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Newspaper
Birtle Observer
Location
Birtle, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 17, 1885
Page
3
Fragmentary lines reveal a Christmas stocking scene and reflections on family ties. The text recalls a grandmother’s care, children waiting, and a sense of departure as a loved one nears the end. The poem notes white ashes, a gathering of kin, and a blessing for Christmas night.
Olive confronts Dick about Angus Marriot in a crowded social circle. Dick explains Angus’s accident, his illness, and Olive’s lingering feelings as she grapples with whether to act to aid him or pursue her own future. The scene closes with Olive seeking guidance on her next move.
A writer argues women look handsomer than men, citing actors John Drew and Ada Rehan at Daly's theater. The revival required clean shaven faces, causing Drew to look frightful without a mustache, while Rehan humorously remarks on kissing his mouth.
A Boston notice recounts a curious 1834 1835 scene in Massachusetts involving Governor Honest John Davis of Worcester. It describes a boarding house on Cambridge Street near Bowdoin Street where a lemonade event produced a lemon inside another lemon. The inner lemon was perfect and about one third the size of the outer.
A Nature writer describes a ritual in which a tunnel is dug from a grave into nearby jungle. The grave is partly prepared and the subject is shown as his ears and nostrils are filled with wax and his tongue pulled back. He is buried, then supposedly reenters the tunnel and leaves. After six months he reappears as if lifeless and restored.
A coroner's jury heard that Levi Perkins, a stout Black man, died after uttering cat sounds and collapsing in fear. Witnesses described Perkins distressed by a domestic cat, noting old bite scars and a lifelong fear of cats in a crowded room with a colored man named Sutton present.
The 1883 review in Archiv fur Eisenbahnen shows world railways expanding from 350,031 km in 1879 to 442,199 km. The United States built 66,327 km in four years, with Brazil, Mexico, and India among leading non European builders. US remains far ahead in total mileage while per land area measures vary by country and region.
The article argues the parlor should be a restful refuge not a workplace or display area. It warns against a stiff, forbidding air and calls for comfortable, tranquil design that calms the wind, pleases the eye, and avoids making occupants feel constrained or watched.
A baby was born on a New Haven to Grand Central express train near New Rochelle. the mother Annie Brown from South Brooklyn was rushed to Bellevue Hospital in an ambulance after the child’s birth on board the moving train.
A western bridegroom at an uptown hotel calls a bellboy down six flights after claiming an air light is defective. He admits paying a fee of 80 to fix the carved fixture and promises to cover the bill, with the maid assisting in the misheard exchange.
A garbled, humorous collage of old-time quips and dialogues. The piece mocks courtship, manners, social class, and daily life with fragmented exchanges about embalmment, matrimony, violets, servant talk, and a comical mule drowning in a creek. It preserves vintage punctuation, slang, and nameless voices.
An earnest tale of a sick boy named Little Jack and a comforting star his family binds to his life. The star repeatedly appears at night, growing brighter after Jack dies, as the family and community honor his memory. The star shines larger as Jack lies at rest, becoming a blaze of glory in the heavens.
Professor Blackie laments modern excess in reading arguing that public life has shrunk to private bookishness. He longs for the Middle Ages when singing was the sermon and communal gatherings thrived. He warns that families now sit with noses buried in pages rather than engaging together.
A brief note recalls a Biblical image of Rebecca going to the field with a pitcher and the idea of a right field for water suggesting a symbolic or thematic link. The fragment hints at pastoral or covenant era imagery.
A steel drawing process turns thin plate into seamless tubes with uniform bore and strength, enabling cheaper steel pipes and even a cannon using mild steel. Experiments show a boiler shell withstanding 600 psi and a 75 000 psi test for a steel cannon target Sandy Hook trials. Milk cans and clock springs benefit from the process as well.
A veteran watchmaker dismisses a claim that delicate watch wheels are made from paper pulp in Germany. He cites years of experience with German Swiss English French and American watches and argues pulp cannot harden enough for durable cog wheels.
A compact reflection on wit and wisdom, noting that learning can provide tools to work with but true wisdom resides in the person rather than scholarship. The saying contrasts knowledge with practical understanding and personal discernment.
Observations on cat behavior and owner bonds at a Crystal Palace show. A regal Oxford cat returns from humiliation to greet two young girls, while others endure public scrutiny, capturing the show’s human feline dynamics.
The article compares English and Russian military power with figures for armies and navies. England claims 780000 regulars and 358 ships, plus potential 2300000 wartime troops and a home cost of 125 million dollars annually. The English navy has 285 ships, and total British forces could exceed one million when including India. Russia reportedly touts greater naval capacity but spends less per year.
A Boston youth, urged by a wealthy father to pursue business, defies the plan. He accepts a cattle loan, ships herd to Liverpool, sells for a profit, cabled repayment, and travels to Paris to study art for two years before returning home. The father now offers support to resume studies.
The article recounts the rise of the Turcoman impostor called Mokan nah who claimed divine mission after leaving Merv. Patron Mahdi defeated him near Bokhara and forced retreat, ending with his death by poison and acid. His legend influenced d Herbelot and Moore’s Lalla Rookh.
A fragmentary sermon offers quirky maxims for a boy: attract attention by bragging of virtues, accuse a liar by choosing a target, replace spilled milk with a new supply, and test one’s importance by pulling a hair to check for baldness. The tone is admonitory and humorous, with vivid metaphors about reputation and consequence.
A Baptist minister quips about religious differences in marriage, saying Cupid never studied theology as a humorous take on why his daughter married a Presbyterian. The line reflects a lighthearted view of faith and romance.
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