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Newspaper
Millbrook Reporter
Location
Millbrook, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 14, 1893
Page
2
Household verse expresses parental affection as a father contemplates his daughter maturing from a baby to a maiden. He finds solace that while young love fades, a father’s enduring bond remains, even as memories of shared moments linger.
In pastry making use pastry flour and plain under crust for pies. Puff paste needs heat and salt lemon juice, plus a buttered folding method. Use well chilled ingredients and a wooden board. For chicken patties use puff paste, fillings with flour butter milk and chicken. Also includes hob cleaning and stove blacking guidance.
A concise domestic note discusses the disliked task of cleaning grimy stoves and reflects on the home keeper’s routine. It emphasizes the need for efficiency, cleanliness, and steady habits in maintaining a bright kitchen hearth.
A Paris correspondent reports a young man, outraged by a lost bet, assaulted a stranger at a cafe concert and was brought to the Police Court. He received two months in prison and a 50 shilling fine. He had wagered he could drink twelve tumblers of wine by midnight, but drank only four as the clock struck. He claimed drunkenness and forgot details, a defense rejected by the judge.
A dialogue fragment shows a mistress scolding for potato cooking at breakfast. Bripcer apologizes and asserts others can eat baked potatoes seven mornings a week. The exchange hints at household roles and grievance over food preferences.
A witty dialogue shows characters debating a World’s Fair exhibit where whiskey samples were once given. The remark notes the fair is over and jokes about late worry and discovery of the promotion.
A fragment describes an heir with a million fortune amid a vivid atmosphere. The snippet hints at wealth and excitement shaping the scene, though details are scarce.
A Scranton dispatch reports eight year old Anna suffered days of torture in Dixville Kingston township by an Arab woman believed to cure epilepsy. The father a Pennsylvania coal miner defended the methods amid public outrage, while a local doctor and neighbors exposed the abuse. The woman fled Willkes Barre as police prepared charges, leaving the family to seek help in a chilling tale of superstition.
A South Australian Register piece recounts a party overland from Adelaide to eastern goldfields, detailing harsh camp conditions, sand plains, and makeshift transports. The crew faces frost, feed scarcity, ghost towns, and rising theft as 21x miles from Southern Cross nears Coolgardie.
J Cheever of Manitoba recounts a perilous encounter in poplar timber with Jacques Bany, a half breed guide. A first huge grizzly was felled by a precise shot as a second bear charged, injuring Bany severely before Cheever’s two bullets saved him. Bany survived with severe facial and scalp wounds but returned to hunting grizzlies.
A cut from Crawford’s Constantinople passage describes the immense vitality of the city, noting that despite its label as a sick man Turkey, Stemboul Galata and Galata Bridge teem with life. The piece highlights Europe and Asia tranches of the capital and the bustling mix of hamlets and nationalities.
A mail carrier named Sherman, devoted to delivering letters across three small towns, confronts a harsh prairie winter. He contemplates routes, weather, and the risk to keep his sister fed while maintaining his regular mail runs and steady income.
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