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Newspaper
Millbrook Reporter
Location
Millbrook, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 07, 1893
Page
7
The passage discusses tuberculosis and related skin and mucous membrane signs, noting resistance factors, possible sprout of infection, and suggested remedies. It mentions sweat and baths, tonics, and powders, with fragmented dialogue about a loan and a city context.
Graham, a young American in Trinidad, sails to the Grinoco Delta with a Guarano wife. Their son disappears after the canoe drifts near a tree trunk where a giant anaconda lurks. The serpent is found later with the child dead in its stomach, prompting the family to leave for Paria.
A Chinese paper lists seven Corean wonders including a hot medicinal spring near Kin Shantao, two opposing wells, a wind filled cold cave, an indestructible pine forest, a hovering stone that two men can slide a cord under, a perpetual hot stone on a hill, and a sweating Buddha guarded in a temple with a grassless sacred precinct.
South Africa reports reveal a major diamond heist from De Beers Consolidated Mines at the Cape. Guard Wm Lawrence Dundale admitted systematic thefts, handed over £4400 in bank deposits, and sent £1000 to his mother. Convicted on confession, he received seven years with hard labour.
A fragment from Harper's Young People asks why a child cannot understand everyday wonders. The piece ponders sun, birds, worms, fear of sums, and why Grandma wears windows on her eyes, capturing a child's curious view of the world and aging.
Perry Dakic, a seventeen year old in dire need after his father’s death, takes a job at Lake Windom guarding boats and collecting fees for picnickers. When two tramps attempt to seize his substantial weekly takings, Perry escapes by boat, is aided by a nearby farmer, and defends the money as belonging to the lake owners. The farmer intervenes, warning off the assailants and ensuring Perry’s safety.
A farmer and Perry notified Crofton authorities after an hour, deputies found two men wanted for burglary. A posse formed, both men were jailed by nine, tried, convicted, and sent to the penitentiary. Perry stayed at the lake, sent boat money daily, and faced no further trouble.
The Blarney Stone, a fragment famed for eloquence myths, has vanished. An American is credited as possessor, but visitors can still see the relic in multiple positions within Blarney Castle, reflecting varying courage levels, per Cork meeting remarks.
Dr Thomas J Mays in the Century explains lung development via simple breathing methods to prevent and treat inactive pulmonary consumption. Exercises include arm levers with breath, hands overhead during inhalation, loud exhalation, and counting to sixty or eighty. Six to eight full breaths hourly and breathing compressed air are also mentioned as beneficial. Defective breathing is cited as a widespread harmful habit.
The government of Bosnia-Herzegovina held a 190 mile long-distance race from Bihacs to Sarajevo to test native horses. Forty seven riders competed through mountains with steep hills and dales. A Mohamadan landholder posted the best time of 30 hours 264 minutes, while the next ten finished under 34 hours.
Hoffy declares marriage plans to Miss Wockingham after a dramatic sea rescue on the beach. He recounts seeing her swept seaward by a wave and saved from drowning by underwater currents. The tale blends romance with wartime bravado as locals recall the daring moment. The electric light reaches a new flour mill near Calvary and close to Damascus Gate in Jerusalem.
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