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Newspaper
Birtle Observer
Location
Birtle, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 02, 1885
Page
2
Practical guidance on eating slowly to aid digestion and prevent overloading the stomach. Key tips include five hour gaps between meals, avoiding late hearty meals, breakfast before work, moderate portions, one meat and one vegetable per meal, and favoring water or tea in moderation. Emphasizes balance between food types and timing.
Physiologists warn that injecting brandest fluids against blood flow can cause instantaneous death. The text details how sweat and other bodily fluids exit via countless ducts, and how closing skin pores rapidly after heat or exercise leads to shock targeting weakest organs, from throat in children to lungs and liver in adults, with various fatal outcomes.
A farmer describes his wartime battle with rats and mice in a grain loft. He poisons a supply, observes a cat-like rat stalk and kill mice, then watches a swift rat revenge and a night of mass poison deaths. The aftermath shows dozens of rats slain by the poison waged upon the rodent army.
Reports describe a violent clash as white miners attacked Chinese workers at a mining camp. Five Chinese corpses found in brush, six to eight more wounded, dozens fled into the hills as houses burned. The town quieted after widespread chaos and the mining operations halted.
The article notes rising reading demand and the shift to ready-printed weekly sheets by firms supplying country papers. It cites Toronto as supplying 100 to 200 copies weekly and describes three separate editions issued to maintain circulation and satisfy readers while competing with city dailies.
The text describes ancient and global beliefs in ghost psychology, noting that spirits return via the path used to leave. It cites methods like hidden wall holes or doors of the dead, used by Greens and other groups, with parallels in Italy and Thoringen, along with rites to mislead or blindfold the revenant.
A descriptive passage explains the breeches buoy rescue method used at sea. It details the endless line, pulley blocks, sand anchor, and the hawser setup. Sailors haul the line taut and maneuver the buoy to bring passengers from wreck to shore one by one.
Step by step kitchen notes cover boiling onions and tomatoes in milk and butter, peeling methods, layered tomato bake, and serving. Includes string beans with trimming and lengthy boiling guidance, finishing with a closing remark on love.
A historical list recounts extreme cold events across Europe from 1067 to 1814, noting frozen rivers and harbors, failed harvests, famine, and deaths. It cites Germany, Scotland, England, and general mentions of the Thames iced over, with years including 1309 1316 1432 1744 and 1814.
A mosaic of brief items including medical cures and remedies from Dr. Pierce and Dr. Sage, a tobacco note on Myrtle Navy, Alma Ladies College re opening, an Indian rights quip, soap and laundry product pitches, and repurposed ropes as material for paper products.
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