remedy aided recovery from a painful, recurring problem. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A smelt caught by Fred Ivamy of Plainfield New Jersey contained a corked bottle with a note from Harry Durant Margate Prince Edward Island Canada dated January 4 1900. The bottle traveled about two thousand miles in nineteen days according to the Exchange.
Arthur Evans reports small earthenware statues from Crete show a goddess and two attendants with dress described as surprisingly modern. The goddess wears a corset and her robe is Louis XV in style, prompting reflection on ancient fashion and contemporary tastes.
A New Jersey editor describes recovery from nervous indigestion after adopting Grape-Nuts with outdoor exercise. He claims digestion improvement, increased stamina, and renewed capacity to work including writing. The testimonial cites Postum Co and the book The Road to Wellville for context.
A compact design promises to eliminate lifting by setting an upper end that comes apart and rests inside a holding frame. The unit holds about three barrels, with boards joined by cleats to form a separable top portion for quick disposal of ashes.
A hollow tree trough may be roofed to extend life. The hopper aims for permanence, with lever action engaging notches in posts to hold the end. It describes a durable structure intended to outlast typical farm equipment through simple, lasting construction.
The Massachusetts station tracked five years of feed costs for three farm horses. Hay corn oats and other staples made the daily ration cost 18 to 24 54 cents per head. At the Oklahoma station Kaffir corn plus corn and bran yielded a daily cost of 17 cents for a work horse. Feed oats improve vitality and work output per season.
Practical Farmer notes describe a tarred water barrel trough for hogs and sheep with airtight seals and a box stand. It also reports Missouri interest in farm education with two lectures per site and farmer turnout, plus a government bulletin on maple sugar by Fox and Hubbard.
A Montreal tariff commission session notes Huntingdon County farms average $5000 investment with twelve cows valued at $420 and dairy revenue about $420 yearly. Other income from pigs calves horses and produce totals $840, with two workers costing $456 and expenses pinched at $100 leaving a net deficit of $68. A dairy farm example cites receipts $1208 against $568 in outlays, leaving $690 for living and expenses.
A simple tomato souffle mix combines sieved tomato pulp butter grated cheese broiled macaroni stale bread crumbs made mustard with salt and pepper. After cooling, add yolks then whites, bake in a buttered dish and dust with grated Parmesan for a quick bake.
The wealth produced on farms reaches a record 86.475 billion with an excess of 256 million over last year. The farmer’s wealth share outpaces 1904 and national census figures, and if sustained could yield wealth equal to half of three centuries of national output within ten years.
The Farmers' Bulletin describes a portable fence frame built from 1 by 6 lumber sized 12 by 3.5 feet with secure corner joints and wire fencing. It also details mailing potato eyes in plaster to reach planters in good condition, priced about $1 per 100 eyes, with varieties chosen for pure stock and delayed mailing until after freeze risk.
Farmers face reduced hog production leading to reliance on coarse chemically treated hams from markets. Small breeds with old fashioned curing methods yield superior hams, with smoking still done in barrels using cob fires deemed safe. Care of stock remains crucial as animals enter winter quarters.
Wash and stew prunes until soft remove stones. Sweeten if needed. Make a rich biscuit dough roll thin spread prunes roll like jelly roll cut pieces bake twenty minutes serve with cream.
A recipe instructs scalding milk with butter and salt, then adding warm yeast and flour to form a batter. Let rise eight hours in warmth, then beat in more flour and halved seeded raisins, rise until light, and bake.
Peel and slice apples then cover with cider and simmer, stirring to prevent scorching. Boil until soft, lift out fruit, add more apples and repeat. Continue until cider cannot cover more apples, then boil all together to half the original quantity. Spice to taste and store in stone jars.
Cream butter and sugar then beat in molasses egg and flour with ginger cinnamon sour milk and soda. If consistency varies add flour. Make custard from eggs milk sugar cocoa and vanilla. Butter molds fill with bread crumbs, add custard, bake in hot water until firm.
Practical kitchen hints on preparing eggs scalloped onions and more. Clear steps for stuffing egg whites with yolk cream and butter then baking cheese mixtures. Also tips for lamp flame brightness cleaning bottles tea flavoring and preserving fruit with lemon juice to prevent browning.
The article notes thumb sucking in very young babies as a natural stimulant. It describes a progression from exploring the hand to choosing the thumb as a soothing, safe pick me up. In low mood, thumb sucking may help increase brain blood flow and reduce fretfulness.
Don’t be discouraged by nasal catarrh. Ely's Cream Balm offers direct application to inflamed tissues, avoids cocaine and mercury, and claims rapid relief and eventual cure. Sold by druggists for 50c. mailed by Ely Bros, 56 Warren Street, New York.
A dialogue clip notes a character named Cholly as a harmless man with supposed brain trouble. The exchange contrasts belief in brain issues with denial, ending with the Ledger’s framing of the comment as a comic or pointed remark.
An old advertising notice touts Salzer Seed Co offerings with lyinspired claims of free seed enough to grow five tons of grass. It promises Cosmos flowers and a cheap seed catalogue, urging immediate remit and outlining contact in La Crosse Wisconsin. Additional items include a detective fiction fragment and East Texas land for sale at five dollars per acre plus details from Beem Peden & Co in Spencer Indiana.
Ad notes Allen’s Foot-Mase powder for tired feet and swollen shoes with a free sample offer from Allen’s Drug house in Le Roy New York. It contrasts a joke about betting on a horse with the claim of relief for corns bunions and hot feet.
An excerpt notes AZC Ointment offers a six to fourteen day cure for piles with a refund option if not cured. It also mentions honesty claims about counterfeit currency handling and Allcock's as genuine porous plasters, plus various brief notices on Russia finances and Bayer oils.
An exchange shows a constituent asking a senator why public works like building public buildings and river improvements are labeled park. The statesman replies that critics complain until funds are obtained and the federal government pays out with effort and reluctance.
A Norwich Connecticut resident credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with curing grip related weakness and nerve disorders. She describes how the pills rebuilt her strength after sickness left her bedridden and fainting, improving appetite and sleep and stopping neuralgic and rheumatic pains. The ad invites readers to request a booklet from the Dr Williams Medicine Co. in Schenectady New York.
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