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Newspaper
Millbrook Reporter
Location
Millbrook, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 26, 1893
Page
5
Lieut Ramard tells of a doomed attack on a bridge, his desertion attempt, and a covert act of courage. After spiking seven guns amid night rain, he fights, is arrested for desertion, then promoted to captain with a Legion Cross as the emperor proclaims him brother.
A Chester couple, Mr and Mrs Daniel Phelan, face arrest after a London report recalls the Montague case. Witnesses describe relentless kicking, beating, and neglect of two young boys, plus the suspected death of a newborn from lung inflammation. The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children seeks murder charges, case adjourned for a month.
Cable reports from Sir Henry Loch warn of a likely resumption of war with Lobengula’s Matabele and Zulu forces, with 25 000 to 30 000 warriors facing a mounted police and imperial troops. The partition of Africa and Cecil Rhodes influence frame the conflict as imperial risk, costs, and possible British government involvement.
A London police caller asks a man to locate his nurse at 2 a.m. The nurse, believed with the baby, had gone to a King Street dancing room where a strange old woman kept the infant. The tale mocks Bobby and the nurse scandal and hints at broader moral of small acts affecting nature.
The sugar palm of Chile grows 3000 to 4500 feet high in the Andes and yields sap that becomes molasses and sugar. It is a stout palm about 50 feet tall with a thick trunk. Trees are felled for sap, which flows from the upper end for months, with sap running only when the tree stands upright.
A wife complains of a leaking water pipe spoiling the carpet. The husband dismisses it saying it’s cheaper to replace the carpet than fix the pipe. The exchange highlights a neglected maintenance moment and a quick joke about costs.
A tour of the Bank of England highlights the grand Napier balance weighing gold to 0.001 ounce, a two-ton hydraulic scale nicknamed the Lord Chief Justice and the Lord High Chancellor, and coin sorting machines at 26 per minute. Vaults hold vast notes, with millions in circulation, including a £1,000,039 note, and the printing process uses handmade paper and ink from charred vine stems. The building is protected by police espionage, military guards, and full electronic security.
London dispatch reports the Marquis of Ripon consulting South African experts on Matabele troubles. Col Carrington offers to lead Mashona expedition. War Office to send a regiment to Cape Colony. Theodore Bent predicts Matabele defeat if government acts swiftly. warns of renewed warfare after rainy season.
An amiable tale recalls an absent minded old man who pleads for his servant Thomas to guess what he seeks. After many suggestions the master remembers to fetch his purse or spectacles, then a night bell leads to a humorous bedside memory lapse and mutual gratitude.
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