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Newspaper
Millbrook Reporter
Location
Millbrook, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 08, 1893
Page
3
A muddled excerpt shows characters Cap Mar Staines Bellew and Jess in a tense moment with melancholy tone. The text hints at romance, a tramway, a jury moment, and a family scene as voices discuss feelings and actions.
A historical essay contrasts Native American views of the beaver with European science, recounting deluge myths linked to the beaver and muskrat. It notes the animal's cultural significance, architectural prowess, and dwindling numbers due to greed, with mentions of Beltrami Lubbock Pike and Horace T. Martin.
A Pittsburg special reports a violent hail storm at 3.50 with thunder and electric shocks. Windows shattered across the city and lighting, trees, and conservatories damaged. Fatalities and serious injuries occur as horses panicked and a funeral procession was disrupted. Estimated losses exceed half a million dollars with further damage in Neville Island and nearby towns including Marietta and oil fields.
A telegram reports the Khan of Khelat admitting to the Governor-General's agent that he killed 3000 men and women since his accession 36 years ago. He is said to have acted fairly toward Sir R. Sande man but has killed 50 persons since that officer's death.
The Lunatic Oil Spring in Wheeler Canyon California yields oil starting with the new moon as the moon waxes its supply grows and reaches three barrels a day at full moon. Flow stops when the moon enters last quarter.
A widow kills her husband in a chilling Spanish murder arranged with trusted servants. She lures the knife man, holds the lamp at the bedside, and later hides the corpse in an alley. The tale, likened to Macbeth, centers on the wife's calculated plan and cold nerve.
A police pursuit in Panch Mahals leads to the death of a male panther from a through heart shot. The bullet also kills a female panther in a nearby den, found dead next morning with a bullet in her brain. The incident is described as providential to the pursuing party.
Sir Griffith Evans attacks the lavish India Office establishment noting high pay across the Correspondence Department with six secretaries at £1200 and six assistant secretaries at £800 to £1000, plus clerks, editors, and a large staff. He cites many senior clerks, allowances, and 28 house maids as evidence of excessive cost.
Reports from Saratoff Limbersk Samara and Voronash describe severe distress from two bad harvests. Rural populations struggle for subsistence, landowners cannot begin spring sowings due to lack of cattle and seed, and livestock mortality is high, especially in the Don region.
News from the Royal Mail steamer Angola arriving in Liverpool reports the February death of Prince Konu of Kotonou. He was captured by French forces during inquiries against the Dahomey king, jailed by King Tofa at Port Novo, and strangled after protest. His body was reportedly placed on a pedestal in a Fetish House.
The piece surveys taxes on Virginia property, Dominion currency trends, Canada’s fruit exchange plan, Wisconsin log jams, a proposed 21 foot Erie St. Clair canal, and a massive United States Leather Company financing. It highlights a Chicago World’s Fair bankers congress, New York wholesale reforms, and the push for better roads to aid national commerce.
Mrs. Nancy Cosby of Geneva Georgia is said to be 5 years old with 11 living children 65 grandchildren 171 great grandchildren and 18 great great grandchildren. The piece cites a Hungarian origin for a feather in the cap story from 1599 and notes a Buffalo New York woman Elizabeth Lipp died during a dental extraction after three teeth were removed.
The Alpine Record reports W M Conway possibly exceeded 23000 feet on the Kashmir frontier, surpassing Schlagi atweit’s Nepal peak. He explores a largely unmapped range with no local guides, facing weather and supply challenges as he camps high above sea level for weeks.
The piece contrasts French Canadian upbringing with English and American norms, noting polite behavior, modest physical training, and heavy emphasis on rhetorical education. It cites Laval University, the prominence of oratory, and profiles MM Laurier and Chapleau as leading French Canadian figures. It ends with a quirky line on Bogas maple syrup flavoring brown sugar with hickory bark extract.
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