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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1905
Page
2
Baltimore physician returns at night after a long ride and a missing key. He rings the bell, fears a chloroform plot, and is mistaken for intruders until his sister answers. He then pushes in a foot and jokes that the doctor is out but wants to get in.
In Paulding Mississippi on May 15 a local reader recounts how Dodd's Kidney Pills cured both husband and wife of long term kidney and bladder issues. The wife credits relief from backache and pelvic weakness, while her husband had a prolonged bladder problem. The note asserts healthy kidneys lead to pure blood and overall health.
The Baltimore American recalls Chief Justice Joseph Hopkinson Chase, a Marylander born in Somerset County and a Continental Congress delegate, who led forceful actions during riots. He ordered arrests, swore in the sheriff, and personally hauled two rioters to jail, showcasing a stern, aggressive approach to law enforcement.
Mr. Joseph A. Donovan of Plaistow New Hampshire, a line inspector for the Haverhill Newton and Plaistow Electric Street Railway, suffered a severe sciatica in 1902. After two months of failing doctor treatment he tried Dr Williams Pink Pills and recovered after five boxes. The pills are advised for anemia rheumatism neuralgia partial paralysis general debility and are sold by all druggists.
A lecture urges studying corn insects to cut losses as dollars vanish yearly. It cites Bulletin No. 95 from Illinois Urbana and explains injury links to starvation-like effects, soil quality, and root damage, offering management tips for robust crops against chinch bugs and grubs.
The article discusses corn worm control through crop rotation, timely plowing, planting, barriers, and insecticides. It also reviews experiments comparing thirty three fodder beet varieties from Germany, England, and France, noting yield, leaf production, and sugar content across cylindrical, tankard, globe, and sugar beet alike.
English dairyman T. J. Lloyd washed butter with twice pasteurized separator skim milk instead of water. Salted and unsalted samples contained 11.35 and 11.14 percent water, the former holding about five times as much water as typical butter.
Mr. Lloyd notes the method's promise to help dairies with poor water and reports ongoing replication of the experiments at the British Dairy Institute, highlighting interest from buttermakers in overcoming hygiene-related difficulties.
The Early Northern potato shows beauty and uniformity in form and size with high productivity. Tests across the country over two years yielded 825 pounds per ten pounds of seed on average, with tubers maturing near standard sizes and free from scale. Market gardeners may find it a lasting, strong new choice, as illustrated tuber form is shown.
The article argues farmers should compare fertilizers by actual plant foods per ton and cost per ton rather than price alone. It uses potash examples to show that higher percentage nutrients, even at higher bulk price, can be cheaper per unit of plant food than cheaper lower-nutrient options. It warns bulk weight is irrelevant without nutrient content.
Hoard's Dairyman says whitewash is the cheapest disinfectant and spray pumps work best for rapid, thorough coating. A bushel of lime yields about thirty gallons. use lime before air stacking, mix with water, and strain if spraying to keep the mix fine.
Guidance on profitable animal farming stressing growth from birth, feed efficiency, and avoiding waste. Poultry notes cover diet choices for chicks, scaly leg treatment, lice prevention in old ducks, disinfection with carbolic acid, cut clover as essential, ventilation and sun exposure, and quarantining new birds for 30 days.
A traditional method for mock turtle soup uses a five to six pound veal shank with two cow heels and aromatics simmered for six hours in four quarts of water. After cooling, fat is removed and meat is returned with sixteen to eighteen forcemeat balls and lemon juice, with optional mushroom catsup.
Cut fresh beef kidney into small slices avoiding the white root. Heat butter until very hot but not brown, add kidney and stir briskly for three minutes. For each half pound, add half a tablespoon flour a saltspoon salt and pepper. Stir in a gill of water simmer five minutes and serve.
A compact recipe for a cold savory dish uses three hard boiled eggs six beetroot slices and a cream filling. Yolks are mashed with cream then the remaining ingredients including Worcester sauce vinegar anchovy sauce salt and pepper are mixed and filled into egg halves placed on beetroot slices and garnished with curled lettuce or endive leaves.
Instructions to shell and soak peas fifteen minutes then boil until tender. Pack hot peas in clean jars with lids in good condition, fill with boiling liquid, seal immediately. String beans can be prepared in the same manner for canning.
A collection of dessert preparations includes Prune Pudding with beef suet prunes bread and eggs baked three hours in a mold, Graham Gema milk eggs butter sugar and graham flour baked in hot ovens, Rice and Strawberry Mold with vanilla, Cheese Cake with cream cheese lemon, and Lemon Wafers with butter sugar eggs and lemon.
A half cake of vanilla chocolate is grated and moistened with three tablespoons of milk to form a paste. Beat in an egg whipped with a cup of powdered sugar until thick. Stir steadily and boil briefly. Flavor with vanilla to taste.
If label residue is stubborn soak the bottle in water then hold it briefly over a gas flame to generate steam. The steam loosens the label so it can be stripped off without extra effort.
A printed recipe outlines a carrot pie using two boiled mashed carrots two tablespoons butter two crackers four tablespoons milk three beaten eggs and nutmeg. Mix into an open crust and bake until set for a simple dessert.
Five hundred and four different kinds of flowers grow wild in the Yellowstone National Park reported as part of a survey of the park flora. The article highlights diversity and abundance of native blooms within the protected area.
Railroads shape freight charges like strategic moves in a game. Communities, producers, and shippers are treated as pieces, with each rate decision potentially altering outcomes for cities and industries. U.S. railways keep rates low through mutual concessions, keeping transport cheaper than government-run systems abroad.
Patrick, a cautious Irish worker, seeks a fourteen-by-ten pane of windy glass for a job. A shop clerk teases him with mismeasurement jokes, but Patrick decides to buy a fourteen-by-tin to satisfy his master. He notes the pane could be turned if needed, and no one would know the difference.
A reader from Lakeside, Miss Nellie Vander Wiele, reports severe facial sores and itching eased after using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment. She states two cakes of soap and three boxes of ointment fully cured her dermatitis.
Miss Clara Medlin of Vilot Oak, Sky, is described by a St. Louis Globe Democrat special as the only recorded female blacksmith. She stops horses, welds tires, and excels in carriage painting having painted over seventy buggies last season while maintaining homemaking skills.
Advertisement urges immediate use of Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin to cleanse the body. It claims the remedy cures constipation and indigestion, clears causes of sickness, and promotes overall health. Sold by druggists for 50 cents and one dollar with a money back guarantee.
A short dialogue shows a wife asking if she looks all right and a husband replying with a cryptic insult about looking like a picture not painted. The exchange ends with the wife rebuking him for the remark.
If You Are Sick Doctor The medicinal properties of San Palmetto Berries were discovered and the permanent cure of stomach liver kidneys and bladder troubles was settled Vernal Palmet tona Palmetto Berry Wine is recommended by thousands of former sufferers It relieves inflammation and cures the disease Don t suffer from dyspepsia constipation backache headache Vernal Palmettona will cure you Write for free trial bottle to Vernal Remedy Co Le Roy N Y Sold by druggists
An angry exchange at night over barking and howling pits neighbors against each other. A resident urges muzzle use for a barking dog while another quips about muzzling a baby, illustrating a humorous but tense domestic quarrel from the New Yorker.
In a humorous quip two men discuss a horse named Fred and Mrs DeFlypp. The line suggests affection from the mare toward her owner, prompting a joke about who is the grass widow.
Mrs. T. C. Willadsen of Manning Iowa writes to Mrs. Pinkham praising her medicine saying it saved her life and expressing deep gratitude.
A testimonial from a woman who credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring regular monthly periods and improving health after years of illness and failed medicines. The letter urges other troubled women to write for advice and claims wide endorsement and no substitutes.
Dr. J Marty, a French criminologist, studied 4000 delinquent soldiers and found they average higher in height weight breast measure and muscular power than well behaved troops. He notes not that criminals are biologically superior but that criminal families face harsher conditions where only the strong endure.
Frank J. Cheney of the firm F. J. Cheney & Co. swears to pay one hundred dollars for each catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Notice sworn December 6 1886 before A W Gleason notary. Cure taken internally acts on mucous surfaces. Send for testimonials. Sold by druggists 15 cents per box.
Convictions are valuable, arising from knowledge and deliberate thought. They form through inheritance, training, association, or long mental work, and may appear suddenly in conditions like religion after prior reflection. Deep beliefs must be earned and planted firmly to guide conduct, notes Metropolitan Magazine.
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