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Newspaper
Birtle Observer
Location
Birtle, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 22, 1885
Page
3
The article condemns sword bayonets as flawed weapons, noting brittleness and poor temper after battle. It describes bent blades, ineffective thrusts, and discarded weapons, arguing for ready replacement by stronger bayonets and improved mechanics in workshops.
An 8-column dispatch from Quai Ecuador surveys the Andes around Quito. It details twenty volcanoes, twenty-two summits above 10 000 feet, and the extreme heights of Chimborazo Vesuvius and other ranges. The narrative notes glaciers perpetual snow, a legend of Otiabor, and claims Chimborazo’s snow line remains unreachable.
A Times Calcutta correspondent describes a curious Travancore rite where Mahars weigh against a gold weight as a sign of charity. A long antiquity called Tusbhera is linked to the fourth century and traces scarce outside Asia, with gold rituals common among the wealthy.
Eyewitness Dan Mace and Billy Hunter confirm Lady Thorne trotted the fastest mile in world history, clocking 2.06 to 2.08 on a race watch amid brutal riding and visible public awe. The mare bounded through the finish as onlookers watched in disbelief at the extraordinary feat.
The article traces the chinampas or floating gardens once used near Mexico City where plots of earth laid on water supported crops. It notes they are now land separated by canals and watered by gourds, recalls ancient Aztec origins and migrations from the region known as the country of Herons to Texcoco and finally to Mexicaliargo.
An assortment of humorous vignettes and dialogues unfolds from a local gathering. A young woman questions reform’s value while a minister, a dying uncle, and townsfolk trade quips. Jokes cover food, music, a delivery of a sermon, a hungry boy, and a railway ticket clerk.
The Consular Report on Persia estimates a population of about 7.5 million divided among religions, with Sheeabs the majority. Jews total roughly 19,000, Armenians 43,000, Neatorians and Chaldeans 25,000, and Fareces 8,000. Town families number 363,000 housing nearly 2 million people. nomadic families total 381,000. Trade shifts due to Caucasus route closure push commerce toward the Persian Gulf and South Persia.
A sketch of Elizabeth I Maria Edgeworth Jane Porter Joanna Baillie and Florence Nightingale noting their influence as women of wit and public service The piece lauds Nightingale and Sister Dora as enduring examples of female achievement in literature nursing and philanthropy.
A deteriorated excerpt discusses worsening conditions in Frarce care and high mortality among infants linked to state funding. It notes babies in care are paid for a small monthly sum, with portions diverted to departments, highlighting harsh realities faced by vulnerable children.
A telegraph operator recalls windy Nebraska prairies and riding a sailcar tied to an old tie car to reach his girl. He explains varying wind directions every Saturday night and the improvised travel method that kept him from missing trains.
In a Texan saloon scene, Swink woke to a neighbor’s hand in his pocket and fired on in-room patrons. Aimed shots struck John in the head and Terboe in the abdomen, both dying or fatally injured. Swink was wounded, fled, and drowned after jumping into a tank. about $100 on his person. H. H. Swink, a Bell County magnate, identified the body. The two confidence men escaped unhurt.
A chatty reminiscence piece mocks marriage culture with quips about honeymoon myths. It riffs on lips treatments, fashion, courting habits, chairs as language, and a self-playing piano fantasy while noting young couples and social rituals in genteel parlour life.
The piece portrays Teheran as a centuries old capital structured by a pre-Vauban mud wall and canal irrigation via kanauts. It notes bazaars, bezars with sun dried brick arches, public courts near a Kadi seat, common trades like shoe makers tailors brass workers and tea houses, and describes the Residency and new Legation as remnants of British presence.
The author asserts England selected the Lessar as the lesser option and argues proper garment making begins with the undercoat, framing a practical approach to durability.
Antonia Harf, wife of a Dutch official on Java, recounts bold stories from India era court life. A Javanese prince exacted favors including jewelry requests and a back scratch, while harrowing acts like te, poison, and public insults reveal perilous court politics and European risk in the royal harem.
The Royal Commission on the housing of England's poor details overcrowding as a serious, widespread issue in London and provincial towns. Witnesses cite five families in six rooms as a typical pattern and connect one-room dwellings to immorality and crime, while noting severe sanitary and drainage faults and inadequate closet facilities in many areas.
The essay argues against tourist prejudice toward Native Americans, praising artistic spirit and natural beauty. It compares Indian life to landscape, cites Rembrandt and Greek ideals, and notes handsome individuals, athletic bodies, dances, smoke-filled lodges, and the dignity of ordinary scenes.
A humorous sampling from the Alta recounts grasshopper invasions in California and Kansas. Brokers, wagon teams, and a grain exchange member describe trains halted, encampments buried, and makeshift responses such as giant balloon bags to escape drawn out swarms.
The piece argues war holds an irresistible intellectual charm that captivates nations beyond personal involvement. It notes attention rises with campaigns and leaders, while distant wars rarely command such focus, citing Civil War interest and Franco German conflict as prime examples.
A Brockton resident, a wealthy Swedish gentleman, recounts a lifelong struggle to end his life. He describes thirty failed attempts from youth to middle age using pistol rope poison and other means, until finally dying by a strong rat poison dose after nearly reaching his sixtieth birthday.
A Philadelphia man left 500000 and a South Second Street homestead to his children with strict living conditions, yet the family violated the terms and contested later provisions. One daughter bequeathed the estate to the Catholic Church after trimming a brother and a surviving son benefited from the house as a business site. A note laments barbaric sentiments in wills that favor horses over kin.
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