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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 24, 1899
Page
3
In a tense naval duel off the coast, the British frigate Leda engages the French Gloire. Each vessel delivers heavy broadsides as crews flood decks, topmen man hatchways, and a dense smoke bank shrouds the action. The encounter ends with the ships scraping and tying fast in battle heat.
Amid cannon fire and splintered masts the English crew and Captain de Moon repelled French attacks. The Leda and Gloire engaged, the Frenchman’s anchor freed, and the ships drifted apart as the Leda’s consort bore down. Rosette Died and Horace Walpole referenced, while Manitoba encampment officers were elected in Brandon.
Report from Dawe and Gallusry notes about 200 typhoid patients in hospitals with few deaths. Over 8,000 workers remain at work on their claims, yet business is weak and money scarce. New York dispatch dated December 15 recounts snow disruptions at the New York Telephone Company with half the force missing but returning, and a temporary gathering of operators at a downtown hotel before resuming duties.
A large amount of wreckage, including bullocks, cotton, timber, is strewn along the Waterford coast near Lonson with part of a lifeboat recovered off Annetown. The items are believed to originate from a vessel wreck.
An ice jam along the Niagara River from Lewiston to Niagara is now frozen solid. The river, from the bay to the falls and toward Lake Ontario, is a mass of ice except for the rapids. No crossings have been reported yet. The occurrence is highly unusual.
A fragment lists Salt Codfish Bata and potato preparation with raw salt oxbish, picket to small pores. It describes soaking water, drying, mashing, and frying steps. Also a cheese and olive oil task with butter and broiling guidance. It mentions onions and chilling before broiling.
The text mixes culinary instructions for a delicate tripe dish with a garbled discussion of dress accessories and a fictitious invention described as a line of jeweled chains and buckles. It mentions butter, sugar, pepper, salt, rice, broth, and cream for cooking tripe, and then pivots to a mock description of a fashionable “test girl” presenting counterfeit gifts, with references to chain dressing and a miniature display.
The annual meeting of a Toronto based life company was held February 2 with John Le Baaikle chairing and William McCabe as secretary. Directors reported strong assets and profits for the year ended December 31, 188. Auditors James Carlyle and William McCabe signed the accounts. The president highlighted robust earnings and careful investigations into the company’s affairs. Laughter caused a fatal chest pain in an English speaker, reportedly linked to a carcass disease.
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