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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1903
Page
3
Eben E. Rexford advises gradual grounds improvement for farms focusing on a good lawn first. Fill hollows level humps, reseed meadow areas, and plant one to three ornamental trees. Create a shrub cluster, a flowering border, and hardy perennials or annuals. Start small and expand over three years for noticeable value and beauty.
Nostalgic verse recalls a spring walk with a companion among buttercups. Golden light, a gilt moment, and a gate by a brook frame the memory. The speaker laments growing cold as vivid May scenes from the past return with longing and tender recollection.
A burglar is stunned when a stunning young woman in bed, a pistol at his head, and a polite interrogation unfold. She teases his looks, questions his past, and refuses to let him reveal his face before a dramatic escape ends with his prized revolver as a keepsake from the night.
An analysis argues Guantanamo Bay in Cuba should be the United States principal naval fortress in the West Indies. It touts strategic location near the Windward Passage, abundant water and provisions, a dry dock and coal stock, and compares its defensive role to Gibraltar in protecting the Panama Canal.
Rev. Dr. Twining, pastor in Hinsdale Massachusetts, recounts a boy’s tale of Shanghai hens to his mother. He finally confesses the ruse after checking the nest, discovering twenty three eggs, and resolves to abandon false stories for good.
The pepper plant a climbing shrub in Travancore and Malabar grows wild along the coast. Pepper thrives in tropical conditions. White pepper is black pepper decorticated by maceration and rubbing.
The United States imports 1 060 000 000 pounds of coffee, enough for about two pounds per adult each month. The blend is about 80 percent Brazilian and 15 percent Java. A note on galvanized iron describes a white rust, labeled a disease, affecting English and German iron coatings within a year or two.
The article explains a simple winter forcing method for rhubarb. Dig strong roots by December, freeze briefly, then store in a 50 degree semi dark cellar. In 4 to 5 weeks stalks ripen red and heavy, weighing over two pounds each with the leaf removed. Roots weaken for next season but yield a palatable sale in local markets.
A farmer instruction from Indiana by W. W. Woodart explains growing tomatoes in hotbeds with a cover for early or midseason crops. Covers deter cold winds and insects, cost 15 cents, must be removed on warm days, and ripe tomatoes can be stored in cellars for Christmas.
Guidance on sowing delicate seeds like petunias and portulacas. Do not bury fine seeds. scatter on mellow soil and press with a board to retain moisture. Larger seeds may be lightly covered and pressed. Avoid burying seeds deep in furrows as market gardeners do.
Guidance on fattening pigs for market with optimal age, rations, and care. Start at five months, target about 200 pounds, use bran middlings and scraps initially, then range on clover with shade and ample clean water. Provide ground corn and oats, plus occasional corn, greens daily, and additional fruit or vegetables to boost value.
An experienced sugar maker argues that traditional maple tapping harms trees and product quality. He notes 20 years of bush work with taps and spouts, cites flaws in every bush, and credits modern machinery and skill for injury-free tapping and consistent syrup color from first to last run.
The Chicago Stock World notes authorities say it will take three years to build a horse supply for home use and export. It recalls the 419,000 horses and mules sacrificed in the Boer War as a cautionary tale of reliance on good breeding.
A historical note urges immediate removal of affected cattle and nourishing diet for exposed animals. It advocates keeping susceptible cows in sunny, well ventilated stables with ample fresh air to attenuate or destroy the disease virus.
The article notes indoor season feeding for laying hens with dried blood providing high protein and good results, alongside green bone and manufactured animal meals. It highlights hay as Wisconsin’s top crop worth 36 million dollars, with oats at 26.6 million, and mentions an Indianapolis oil motor grinding wheat at Mt. Lebanon in the Holy Land.
A Philadelphia Telegraph excerpt presents a three dollar waffles recipe using cream milk flour eggs and baking powder with steps to bake a thick batter. It also explains watercress dressing without oil and shows how to rinse dry chill and serve with beefsteak fried fish or veal cutlets.
A writer in Goon Housekeeping shares how to keep a sink spotless using two wire meat racks a funnel and a tin strainer. The setup lifts dishes from filth, drains water through the strainer, and yields a polished sink with simple rinsing and brushing.
A lamp chimney provides quick hot applications for pain relief and maladies. It can warm feet, treat coughs, croup, earache, toothache, rheumatic pains, and aid pressing seams by rubbing a damp warm cloth with the chimney. Velvet ribbon can also be pressed this way per Woman's Home Companion.
Never use melted butter for cake. Use cool hard butter creamed, beat in one direction with a long stroke. Brown sugar creams better than granulated and water can replace milk in some cakes. Do not move a leaf cake in the oven and test doneness with a broom straw.
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