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Newspaper
Millbrook Reporter
Location
Millbrook, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 28, 1893
Page
5
The fragment notes a sequence about two brushes and a durable item. It mentions end stages and a street address abbreviation KIN. with unclear additional context. No clear person, organization, place, date, or event readable from the text.
Ad fragment advertises a pipe enamel product with a brush included with each bottle. Priced at 25 cents. Payment terms mention “Send money by return” and cite Elliott the druggist as the seller. The text is a damaged OCR snippet lacking full context.
Local items reveal Miss Dean and Miss Beatty visiting Toronto and Port Hope while Mr Nugent returns from the World's Fair. Millinery openings at Kells Fowler Co and a harvest festival at Trinity Church feature programs, speeches by H A Ward and Rev Archdeacon Allen, and a lively Millbrook band performance.
George Montgomery of Cartwright township died peacefully at home on September seventh at age eighty seven. A native of Cavan Ireland he emigrated to Canada in 1841 and became an early settler and community leader in the township. Known for memory reading farming and horticulture he remained mentally active until two weeks before illness. He will be deeply mourned by friends and neighbors.
The Reporter announces upcoming sales by James Kerr acting for Alf Ainley on October 9 offering farm stock and implements with twelve months credit over ten dollars and six percent cash discount. October 10 features John Hanna selling horses cattle pigs and more with thirteen months credit. October Empire? Harden Fallis sale planned with one o'clock start and farm stock discounts. The Reporter office offers free notices and printing services to boost visibility.
Captain Hore, once in command of a mission steamer on Lake Tanganyika, shared insights with New Zealand Sunday school children. The Tanganyikan people northeast of the lake, though lacking literature and awareness of outsiders, led busy, self-reliant lives, built homes, farmed, and supported themselves. They developed fishing, navigation, pottery, and crafts, and even a canoe-man composed a poem praising the white visitor as a beneficial agent of inquiry.
A Kansas City Journal item notes a playful speaker who enjoys stealing away from cares by boarding a Pullman sleeper to Chicago for sight seeing, then returning home on an empty freight after a week or two. The verse captures travel whimsy and railroad imagery.
A fragment discusses tiny side apertures in wasps for air intake with 18 to 20 spots. It notes horny lips, bristles acting as a filter, and describes how these structures prevent intrusion. The passage mentions experiments with spirite of wine and air pump tests on dead insects.
A science note explains why blood stains resist washing from wood and stone. It cites iron oxide in wood fibers and porous stone, claiming blood from humans and pigs behaves similarly and resists cleaning. The piece reflects 19th century crime science reasoning and mentions the adage about blood.
An American advert promises English Spavin Liniment removes hard or soft lumps blemishes and various horse ailments including blood spavin splints ringbone sprains and throat swelling. The copy notes saving 350 by one bottle and is warranted by A. Leacu.
Two thoroughbred Berkshire boars named Duke of Hope and Royal Chancellor will be kept for service on Lot 16 in the tenth concession of Hope. Farmers are urged to inspect the pedigrees before use. pedigrees available on application to Thomas Henry.
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