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Newspaper
Millbrook Reporter
Location
Millbrook, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 19, 1893
Page
6
Poetic meditation on women’s roles in history and today, contrasting queens and rulers with modern women who work with men in business and home life, questioning if womanhood still faces limits despite progress. Includes culinary recipes for a cracker crusted apple bake and creamed turnips with butter and cream.
The piece argues against the view that womanhood equates to sorrow, urging that women can achieve physical well being if they avoid inherited ill health and care for themselves. It notes women bear many duties in marriage and work, yet are still viewed as dependents, with laws and custom restricting marital property rights.
Home cooks share practical steps for lemon pie and related dishes. Recipes cover lemon filling with sugar, corn starch, yolks, rind and juice, meringue topping, and crust preparation, plus cold slaw, baked apples, apple and rice, Indian custard pudding, apple shortcake, and bird's nest pudding with apples.
A compact guide on making salads from scraps, stressing freshness and coolness, economical use of leftovers, and French influence on seasoning. It recommends keeping ingredients chilled, growing a winter herb bed, and offers three dressings cooked, mayonnaise, and French, with practical tips on proportion, handling, and flavor balance.
The article explains how the letters j and w were added to English, dating j to 1649–1658 and tracing w from double v forms to the modern letter. It notes early spellings like vv and vvet and cites printers inventing signs to represent sounds in wet weather web. It mentions rare pre 1652 appearances of j.
The piece argues the Khedive's pro British stance deepens as Egypt's governance relies on England. It notes reforms after a Turkish visit, suppression of nationalist agitation, and the Sultan’s paymaster role. It warns evacuation is unlikely, French interests buoyed by Egyptian securities, and cites a farcical train incident with a cigar and a dog as illustrated satire.
The article recalls historical accounts of spider showers noted by White, Lister, and Darwin. It describes aerial spiders drifting from great heights, with parachutes carrying tiny spiders. The phenomena are described as wondrous and unforgettable, forming a striking marvel of natural history.
A Frenchman rides with a British miss in a smoking carriage. The milord Anglais relays that she is in a smoking area by mistake. She stays silent, eyes forward, as he strains to provoke a response with a lit cigar. The tale ends with the train moving and the lady’s reaction unclear.
Capt. Frank Brown of Yokohama and Oakville, master of a Canada–Japan steamer line, visited Toronto on six months’ leave. He recounted taking a Clyde-built steamer to Africa for Crowther’s mission, his Niger River voyage, later Royal Geographical Society explorations, and forty years with Japan Steamship Co. He hopes to retire in Canada after further service in the east.
A satirical essay argues that British rule in India operates by force, calling India a garrison that must be maintained with a strong presence. It contends natives crave protection from outsiders while failing to govern themselves, urging controlled liberal reforms and fair opportunities for promising leaders within a framework of continued occupation.
The British Admiralty released brief details of two new cruisers named Powerful and Terrible. Each would be about 500 feet long, 75 feet beam, 27 feet draft, displacing around 14,000 tons, with 20 to 22 knot speeds. Armament includes 9.2 inch and 6 inch guns, rapid-fire battery, torpedo tubes, and heavy armor, with coal bunkers and a thick steel deck for protection. Construction authorized in 1893-94, but Terrible postponed to next financial year. Powerful to invite builders once designs finished.
The Edinburgh Review notes that wealth grows beyond common perception. Using Jannet’s figures and Britain’s per capita wealth, it contrasts past values with modern accumulation, estimating UK annual capital growth near £200 million and total world wealth around £80 billion.
A humorous dialogue fragment explores marriage and fortune motives, joke about fevers and medical bills, and a pun about The Man Without a Country. The exchange features characters Bingley Jinks and Winks trading quips about relatives and folly in a social setting.
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