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Newspaper
Millbrook Reporter
Location
Millbrook, Ontario, Canada
Date
Nov 23, 1893
Page
7
The text notes datura as a common drug used by thieves in India to render victims unconscious. It warns that effects appear within ten minutes, causing confusion, disorientation, and possible fatal outcomes. Instances include victims losing consciousness for days, with criminals exploiting this to rob people.
A garbled Baltimore note discusses tenement fire danger and escape methods including wearing quilts, keeping doors shut, crawling low, and using improvised rope from shredded fabric. It also references smoke, flannel rags, and a fire escape trap door, with mentions of disease risks from diseased animals and a World’s Fair context.
A dressmaker seeks guidance from uncle and rector over shoulder pads in gowns. Uncle cites Ezekiel and a prophet's curse while rector offers exegesis on the elbow joints and pillows. Fashion shifts, leaving her unsettled about sewing.
Hot sun harms house upkeep and a butcher’s bill burdens households. A housekeeper suggests paint improves life. soda in sour fruit reduces tartness and sugar needs. Corduroy rises as winter cushion covering for durability and color. Cookware design should place mouths opposite the handle. Storing groceries in brown paper is condemned. empty into proper boxes for order and preservation.
The guide instructs passing sugar milk and cream to guests and slicing boiled ham and torque very thin. Cold meats and old bread should be cut thin and neat. Soup bowls should be not full, with room for five hundredths of an inch. It favors a round table for decoration and describes eggs served with shells intact and shell tips reversed after eating.
The article outlines home beauty tips including glycerine and lemon juice for whitening skin, pumice for hand stains, hot nightly face baths to reduce wrinkles and clear blackheads, a dry shampoo as a scalp cleanser, and a simple one with diluted alcohol or rum mixed with toilet water for scalp care.
A brief note describes drying the scalp until dry and glossy, suggesting a quick routine in a light, informal tone. It mentions a basic method, aiming for cleanliness and tidiness without thorough procedures. The fragment hints at hair care practices and quick results.
A tied editorial warns that salacious dime novels flood city avenues and tenement halls, poisoning youth minds. It cites boy murder cases and widespread distribution of cheap sensational books, urging parents to curb access and promote trusted reading at home.
A collection of kitchen tips for desserts and savory dishes. Includes a sponge cake recipe with sugar flour eggs and lemon flavoring, a celery sauce with milk and flour, a piccalilli with cabbage onions peppers and horseradish, Lima beans prepared with butter and cream, buckwheat cake using yeast starter, and a German method for turning masts with turnips and broth.
In a stewpan pare turnips cut small and season with pepper and salt. Cook slowly in broth until tender, then thicken with flour mixed in butter, serving with boiled mutton. Lemon pie mixes lemon rind and juice with starch butter sugar, fills pastry, bakes like custard, then meringue frosting is added.
Charles Gentry suffered a traumatic femoral arterial aneurysm after a leg injury. Dr. Marks at St. Louis City Hospital operated to ligate the femoral artery above and below the swelling, removing the bulging heartlike pulse and saving the limb while blood reroutes through smaller arteries.
The late Maharajah Dhuleep Singh carried a £70000 life policy and complex funds. An 1882 arrangement with the Indian Government set his Punjab estates to support his widow and children after death. Annexe terms valued his annual pension, purchases, and ongoing charges, including debts to the Indian Government and household pensions, with a disputed will prompting questions about heirs.
A New York special reports at the Brooklyn Navy Yard that the new cruiser New York draws nearly two feet more than designed, needing European dry docks for cleaning. The ship’s deep draft, top heaviness, and removed torpedo tubes spark strong comment and potential punishment.
Spectators at a Liverpool Seamen's Orphanage swimming gala witnessed an apparent struggle as a spectator refused to extinguish his pipe. A policeman and the smoker fell into the bath, grappling for breath. The crowd shouted, fearing a drowning, before it was revealed to be a staged exhibition by two expert swimmers.
Our Blessed Northwest surveys S A Thompson of Duluth arguing in the November Review of Reviews that the Canadian Northwest has vast grain growing potential. He cites altitude as a key climate factor, noting the higher elevations of the Union Pacific route versus the Canadian Pacific crossing, and claims the Mackenzie region’s low altitude reduces growing days, yet overall the Northwest is blessed with long days and rapid vegetation growth.
The crown, commissioned by Queen Victoria in 1828 from Rundell and Bridge, weighs 3907 Sdwts and boasts 1363 brilliants 1273 rose diamonds 147 large diamonds and many pearls rubies sapphires and emeralds. It features diamond maltese crosses imperial arches oak leaves acorns and the famed ruby linked to Edward the Black Prince and Henry V.
A dialogue fragment shows a father and son debating theft and punishment. The father recalls a life sentence of penal servitude once meted for stealing and claims ongoing service, while the son retorts that the father also stole the mother’s heart and faced no punishment.
A Pall Mall Gazette despatch from Johannesburg reports Fort Tati column of 300 Bechuanaland police and Khama's men under Commander Raafe captured Bulawayo on November 2 after repulsing Matabele attack led by Gombo. Matabeles suffered heavy losses, while Jameson and Forbes with the chartered company pursued Lobengula.
The hymn Bless Be the Lie That Binds was written to commemorate the farewell of Dr Fawcett a Yorkshire Baptist pastor who declined a London post and returned to his small parish despite a lower salary. His wife and servants sobbed as they prepared to stay, and he resolved to continue ministering in Yorkshire.
A tramp in dialogue argues about his line of work and its reputation. He asserts faithful conduct while a woman recalls past frauds and watches him near a chicken house. The piece closes with a reflection on fear and what is escaped after calamity.
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