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Newspaper
Birtle Observer
Location
Birtle, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 13, 1885
Page
3
A garbled OCR passage presents recipe fragments for desserts and savory dishes. It mentions making jam rolls with eggs and coffee, a corn starch gravy, baked salt codfish with potato layers, bread crumbs, ginger snaps, a brown sugar and molasses dough, and a wash solution recipe. The text lacks coherent structure and complete instructions.
The article discusses new warships built for greater speed and power, focusing on engines and horsepower. It notes New Orleans as a strategic point and cites concerns about advanced vessels potentially surpassing English ships, affecting naval balance and merchant shipping.
A fragmentary report recalls a strange street scene where a wife’s actions, coffee shop chatter, and neighborly disbelief mingle. It mentions George Rliet’s marriage across ages and a dramatic line about a cigarette and a moving object described as a paper document.
Fragmentary text reports on an England prescription and its notoriety, mentioning Cen pet teeny cure by which thousands claim relief. The piece notes a reputed eminent advisory influence and long use, detailing a durably impactful drug amid years of public concern.
A collage of items covers politics, finance, literature, science, and society. Topics include cash gains from saloon licenses under high license laws, musical festivals in England, publishing plans by Capt. Burton, Irish landlord tensions, and social quirks from Weymouth and London. Includes brief anecdotes on Cheddar cheese quality, lithographic stone discoveries, and legal notices.
In Belgravia the narrative details Chinese military dress and equipment, noting green standards, white and red elements, and blue lion motifs. It describes guard arrangements near the forbidden city, Tartar soldiers off duty with rifles, and mentions arsenals at Tianjin, Shanghai, Foochow, and Nanking.
A garbled column recounts stray phrases about music study without a teacher, a near-death incident of an organ grinder in Allgheny City, and a dialogue with racial caricatures. It hints at social attitudes and odd anecdotes from the period, with fragmented dialogue and unclear context.
A fragmented text passage discusses a life and death matter. It notes overwork and the need for rest amid a busy shop as customers flock in. The speaker insists rest is impossible due to sick staff and high demand.
A collage of light hearted vignettes from a social page, featuring family pressures, courting banter, humorous misunderstandings, and small town conversations. Bits include fiancé and wedding chatter, job ads for a young man of good address, onion biting game, barber shop quips, and local gossip about residents and their woes.
Descriptive vignette of a Bengal hunting party at dawn. Guests rise from a veranda to a fresh air breakfast of coffee tea eggs toast and fowl. The landscape shows a level plain with jungle patches and a lush compound of trees as women children and servants prepare for a dawn hunt.
Excitement rises in Aldboro township over a God in famous hope shut in Lake Erie. Young men in swimming first spotted the scene last week but heavy objects hindered removal. Recent weeks saw a tide of interest as Wightman retrieved a pot on shore filled with ingots. The area has many such findings and sand banks are being searched. Residents speculate on romantic origins and old paint pots submerged in the lake.
English discussions focus on using the Sudan for sugar beet cultivation. Experts claim Egypt offers a prime climate easier to grow than wheat and more profitable. If Gordon guides emigration, the region could become a major sugar beet area.
The Boston Globe recounts observed suicides and methods, noting fear, pain, and the failures of attempts. It describes cases from Brookville and Frankfort, including a shipyard anecdote about a man who died while testing a choking theory, highlighting community comment and skepticism.
The article discusses frequent escapes from Western Siberia and the extreme difficulties fugitives face. It notes the brutal climate, scarce funds, police vigilance, and the need to reach a country with weak imperial police control. It cites Irkutsk, border routes to Mongolia and Manchuria, and the danger posed by tribes and guards.
Odd fragmentary notes describe a circus poster and a chaotic scene with unclear details. The passage hints at fear, drains, and an element of danger around a horse in full career, but concrete facts are scant.
The piece recounts the 19th century effort to raise the Washington Monument from initial subscriptions to resumed work in 1876. It notes the 1848 laying of the cornerstone, the lapse in progress, the 1876 appropriation, and the top stone placement followed by a planned inauguration on February 22. It describes the monument’s height, materials, and the role of state and foreign contributions as a museum of mineral treasures.
A swordfish struck the three masted schooner Themis causing a hole through nine inches of solid wood and copper sheathing. The crew shifted cargo to expose the wound and survived the surprise attack as the fish pierced the hull with a horned weapon.
The article argues that Chinese workers are scarce in New York households, noting few housekeepers employ Chinese staff for women’s work and limited intrusions into kitchens or parlors. It claims Mongolian labor is confined to laundry and washer-women roles, denying broader domestic encroachment.
A fragmented quote attributed to Artemus Ward describes a comical faulty Indian stutter or misrendered speech. The line mentions a rattle and a hed sticking out of a hole, with Ward noting the hole belongs to that Indian.
The article outlines a proposed 145 mile canal across Nicaragua with a central land strip jointly owned by Nicaragua and the United States under Nicaragua jurisdiction. Three ex-commissioners from each government would run it. tolls apply to all vessels, and revenue from canal, railroad, and telegraph would be split 1:2 between Nicaragua and the United States.
A collage of humorous vignettes and sly observations in Providence style chatter. Jokes about marriage delays school ciphering and a landlady’s quirks mix with sly barbs about divorce and Queen Anne cottages.
The police report a Nihilist conspiracy to murder officials by poison. Warnings go to empire officials to avoid unvouched servants and to reject food from unknown sources. Last year saw embezzlements tied to Nihilist networks. funds feared to enable a planned attack on the Czar. The Getechnia railway near-stoppage deepens fear as the Czar, reclusive in the Winter Palace, anticipates March first, the fourth anniversary of his father’s murder.
Mr F H Bignall of the Canadian geographical society has returned from a northeast Quebec expedition begun in June seeking a great inland sea linked to Lake Mistaesini. He travelled 120 miles by water on a large lake he locates as a possible expansion of Rupert River, extending southwest to northeast toward the Salvador coast, though he did not reach the lake itself.
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