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Newspaper
Millbrook Reporter
Location
Millbrook, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 19, 1893
Page
3
A private banker John Drew lures a friend on a July hunting trip then confesses a planned desertion and bank robbery. They flee toward the Taos mountains with a 50 pound satchel. The friend escapes, a pursuit follows, and the money and Drew vanish. No trace of Drew is ever found after a week of search.
In a comic domestic scene Mr Bowser warns of fire danger while Mrs Bowser disputes his plans. A nighttime blaze prompts chaotic but successful action as Mrs Bowser extinguishes the smoke and Bowser, insisting he acted calmly, endures a chaotic rescue sequence before celebration turns to bragging. The tale blends humor with a reminder of household fire risk.
Intervals till winter passed with no discovery. The satchel held old clothes, not money. The bank was not robbed, and the banker, though deemed insane, died as an honest, upright man. the supposed robbery was imagination.
The Manchester ship canal leader appeals to Lord Rosebery as the new port nears, with rail damages and vast private and public sums invested. Reports compare Manchester to Amsterdam and Nero era schemes, noting Dutch and Siam projects, while Germany’s North Sea to Baltic seaway promises major maritime shifts and substantial crossing facilities, all within cost targets.
London Chronicle reveals Tolstoi's forthcoming Kingdom of God Within Us defending resist not evil and proposing a radical social upheaval. It describes a famine district scene with troops, a district court, rods, and an execution by benched justice amid a silent crowd, foreshadowing confrontation with official powers.
Eyewitness account describes a punitive beating of a bound convict as soldiers, benches, and a plank are arranged. The Governor General, drunk on authority, oversees fifty to seventy blows while crowds mourn, a doctor warns of danger, and the procession ends with a curt command to bring the next victim.
Health officers in Bombay and other Indian cities argue Arabia is the real source of cholera due to conditions in Mecca and Medina. They cite high mortality among Indian pilgrims after leaving Bombay, linking disease spread to water shortages, poor drainage, crowded holy sites, and inadequate sanitation. They urge Arabian authorities to improve drainage and sanitation and for Western nations to assist in stamping out the plague.
The text notes about 1.7 million Christians in India from a 269 million population, mainly Roman Catholics. It highlights the Bulgarian princess winning public affection through simple acts like visiting Sofia markets on foot. It also describes Mdne Christine Nilsson’s Madrid rooms, with a music-leaf wallpaper bed chamber and dining room lined with hotel bills from her tours.
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