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Newspaper
Birtle Observer
Location
Birtle, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 31, 1889
Page
1
The Birtle Observer announces its last issue from the current printing office as owners plan to relocate to Rock Lake County Manitoba to be nearer friends and manage other interests. Readers are asked to settle accounts and subscriptions before the move.
A study of how feet fit the habits of animals and birds, from cushions on elephants and rhinoceroses to desert feet of camels and the soft grazing hooves of cows. It notes claws on big cats, horse hooves for speed, bear paws for climbing, polar bear cushions, and webbed feet for swimming.
A petition circulating in Silver Creek and Russell municipalities seeks to build a grist mill to expand county milling facilities. It has been favorably received and signed by many residents.
Mr. Jos Sharman of Rossburn owns about 125 fine bred Hereford cattle. The herd has moved into a river valley where sheltering bushes provide access and food is scarce due to mild weather and lack of snow.
Gazette lists several individuals named as Justices of the Peace. The Hudson Bay Company plans to complete the Fort Ellice grist mill, and the Fort Ellice saw mill will restart in spring to provide bridge timber and lumber for the Northwest Central railway, expected to reach the Assiniboine River.
Track laying on the Portage extension is advancing rapidly with rails laid at one and a half miles per day. Officials expect completion to Portage by mid March and see no barrier to a connection with the M and N W railway once Portage is reached. The Vick's Floral Guide of 1889 from Rochester, NY, introduces new cuts and lithographs and returns to cash prizes at the State Fair, offering the guide free with a fifteen cent receipt and a certificate for fifteen cents.
A satirical diatribe against congregational singing arguing for its complete elimination. It mocks modern tastes and laments old tunes while recounting a chaotic church service with humorous, exaggerated scenes and a narrator’s wife reacting to the music.
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