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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1900
Page
11
In a sunlit July idyll by the river, narrator and his sister Emily observe a playful love triangle. Tommy and Sorrell compete for Emily as a letter misstep leads to a confession and a tennis court duel. Emily’s decisive kiss reveals Tommy as the true beloved.
From Sir Joseph Fayrer's Reminiscences a Crimean siege anecdote shows Colonel Blank as a volunteer wounded in the leg. The surgeon plans to remove the leg, prompting the patient to protest that the limb belongs to Colonel Blank and must not be cut off.
A comical dialogue riffs on romance and social signals with lines about a blue mood, old lovers, and a newlywed couple. A judge quips about modest attire and gifts as methods of cheering someone up while a note signing custom prompts humorous consequences.
The article notes Arizona’s push for statehood and details a new Phoenix capitol built with local materials. It cites past and planned funding totaling about 750000 and discusses how grand capitol buildings aided territories in gaining admission to statehood.
A deaf young man from the country applies at Maury Smith's Broad Street office in New York to join consolidated telegraph lines opposing Western Union. He impresses by copying a 2000 word Washington message at speed, then is hired on the spot after an expert operator confirms his skill.
The excerpt recalls Steevens on India with vivid anecdotes. It notes natives’ indifference to punishment including a ryot hanged after a bark debt, and a Pathan who survives a first rope break only to be hanged again after clarifying the sentence. It ends with a quip about a boy preferring the theater gallery.
The piece argues that foul seeds inflate costs and reduce yields, urging stronger seed purity inspections and penalties. It notes the Agricultural Department finds most export seeds clean but some imports are mixed with undesirable varieties, calling for authorized inspectors and strict punishment to protect farmers.
A Geneva March note from the Epitomist describes a weekly treatment using kerosene and lard applied to the mother hen and chicks. The fumes supposedly kill lice on chicks while lard transfers to their heads. The writer stresses clean quarters and non overcrowding to prevent mites and claims profitable late-hatched poultry.
The Creamery Journal argues that milk from clean pastures yields better cream flavor. It urges separating weedy milk and diverting pure milk from weed free patrons into the cream to ensure proper fat content and timely ripening.
A Poultry Keeper piece argues farmers remain the chief source of market poultry and eggs though large farms threaten their lead. It notes gradual loss of opportunity to farmers, urging them to recognize poultry breeding as profitable and to act on that knowledge.
A horse not fitted for sale will bring less in the sale ring than one in good condition. Public judgment relies on appearance, so a well prepared horse earns higher price. If no special preparation is planned, sell in pasture where he will look better and fetch more, nine times out of ten.
Cantaloupes should be planted in drills seven feet apart with stable manure and fertilizer providing about a half pound per plant, soil well mixed, a low drainage ridge formed, and thinning to one vine per two to three feet. Leicester Ram Royal Maidstone, two year star bred by George Harrison Gainford, England, champion at the Royal Agricultural Society shows.
The article promotes a Harris invention to carbonize kitchen refuse in a chimney pipe, reducing odors and waste. It then offers a series of practical cooking notes covering oven temperatures, fruit storage, corn meal, ham cooking, nut cake improvements, potato salad, jelly, frozen custard, cream substitutes, and escalloped apples with stepwise guidance.
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