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Newspaper
Birtle Observer
Location
Birtle, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 18, 1885
Page
4
The London exhibition 1885 features machines that extract gold by electricity increasing yield, a drill core device, an aqua serial ship claim, and weapons with rapid fire. Electricity aids dentistry and parcel delivery while many labor saving devices advance civilization amid novelty and progress themes.
In winter 80 a scouting party pursues cow and horse thieves the Taylors in Indian country. They rescue a seven year old Horace? girl named Broncho Bertie who claims to know the boys Jim Bill and Dan. The rough crew adopts her as the child of company E and she wins their loyalty with charm and prudence while Reckless Jeff remains devoted to her.
Jefer runs the revolver barrel as Giger fires. Brombo Bertie falls, mortally wounded, smiles faintly then dies. Kien gathers her, stunned, and Brombo Bertie’s life ends in a grim, unnamed fate.
Old engineer Henry Andrews recalls guiding the 56 steam locomotive from Nashville to Stevenson Alabama when a rattlesnake crawled into the cab. He and fireman Jim Wiles shot the snake, resumed control, and reached Stevenson on time without casualties.
Practical tips on cleaning methods and home maintenance from tea washes to lime water and carbolic acid. Advice covers glass, walls, ceilings, drains, vermin control, bedframes, odors, beet and beef prep, furniture care, and polishing techniques with common household substances.
The heir to the Hawarden Estate, associated with W. E. Gladstone, was born just last month in England. This brief report notes the infant’s birth as a notable family event tied to the Gladstone lineage.
The narrator describes gathering reindeer for food clothing and shelter during an Arctic expedition in 1875 near Hudsons Bay. He notes employing Inuit hunters trading arms and ammunition to secure about 1000 reindeer by spring, ensuring winter supplies and insight into Arctic deer.
A reflective piece traces how powerful words can topple even great figures from Napoleon era to Madame de Stael. It warns girls to guard speech, citing proverbs and quotes about quiet tongues, with encouragement to tame the heart for harmony with others and with God.
A narrative asserts that Lord Salisbury is the first bearded English prime minister, arguing facial hair correlates with distinctive leadership and greatness. The piece questions the claim that only those in a barber chair achieve such prominence.
In Franklin Indiana a wealthy farmer Albret Drew wounded his rival Charles Stillson during a pistol duel at a depot while Stillson pocketed a ham sandwich to save his life. Mrs Drew fled with Stillson aboard a midnight train toward Indianapolis as police hunt the couple.
The eight month old child of Charles Sullivan of 357 Fifteenth Street Detroit appeared dead but revived after being placed in a coffin. The mother’s tears and discovery of the child moving sparked alarm among visitors, yet within minutes the infant was warm and nursing at the breast, overturning a planned burial after fifteen hours of suspended animation.
A mute patient at Morris Plains Asylum regained speech after a five year silence following finger injuries. A fellow patient, a boy, acts as a lightning calculator, imagining brain blocks that form and solve complex arithmetic instantly. He believes the brain is a multiplication table and drowns his head in water daily to keep the blocks from speaking.
A Newfoundland river fisher recounts illegal bar nets set bank to bank with backup nets in smaller mesh. A crew finds seven nets blocking a salmon river in Bonne Bay and removes them after questioning the local angler. The river keeper threatens a $50 fine plus net confiscation if caught again.
A discussion notes that minor head injuries can kill or ruin reason, yet parts of the brain and even the heart show remarkable tolerance. Examples include an iron bar piercing the brain with little harm, a hairpin failing to kill, pins passing through the body and recovery, and a boy recovering from advanced lung decay after choking on chestnut pieces.
The piece extols gold as everlasting and resistant to acids air and water. It describes gold remaining intact while empires rise and fall, cities decay, and monuments crumble, leaving pure gold as the enduring relic amid shifting civilizations.
A historical retelling of the so called much married Count who married fifteen women then died in prison. The piece argues crime is its own detector and views the Count as a cautionary tale for women to beware unreliable suitors.
A collection of historic kitchen directions covering baked apples with sugar syrup, sugared tart apples scented with lemon or nutmeg, melons with white sugar and cream, farmen cookies with butter sour cream and lemon, potato dishes using cream and butter, and a custard like potato pudding. Also includes a cream based beverage and a rice flour pudding with orange flower water, citron slices and butter.
The article notes paper window shutters as a fire and weather proof material with potential widespread use. It discusses fish acclimatization efforts by the National Fish Culture Association in England and America. It mentions coal development in Borneo with water-worn coal fragments and thick seams along the coast.
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