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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1901
Page
7
A verse by Ella Wheeler Wilcox imagines ships returning from sea as wealth and love. The speaker cherishes even half the fleet returning, valuing homeward care over riches, and prays for safe passage or, if fate demands, for the loved ship to return even at the cost of others.
In Manila during the Spanish American War, Lieut Butterworth and Private Chadwick, once college friends, duel over Nina the Filipino insurgent daughter. Jealousy, a desertion, and a fatal battle end with Nina slain and Chadwick weeping beside his dead friend as insurgents retreat.
The article urges girls to enjoy outdoor play and abandon exclusive doll games. It highlights tag and hopscotch with its chalked grids, rope jumping, and running games as healthy, spirited activities for all girls, regardless of attire, during pleasant spring days.
The government weighs a nickel with a central hole as a new 3-cent piece to aid handling and identification. Officials doubt need for another small value coin and warn storage and circulation issues. The plan echoes past attempts like the failed 3-cent silver and slow Western adoption of small cents.
The article discusses why horseshoe tile drainage is inferior to round tile. It notes horseshoe tiles spread water over a flat surface, fail to remove sediment, and are harder to lay. It suggests placing flat side up and using tarred paper over joints for round tiles.
The article compares round silos with barn midline storage, noting efficiency and cost differences. It discusses ensilage weight, storage space, and the near presence of hay, plus notes on soil fertility, rotation with clover, and feeding strategies including bran, gluten feed, and turning to market purchases when advantageous.
A concise discussion on breeding dominance in crossbred offspring, noting the stronger influence of the nearest purebred parent, and comparing purebred versus grade matings. It advocates plowing a varied diet for stock, praising clover as a double ration that supports hay and grain needs while warning against lack of variety. It also highlights clover’s soil benefits and cautions about overreliance on one forage.
A digest of agricultural guidance on feed weights by measure versus weight, peas and plant lice management, hog milk feeding, and persimmon seed germination. Includes table of quart weights for coarse and fine feeds, advice on green pea crops, hog feeding practices, and proper sowing of persimmon seeds.
Early sown lettuce should be transplanted. Mongolian pheasants are being reared in Ohio. Northeastern Ohio farmers tout onion crops while lima beans and cucumbers should start on sods in hotbeds or cold frames. Connecticut tobacco growers demand cottonseed hull ashes as fertilizer. Cranberry crop for 1900 estimated at 189000 barrels. Mushrooms rise in popularity with growing supply. Spurry valued as a catch crop on light soils and needs moisture. Eggplant should be sown in hotbeds and transplanted high. good beds avoid losses per Bailey.
Vinegar and brown paper ease bruises when kept damp and rubbed gently. Sprouting seed potatoes benefit from smoking with sulphur to store and speed sprouting. Wagon grease cleans with lard then hot soap and water. Pineapple briefly substitutes for lemon in tea as a cordial. Bread and butter plates appear with butter at meals and afternoon teas feature sandwiches, cake, tea, and a cold drink with confections and salted almonds as options.
Halve grape fruits and remove pulp then dice and top with a little mayonnaise. A sweet dressing made from sugar and water with fruit juice or sherry is poured over the fruit and chilled. For flavor add Maraschino or Curacoa, if allowed. Pineapple juice suits mixed fruit, orange with lemon suits plain banana.
Cut the fillet from the rump and trim removing fat veins and tendon. Rub with salt pepper and flour then coat with beef fat or kidney suet or top with salt pork. Bake in a very hot oven thirty minutes with onion and bay leaf. Remove scraps and serve with mushroom sauce.
A collection of home cooking steps for ecallopet salsify calves liver and bacon cookies pop overs macaroni timbales corn soup and Birds Nest Salad. Each dish outlines ingredients and methods from prep to finish with simple, practical guidance.
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