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Newspaper
Birtle Observer
Location
Birtle, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 10, 1885
Page
2
A simple seventhly designed poultry house outlines a 9 by 12 by 6 foot structure with a south facing long side, wooden sash, wash window, perches, nest boxes, sunlit dust box, and sand or straw floor. It explains maintenance, ventilation, cleaning methods, lime whitewash, and efficiency claims versus costly models. Hens reportedly lay steadily through winter and the design is promoted as easily cleaned and economical.
A yearling colt wintered as usual looks poor in spring and the owner will feel the same when sold. Feeding four years of oats daily to a young colt in winter costs 75 cents per bushel at market. A stunted colt never reaches the potential it could have reached if the first winter had been better.
The article advises reducing milk odors by avoiding objectionable foods hours before milking. It recommends giving turnips immediately before milking at morning and night, noting that ensilage or corn fodder impart no flavor and may benefit dairy cows fed on such forage.
The article notes low English sugar prices entice farmers to consider feeding it to fattening stock. It contrasts feeding with Indian corn and sugar cane here, mentioning sorghum and the potential for cheap coarse sugar if the sorghum industry succeeds, aimed at fattening livestock.
The article advises securing scions before buds swell and warns against waiting too long. It recommends grafting with same day cut scions, prefers late spring when comfortable for operators, and notes apples grafted after fruit set can succeed. It cautions against removing many limbs at once and stresses maintaining root health for large trees.
The time has arrived when young stock will shower in upon us. This is one of the most critical periods for stockmen as neglect can cost farmers hundreds or thousands. Set midnights alarms, rotate vigils among family members, and ensure new arrivals are watched to prevent inattention.
James Wallace, about fifty, sentenced in County Court at airport N Y to ten years for assaulting his wife's daughter. He came to the country months ago from England with his wife and stepdaughter. After his wife's death the girl lived with him and was assaulted weeks after. The case prompted a harsh sentence for the brutal crime.
The article describes the Festa basque and Theana skirt with dark blue serge fronts and red bronze motifs, trimmed with velvet ribbon. It notes pattern sizes for basque fourteen to sixteen years and skirt ten to sixteen, with prices twenty and twenty five cents respectively. It also presents the Lindley suit for boys in plaid suiting with a box pleated skirt and attached yoke, plus a polo cap. Patterns available for four to sixteen years, prices twenty five and ten cents.
A correspondent recalls attending the Rheinhar t murder trial in New York and witnessing the hanging. He details his perilous night moving between jail, saloon, and garret with a hangman’s keeper, sharing a bed with a jail attache and glimpsing the condemned man’s fate. The witness fears sleep near hangmen and continues to dread their shadow.
Florence Nightingale has founded an English association to train young women of noble families as nurses. Applicants undergo a month trial, then an eighteen month program. A writer describes visits with a nurse to care for a sick mother and child, a paralytic, and a sailor, showing how nursing offers purpose yet challenges traditional domestic roles.
A Newark report describes Schindler and Williams handling coins that carried infectious pus. Both men fell ill. Schindler died from pyemia while Williams recovered after iodide treatment. Officials cite blood poisoning from contact with infected coin surfaces as the deadly route.
The article describes a private crematory near central Tokio with a single story building and a tall chimney. It notes strict municipal timing, the private nature of ceremonies, and details of the cremation process including the use of shavings, barrels, and a final skeleton after about three hours.
Jack the Police dog of the Salem police, longtime partner of Sergt. Shortell, served 13th precinct. The mastiff and St Bernard mix assisted in capturing prisoners, guarding irons, and preventing assaults, and saved two drowning victims at Union bridge and Smith millpond. No prisoner ever escaped when Jack watched.
A mash of product pitches and odd anecdotes promotes Dr.Pierce remedies, Sage's cough cure, and Nervine tonics amid social quips and comic exchanges. The piece interleaves medical patter with oddball humor, tobacco notes, and advertising blurbs, concluding with a sensational tale of pursuit titled Chased by a Corpse.
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