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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1906
Page
7
The article notes farm buildings signal farmer prosperity as crops yield surplus. It describes shifting priorities from basic housing to stables and barns, evolving architectural taste, and the move toward concrete foundations and lighter timber. Irrigation and water power are seen as forthcoming agricultural advances.
A fragmented verse charms readers with Sleepy Hollow like imagery of a Sunset Limited journey. It evokes a soothing nighttime voyage through a child’s dreamscape, where moonlight and stars watch over a gentle, safe travel scene.
An 19th century tale portrays Bellville gripped by a ghost scare blamed for robberies. Tom Wadleigh mocks the tale until a moonlit figure appears, frightening locals and triggering bedtime vigilance as boys argue over what is real and what is superstition. The town debates sighting, while a young narrator contends with fear and curiosity about the haunting.
Tom uncovers a hollow tree containing dried loaves, jewelry, and packages then returns the treasure to his uncle. A burglar infiltrates a haunted house but is captured after a staged ghost scare, and a thousand dollar reward is offered. The tale ends with the hollow tree treasure and the village rejoicing in Bellville.
In a tense late night scene Tom and Fenton debate ghosts and danger as a burglar is suspected. Tom pockets a revolver while a storekeeper notes a five hundred dollar stake and a plan to wait for morning. The town’s residents brace for a possible ghostly or criminal encounter as events unfold.
A parent scolds Clarence for asking a flood of riddling questions about self containment and arithmetic, delivering a stern rebuke. The boy persists with a final perplexing query before being sent to bed.
In a quip from the Chicago Tribune a man questions a messenger about warning his wife and a mistaken arrival at the wrong house. The exchange plays on a misdirected visit and late hour absence.
A Baltimore American snippet contrasts a new cook with a farmer. Language hints at promises of testimonials from previous employers and a request for a risk recommendation. The passage reflects humorous rural speech and social expectations of labor, character and trust.
An article describes building a simple two box brooder with a perforated tin base and canton flannel lining, plus a note on maintaining an udder for cows. It also discusses orchard management arguing over whether a hoed crop benefits young trees, stressing soil fertility and cautious cultivation.
Chicks moved from the fartubiter to the brooder require clean sand or ash bedding. Provide fine dry bread chunks as initial feed, add rolled oats and other grains over days, keep milk and water available. At three weeks mix Dran meat middlings beef scraps and feed salted skim milk. add alfalfa leaves. Normal mash in morning wheat at noon cracked corn oats form the main feed plan.
A practical implement is described to till and level inclined soil while crushing elements. The device, similar to a log splitter, can be built at home using a two foot diameter log split in halves supported by two by fours. It aims to provide a cost effective alternative to manufactured tools.
A simple logging end device is described that uses a hook and tree chain to move logs. It can be made cheaply and, with a capable team of horses, handles logs well unless they are too heavy. The illustration clarifies the setup.
The description outlines features of an ideal dairy cow including a pony head with strong jaw, long facial profile, bright eye, thin neck, retreating brisket, non straight body lines, slight low spirits behind shoulders, a sharp chine, large reproductive organs and large heart girth, and wide spacing between fore legs with sharp shoulders.
The American Cultivator notes a six month rise in oleo production with an average farm output over a million pounds monthly. Both colored and uncolored oleo are included and consumers may detect a yellow hue in uncolored stock, though pricing and tax details remain unclear.
A farmer notes how to use jointed braces on racks for feeding pigs in alfalfa pastures. Twenty five hogs weighing fifty pounds each can gain about 100 pounds per hog in a season, with potential 2,500 pounds of pork valued at about 1 per 100 pounds, and claims disease resistance.
A farm paper correspondent recounts improving a disk harrow by removing the tongue to ease turning and reduce horse strain. He notes sheep pasture fertilizes soil through trampling and manure distribution. Also mentions German carp as a past enthusiasm, citing pondstock on one acre and growth rates, while deeming carp less desirable than other fish varieties.
A reader advises placing a lump of unstacked lime on a refrigerator shelf to absorb moisture and prevent mould and spoilage. For butter or grease odors from zinc lining, apply quick lime mixed with water as a thick wash to interior surfaces, and repaint trays if needed to remove smells.
A vintage recipe uses three lemons two cupfuls sugar three eggs one tablespoon cornstarch and milk. Beat yolks with sugar until light then add lemon zest and juice, stir starch into milk, combine everything and bake on a flaky crust. Finish with a meringue browned lightly.
A recipe fragment lists ingredients and steps for cherry buns: two eggs, two taddfespoonfuls of milk, sugar and flour equal to the eggs, bak ing powder, crystallized cherries, butter, and mixing instructions. Bake in a quick oven for ten minutes in greased patty pans.
Readable text describes bread catlets made from stale bread soaked in milk seasoned with parsley herbs pepper salt and crumbly bits then fried in fat. Also outlines a chops dish simmered with butter water salt pepper Worcestershire and potatoes for about two hours.
A collection of kitchen notes detailing meat pies with tomatoes onion pepper or cayenne, egg milk mixture, dried fruit fillings with figs raisins dates and nuts, rolled pastries with vanilla or lemon, and croquettes. Also describes using leftover corn and potatoes with milk to make a creamy vegetable dish and beef scraps fried in a thin pastry.
Mix two pounds of brown sugar with half a pint of water and two tablespoons of vinegar. Boil in a porcelain lined saucepan ten minutes. Stir in four tablespoons of butter and cook until a small bit hardens in cold water. Pour into buttered tins, then cut into squares as it sets.
Cut small cutlets from cold loin or neck mutton trim fat season dip in beaten egg roll in breadcrumbs and fry in boiling lard to a brown. Arrange on a platter and pour around a good gravy or not tomato sauce.
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