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Newspaper
Millbrook Reporter
Location
Millbrook, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 22, 1893
Page
3
The fragmentary text references advices to-day about unrest and threats from a political society, mentions migrants, petition plans, and conspirators fleeing to the provinces. It also touches on foreign relations with Europeans and Koreans, and various disjointed anecdotes about animals and a child.
In a rural vignette Darby and Joan reminisce about courting days and plan garden tasks for spring. The piece shifts to cooking spinach advising thorough washing and slow simmering without water to preserve nutrients, contrasting old and modern methods.
The article celebrates summer home comfort with light rattan furniture ideal for verandas. It highlights half reclining chairs, adjustable back easy chairs, storage pockets for newspapers, and cushions. Emphasis is on fabrics like embroidered linens, Japanese cottons, bamboo or rattan screens, and rollable awnings to balance wind and sun, plus practical rattan tea tables with adjustable shelves.
A Rural New Yorker writer outlines a method to salt and smoke hams then wrap in flour or cheap muslin sacks, soak the sacks in creamy warm lime water to fill cloth pores, dry them, and hang in a convenient space. The lime treatment aims to maximize preservation and flavor, with sacks reused for several years.
The article notes Rhubarb as an early spring vegetable with liver stimulating properties and promotes using rhubarb alongside spinach lettuce and early tomatoes to reduce need for drugs. It gives a rhubarb pie recipe with eggs flour and sugar and mentions canned rhubarb for winter pies and warns about medicinal rhubarb root from foreign species.
Practical advice on home comfort and housekeeping from a vintage source. It covers chair height, kitchen floors, oilcloth, dining room setup, shelving for cooked foods, storage of towels and gowns, and decor choices including lamp shades and colors. It emphasizes efficiency, cleanliness, and frugal use of materials.
The column lists practical recipes for Con Murrixs, Brown Loar Cake, Snow Caxr, Satty Luyy, Nooprs Sour, Bexs, and Graham Diamonds with steps and ingredients. It then discusses Africa’s territorial scramble, citing J Scott Keltie on European holdings, comparing France Britain Germany Belgium Portugal, and forecasting British influence in future African development.
The Khan of Kelat, ruler of Baluchistan, was summoned to explain his administration to the Governor General of India after the execution of his Wazir and several relatives. Authorities are awaiting full investigation to verify the contested tale as the Khan surrendered after a demand by Quetta officials.
A Scottish clergyman questions Janet about how Adam fell. Janet jokes about seriousness, cites her husband named Adam, and relates a tale of Adam going to Lucky Liston’s for whiskey where an oar on the road caused his fall. The article notes that sixty percent of earthquakes occur in winter.
Australian life mirrors Britain in institutions but adapts to climate and mixed nationalities. Cities boast wide orderly streets and advanced transport, while smaller towns center on hotels, stores, churches, and public halls. Riding and horse life dominate, distances are short by rail travel, Saturdays bustle with late shopping and street life, and electricity lights urban nights as bush towns keep a slower, flexible tempo.
Neighbor jokes that Tommy’s mother has bought another bay and may sell him again. Tommy explains she shouts Buy my baby when guests pass by, but no one asks the price. He notes it’s easier to buy a baby than to sell one. The piece ends with a remark about dog barbers in Paris shaving poodles.
Superintendent McKay of Indian Head discusses observed yields from last summer. Fallow land stored moisture better, producing 30 to 40 bushels per acre on poor soil, while stubble land with similar soil yielded 8 to 15 bushels. Proper ploughing, moisture management, and seed treatment with bluestone to combat smut are key recommendations for reliable harvests.
A New York Evening Post report notes five French Chamber bills to restrict immigration, citing 900000 foreigners in France including Belgians Italians Germans and British and Swiss. It argues high birth rates and conscription grievances fuel the push and proposes permits and a one franc annual tax per immigrant.
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