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Newspaper
Birtle Observer
Location
Birtle, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 24, 1887
Page
4
A British traveler recounts a European diamond swindle in which an American trickster offers a massive sum for a ring. The prologue shows a genuine gem and a decoy paste stone, leading to pursuit across Paris and Cannes as the narrator seeks redress and justice.
The Queen will release petty offenders from military prisons during the Jubilee and wear a pale mauve dress with lace. Toronto proclaims June 30 and July 1 holidays. A tiny miniature Prince Consort gift and a diadem plan regard the Jubilee. Queens forgo Imperial crown for a lace veil and purple velvet train.
Professor Marapta reports discovery in the Ribas valley of Eastern Pyrenees showing many groups reaching beyond four feet. Subjects described as well built with small hands and feet, broad hips and shoulders, and slanted eyes resembling Chinese type.
A wide column of reports notes the death of Halifax merchant George H. Starr at 75, an earthquake felt near Murray, and social care shifts. It covers a Kingston area fatality, bank defalcation suit, wartime policy debates, railway contracts, and maritime losses with multiple named places and entities.
A collection of maxims praising virtue, industry, and humility. It contrasts heaven sent genius with steady effort, warns against laziness, and urges kindness, selflessness, and balance as keys to a well lived life. The piece argues small sacrifices enable greater good and questions self centered comfort.
A Texas man questions a New Yorker about handling firearms in a room. The New Yorker admits never handling a revolver before and warns of danger from careless use. A cautionary exchange highlights risks when experts handle guns and the potential for accidental discharge.
Lieut Zalinski proclaims a new dynamite gun as a deadly instrument of destruction. He compares it to the Whitehead torpedo, claiming ten times the speed and far greater power, noting light weight and low cost. He envisions rapid harbor defense and imposes a warning against enemy ships near ports.
A limerick like fragment laments harsh harvest toil and social gaps. The narrator contrasts a stern, industrious figure with the poor earning little while the days drag and mischief lingers. It hints at duty, time, and class through oblique imagery and broken lines.
Wordy guidance on farming discipline, profitability, and rural life. Emphasizes weed control, stock quality, record keeping, per se utility of farm implements, and maintaining households. Encourages attention to manure, waste reduction, and time management as key to efficiency and health in rural communities.
Water access and feed quality impact egg production. Wyandotte eggs average two ounces. weather shifts spread disease like roup. Keep roosts out of stables, manage moulting by selling late moulters, and market poultry with good crops and ample water to ensure steady demand. Avoid overcrowding as it raises fever and hurts meat quality.
Practical tips from Farm Journal on turpentine vinegar and coacil to kill bot flies on horses, pig feeding from refuse to fertilize grapes, selecting pigs with hair for climate, training heifers to be handleable, and giving pigs ample clean water. Notes on sheep price trends, wool growth, and Merino ram use in improving flocks.
A Wellsburg despatch reports a monstrous meteor striking James Harney’s farm around eleven at night. Farmer Robert Wells witnessed a bright sky flash and a hissing sound before a large fireball vanished. This morning a mysterious pit about forty feet in diameter and roughly feet deep was found on the Harney property, with sides caved in.
The article outlines Congo geography from the mouth to inland rivers, notes divisions between upper and lower Congo, and describes native customs, slavery, and brutal practices. It highlights missionary efforts with the Henry Reed steamboat, Berlin's 1884 accord, and Stanley's explorations, and details local beliefs, kings, and dangers of travel.
An English barber argues Americans go bald due to washing the head and rubbing with towels. He says water dries the scalp oils, hair dies, and drops out, while combing and stiff brushes labor the maid’s work. He mentions machine styled brushes used in barber shops.
The text notes that by 1884 the rupee valued payments to railways in major nations stood at about 4.3 percent of the chief countries’ amounts. It implies mixed views about the significance of this share.
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