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Newspaper
Millbrook Reporter
Location
Millbrook, Ontario, Canada
Date
Mar 15, 1894
Page
3
The article outlines vessel movements and trade figures for Atlantic routes involving Canada and the United States, noting port activity at Lae and Canadar ports, and mentions a steamship voyage with a near collision and crew injuries. It also recounts encounters with hostile hogs in marshes and a dramatic rescue amid rough seas near the equator.
A long winter skate tale from 1885 recounts a youth crossing from Pictou to New Glasgow, then back toward Pictou harbor during a fierce storm. After skimming the ice in near freezing water, he is stranded, drifts unseen, and narrowly survives by clinging to ice, fighting to reach land and safety in a harrowing endurance tale.
Cecil Rhodes aims to unite British South Africa under Cape Colony rule. An old Dutch atlas highlights Africa’s redrawn borders as Britain expands northward. Rhodes envisions a grand Cape-centered state, despite Bechuanaland hesitations and Transvaal tensions.
The passage lists various fruits and vegetables with their claimed origins, naming Persia for spinach and peaches, Greece for filberts and capers, Rome for turnips, Egypt for beans and parsley, China and India for garlic and onions, Great Britain for clove and crab apple, and multiple other regions including Asia, Armenia, and the Indies as sources.
A Chinese railway linking Tien-tsn to Shan-hai-kwan is described as an anomaly built for strategic military use. It will carry neither merchandise nor passengers, preserving traditional overland sedan chair travel and porter freight despite the region’s walls and Gulf of Liaotung.
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