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Newspaper
Millbrook Reporter
Location
Millbrook, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 21, 1893
Page
7
Week's Canadian News Headlines from The Waldo R. Avery
The column lists diverse items from the Straits of Mackinaw fire to Canadian honors. Rescue reward for Canadist ia Reliance crew, a fatal railway accident near Inglewood, and police actions in Winnipeg. Royal Victoria hospital opening costs, imperial news from Malta to Dublin, and assorted political and maritime updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waldo R. Avery
Straits of Mackinaw
Burke
Georgian Bay
John Duffy
Napanee
Aton
Toronto
Thomas Ageh
Orangeville
Inglewood
Winnipeg
Ricator
A. W. Ross
Beautiful Story of Jesus Pure Prince of Peace
Poetic religious text by Jennie Wilson describes the Christmas gospel. It reflects on redemption through Christ’s atonement, his humble birth, and the blessing of divine forgiveness. The piece emphasizes faith, peace, and praise to God for mercy and eternal life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ
Jesus
Christmas Musings on Faith and Unity by Julia Elizabeth
Poem reflects on creed, myth, and divine light as guiding forces. It envisions Christmas as a universal beacon, urging generosity, self improvement, and shared compassion across beliefs. The speaker calls for humility, mutual aid, and adherence to moral teachings exemplified by the Sermon on the Mount.
This Christmas Stockings and a Little Grave
A poem recalls last Christmas with three stockings as a family grieves Baby Nell. Harry and Nan keep vigil beside Nell’s grave under a bright moon, while the father laments the missing child and hopes for a future when the tree can again span with joy. The verse closes with the two surviving siblings in their father's arms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry
Nell
Nan
King
W. B. Cossitt
Adventurous Journey Arrives in Shanghai After Asia Trek
Mr and Mrs Littledale complete a globe spanning trek begun in London late January. They traveled to Constantinople then through Russia Tartary Semarkand Khokand and Kashgar before reaching Shanghai. They faced harsh Thibet Pamirs treacherous guides desertion and severe water shortages with many animals dying during the two month mid road segment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Littedale
The Wedding Ring in India A Leprosy Groom
A 12 year old girl receives a wedding ring at a feasting ceremony in India. The groom, unseen until the moment, is revealed to be a man with leprosy. A priest enacts the marriage with a sash and a few whispered rites as the father looks on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Col
A.F. Rodgers
John Hi. Coppinger
United States
Toronto
Alton
Coppinger
Col. Rodgers
India
College Athletics Reflect Public Taste For Outdoor Sports
The article argues that college athletic events draw large crowds and public interest, likening them to Roman spectacles. It notes the healthful value and social appeal of rugged sports such as football lacrosse and baseball, while urging safer rules to preserve skill and prevent brute force. It also comments on bicycling as evidence of public appetite for outdoor recreation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forei
Italy Facing Budget Strain and Uncertain Monarchy Future
The report to the Italian Chamber highlights the Panamino findings and hints at discrediting the monarchy while strengthening republican sentiment. It notes unification’s rewards for the Savoy line, Italy’s financial strain, armament costs, and reliance on long standing engagements with Austria and Germany. Neutrality is ruled out, alliances with France unlikely, and retrenchment seen as essential though difficult for the next ministry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panamino
Republican Party
Italy
House of Savoy
Germany
Charles Dilke
Europe
Austria
Crispi
A Christmas Eve Miracle of Charity
A narrator recalls befriending a freezing child named Joe on a bitter Christmas Eve. After sheltering him, the speaker reflects on welcome versus rejection, the child’s death, and the thought of having hosted an angel unawares, in a moral meditation by Sarah H. Bradford.
Energy of the English Race in South Africa
A column argues English expansion in South Africa shows persistent energy through the Matabele campaign led by a South African Trading Company agent. It notes trade as motive and praises eventual calm through mining and agriculture, while condemning Matabele cruelty and Mashona oppression, predicting beneficial new order after dispossession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lobengula
Colonial Service
South African Trading Company
Labouchere
Balfour
England
South Africa
Mashona
Quietness and Evenness of Spirit in Work
A reflection on controlling others tongues and the power of a good life to despise calumnies. Emphasizes that maintaining quietness and evenness of spirit is essential in all kinds of work.
Curiosities and Facts From Varied Topics
A mixed set of brief observations notes adulterants in beer, the fate of French queens, ancient palm-leaf manuscripts, peanuts history, unlucky marriages, Lake Michigan depths, eccentricities, population shifts in France, meteor swarms, a heavyweight postmaster applicant, women’s resilience, beer consumption in Russia, Civil War gunfire ratios, uncut diamonds, bicycle history, flattery, opals, and odd regional claims about Australia and places like California, Venezuela, and Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Ceylon
Virginia
New York
Ovid
Plutarch
Lake Michigan
Richard Webber
Masontown
Henry Brock
Yellow Springs
Russia
Hungary
Honduras
Australia
California
Venezuela
Paris
Big Bridge Plans Spread Across Europe and New York
European discussions showcase the Mersey, Bosphorus, and Channel bridge concepts with spans from 1 150 to 1 625 feet and 175 feet head clearance. New York projects include the East River and North River bridges with rail lines, roads, and ferries, while Brooklyn seeks to double capacity amid a nationwide era of bridge construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Mersey
Liverpool
Bosphorus
Constantinople
Channel
England
France
South Foreland
Cape Blanz Nez
New North Sea and Baltic Canal
East River
New York
North River
House of Representatives
Two
London
Paris
Brooklyn
Jersey City
Brooklyn Bridge
Girdling the Holy Land with Rails Across Damascus Route
A 19th century note describes a French concession for a Beyrouth to Damascus line and an English syndicate building Halfa to Damascus, about 140 miles, with routes along Carmel, Nazareth, Mount Tabor, the Jordan, and the Bashan plain to Damascus, mapping a broad Holy Land railway network.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holy Land
Beyrouth
Damascus
Halfa
Range of
Carmel
Esharion
Nazareth
Mount Tabor
Jordan
Maiemeh
Galilee
Plains of
Bashan
St- Louis Republic
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Ili
the Monde
Montreal
Allan Line Steamship Company
British Admiralty Court
Dominion Line
Sarnia
Montevidean
Roger Allan
Wood Avenue
St. Thomas
Royal Victoria Hospital
British
Lord Roberts
Malta
Lord Randolph Churchill
Manchester
Sea
British Admiralty
Chatham
Gladstone
Morley
Lord Dunraven
Dublin
Patrick Reed
Vernon
Edineburgh
Scotland
South Africa Company
Colonial Office
Tyndall
Malabar
Bothdia
William Harcourt
Camden
Ark
Jason
Highland Light
Mass
Milan
Zurich
Zug
Reichsrath
Roumania
Berlin
Orleans
Rome
Colin Campbell
Bombay
Garth
Jennie Wilson
Julia Elizabeth
Joe
Savior
Emmeideses
Sarah H. Bradford
U. S
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