Week's News Roundup From Across the World
Articles report a hanging in British Columbia of a Chinese man Ab Chow for murder, Manitoba and North West grain exports, land board proposals, emigration controls, and a North West land board push. Also noted are US gold discovery rumors, widespread fires, Pan Company troubles in New York, and Russo-British imperial affairs.
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Tosis
North West
Ab Chow
Lytton
B C
Ottawa
Imperial
Manitoba
North West Council
Territories
Onecoadt
Winnipeg
Great Britain
Canada
Arizona
Missouri
Arkanees
Linois
New York
Panam Company
Ma Lor Prine
Dispute Over Church Authority Reignites Municipal Boundaries
The article reports farmers in the Fast ern Townships join Protestants and Catholics in opposing ArchbishopFabre and a Montreal bishop's decree that would redraw parish lines to create new municipalities. They argue such ecclesiastical power infringes conscience and self governance, urging faith leaders to respect Queen’s authority while resisting Papal influence. A note praises the reasoning and calls for justice for freedom of conscience.
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Fastern
Montreal
Ste. Barbe
Kuntingdon
Pato
Fabre
the Huntingdons& Men
Boston boys resist British rough soldiers and coastwise protests
A fragment recounts Boston youths petitioning a British officer for protection against soldiers who assaulted the coastwise area. The Common races a confrontation with imperial authority as a boy faces disgrace for failing to heed family and elder advice.
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Boston
William
Dairy Farming Fodder Practices for Winter Profit
The excerpt describes using succulent roots and digestible fodder to aid digestion and boost profits in winter feeding. It notes mapgeis or sugar beets, malt sprouts steeped in water, cat straw, and ground grain to maintain milk yield, and recommends well cured corn fodder or harvested corn stalks with sliced roda to match beet hay in butter quality.
Proper grain grinding aids dairy cow digestion and savings
The article explains that cutting the rodder reduces station work for cows by lowering tissue waste and food needs. Finely ground grain mixed with moistened fodder eases digestion, improves absorption, and enhances fat distribution, with feeding outcomes varying by forage quality and environment. A dairyman should rigorously test and record feed inputs, costs, and results.
Practices and advice from an agricultural exchange
An exchange discusses effective methods against pests like apple tree borers and Canada thistles. It notes preventing thistle tops to exhaust roots, sowing spinach as a winter greens crop with late November seeding, and using leaf cover for winter protection. It also warns against poor winter feeding for stock and advocates improved stock, tools, seeds, and manure use for better results.
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Canada
Two Pictures of Women and a Burdtte Sermon on Women
The excerpt compares biblical and secular women's roles, praising female resilience and virtue while noting limits. It cites dramatized women from scripture and contrasts them with everyday acts of care, shopping, and parenting, concluding that a good wife blesses a man more than wealth or fame.
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Jeptha
Ruth
Esther
Elizabeth
Joanna
Mary
Susanna
Chace
F. J. Burdtte
Franco German War Era Liquor Trade Surges in France
The article notes a rise in the number of spirits retailers in France from 366 000 to 425 000 after liberalized wine and liquor commerce in 1880. It mentions social figures and remarks on Paris and Denis, reflecting on historical attitudes toward drinking and trade during the period.
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France
Alsace-Lorraine
Paria
Young Crusoe Missionary Narrates Fiji Trek and Tragic Escape
Miss Durston tells how her family moved from China to Fiji then Kandaru and finally faced a deadly storm at sea. She describes a native threat, escape in a canoe, the loss of her parents, and her survival on the lifeless shore with the locker of supplies and shellfish gathering thereafter.
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Apd
Musou Ie
Francisco
Sane Des Faye
Anti A
Miss Durston
Crusce
Tientsin
China
Crusoe-like Odyssey on Kandavu Island Relocation
A castaway recalls three months of isolation surviving on cocoa nuts wild berries and storm blown nuts. He endured bat threats and leprous exile, found solace in a Bible, and finally reunited with friendly natives at Kandavu colony. His parents are reburied there and his mission to continue his father’s good work is stated.
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Narbach
Sochem
Wayhuen
Canton
T. M. Healy
Obrien
Ireland
Enn Zee
William
Parnell
Irish Court of Queen's Bench
Mitchellstown
Constitution
London Times
House of Commons
Kandaru
Hermeny
Mother
Ko Ko
Father
Gettin
Ain
Asd
Kandavu
Juggernaut Doomed as Wealth Declines in Pooree
The London Standard notes a falling prestige of the Rath Jattra festival in Pooree as modern norms spread. It describes priests hiring laborers to drag the sacred car and the diminishing zeal of devotees, with historical references to self sacrifice and the god Jagganna'th's waning influence.
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Orissa
Francis Bushanno
Pooree
Hindoo
London Standard
Russia Steps Backward in Education Policy
A commentary on Russia reversing progress by raising secondary school fees and barring poor children from school books. The piece argues education fuels reform and that restricting access worsens tyranny, warning the czar that knowledge strengthens enlightened government.
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Russia
Enlugh
Real Neighborly Exchange in a Quiet Neighborhood
A newcomer family faces a small, humorous incident as a polite boy asks to borrow a frying pan and later food items. The tale centers on neighborly gestures and social beginnings as the boy returns with requests for a pound of pork and tea to wash it down.
Fragmentary Exchange Between Mr Brown and Child
A partial dialogue shows a child asking Mr Brown to view a baby and expressing affection. The response mentions liking babies and a playful remark about not eating recently, suggesting a nonspecific, anecdotal snippet.
Warrant Sends John Bunnyon to Prison in 1674 England
An 1674 warrant issued in Charles II's reign orders the arrest of John Bunnyon of Typher for religious dissent. The text cites meetings at Monoux and a Conventicle under pretence of religion, with Bunnyon brought before justices to answer. The piece notes Bunnyon’s later influence on religion and literature from captivity.
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England
John Bunnyop
Tynker
Grim
Bedford
Mattie
John Bunnyon
Franklin
Church of England
John Bunnion
John Ventris
Charles
First Nihilist Tarioglokoff and Catharine II Revolt
The article recounts Techoglokoff, famed as the first Nihilist, his secret Society of Anonymes, and a planned overthrow of Empress Catherine II. It describes his failed assassination attempt, his stoic execution, and Catherine II’s doomed reforms to free serfs and grant broader rights amid noble resistance.
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Peter
Schooll
Catharine II
Imperial Guard
Tachoglokoff
Ths
Russia
Catharine
Tschoglokoff
Catharine Jr
Moscow
Trchoglokeff
Read This to Your Husband A Call for Praise and Encouragement
A dated exhortation urges husbands to praise wives, noting daily chores debt of labor and the uplifting effect of kind words. It argues many women crave encouragement and explains compliments can brighten home life and marriages, while warning of neglect and insincerity.
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Pico
Heehee
The Trouble With Talkers Across Time
A discussion on Garrulity cites examples from two hours in Congress and fables of Euripides and Arab proverbs. It notes talkative types stereotype as foolish yet acknowledges that lively imagination can exaggerate trifles, warning that constant chatter harms a speaker's respect and self image.
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Euripides
Red Boots and a Robber Chief in a Brutal Tale
A tale from the Tartars of the Ukraine notes red leather boots as a sign of punishment. A robber chief, captured by a Russian soldier, was freed by his commander after paying a large reward. Later the robber threatened revenge and the soldier, distrusting his commander, killed the chief in his cave when asked for red boots.
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Ukraine
Women as Burden Bearers Across Europe in Hard Labor
The article describes Swedish women in Stockholm performing heavy bricklaying, loading, and ferry work for twelve hours a day. It compares their labor to women in England, France, Germany, Belgium, and Holland, noting widespread tough, masculine tasks and the impact on their appearance and femininity.
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Stockholm
Europe
England
France
Germany
Belgium
Holland
Is Good at Arithmetic in a Slavery Era Joke
An old mapmaker asks Erastus about his new place. Erastus explains he works long hours, sometimes twelve on duty, twelve off, plus two overtime hours. He concludes with a punchline that “twenty six hours” in a day proves he is good at arithmetic.
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Randolph
Erastus
Massa
Dar
Iso
Wrinkles Cause and Home Advice From a Health Column
A health note claims wrinkles stem from gradual flesh wear from lack of exercise and advises upward washing motions. It also suggests cheek exercises using a leather or chamois to restore plumpness. A Castile New York reader found an unexpected cabbage center in a garden harvest.
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Castile
N. Y
Underwater endurance debated by scientists and divers
The article surveys how long a person can stay under water without apparatus. It cites varied claims from ten to fifteen minutes as overstated and notes common limits around two minutes. Lacassagne studies a Hungarian swimmer named James who stayed four minutes fourteen seconds, detailing his breathing, blood flow, and a stomach air reservoir theory.
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Lacassagne
M. Lactasagne
James
M. Lacassagne
Stars Revealed by Telescope Exceed Naked Eye Counts
The article explains that while the naked eye shows up to 4 000 stars, telescopes reveal vastly more. It cites Sir William Herschel's observations in the Milky Way, noting 116 000 stars in a quarter hour and 258 000 in forty one minutes as viewed through his instrument.
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Pleiades
William Herechel
Herschel
Milky Way
Changes Perpetually Alter the Heavens and Earth
A Good Words excerpt ponders universal change across skies and rivers noting that permanent appearances fade under nature's law. It muses on the sun, stars, rivers, rocks, and mountains as enduring images that may ultimately yield to time and science, reshaping our view of existence.
Misunderstanding About Irish Hospitality and a Hanging Tale
A traveler recounts a tale of Wallachian peasants resembling Irish kindness to pigs and simplicity. In a Mares river field, a stranger is saved from drowning twice, then hangs himself from a tree. Relatives blame the gyre while peasants explain they thought he hung himself to dry.
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Ireland
Nts
Saintly landlady recalls clever old soul
A parson remarks on a landlady during chat about saints and apes t ies, noting he was a good clever old soul who said we must eat what is set before us and ask no questions for conscience sake, making the speaker think he would have liked him as a boarder.
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Nied Parson
Alwys
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