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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 05, 1911
Page
7
Mrs. Watherston recounts a perilous overland journey with her husband from Sekondi toward Coomassie. She describes steam train scenes with natives, the forest's edge, and the first days after crossing the Volta River into open country, ending with treks and evenings on the march.
A fragmentary diary style scene recalls a camp at dusk with people sleeping on mats. A distant sound of geese and distant night noises drift over the bush country as stars appear and a mare is described.
The article notes an eerie Victorian coiffure returning in London and Paris with sausage curls on each side of the face. Youthful hats for tall women influence trends while lace and flower trimmed tea caps reappear. Decolletage gowns and fur capes replace stiff shoulder covers as a new romantic luxury resurges.
In a Montreal Board of Trade sale a lively auction determines the Irish Times paper goes to Robert Meighen for seven dollars and fifty cents. Youthful bidders push up the price as “One dollar and a half” and “Fifty cents” echo, finally securing the prize for Meighen amid cheers.
Prof. E J Sacco Ontario government officer reports that Dominion restrictions last year deterred 2500 Italians from entering Canada. One thousand seventy four Italians found work, 623 returned to Italy, 442 registered as new arrivals, and 1500 dollars was paid in compensation to Italians injured at work.
Winnipeg considers a city encircling Driveway estimated at twenty thousand dollars with partial immediate funding. The twenty four mile loop would be one hundred twenty feet wide, drawing support from the Board of Centre and City Corner while real estate and automobile owners express jubilation.
In France a baker must follow weight laws and set bread prices as required by law. He must also deposit a sum with municipal authorities as a guarantee of good behavior.
The piece notes Damascus as the oldest city with a continuous history, dating back to Abrahamic times around 1900 BC. It describes uncertain ancient foundations, possible earlier cities in Mesopotamia or Egypt, and cites Damascus now with about 200,000 residents as a center of trade and a beautiful locale.
A fragmentary legend describes a man Ramsay who bites on a white snake’s venom and gains clairvoyant sight. Seorland sails down the coast and warns against the poison, while Ramsay uses the power to diagnose and profit as a physician.
A renowned English Canadian judge born in Orignal in 1830 served the bench from age 69 until retirement. Known across Ottawa to Montreal for his kind manners and long service, he started in law as a clerk and clerked for Press Street and Russ before rising to the bench.
Formosan and Ainu head hunters who visited London as sideshow attractions in the Anglo Japanese exhibit shared sharp impressions on England. They doubted human mastery over iron and steam, recalled shelves of human heads in London displays, questioned head gathering laws in Formosa versus English tolerance, and mocked the English king's retinue versus Formosan chiefs.
Music lovers across England plan celebrations for Sir Henry J Wood the Queen's Hall conductor as he receives a knighthood. He began as a vocal artist at St Mary Aldermanbury then wrote an opera conducted in his youth and later led the Rousby Opera Company. His motto is rehearse rehearse rehearse.
The British cast hotel near Southampton houses dogs under Board of Agriculture care for a period to ensure hydrophobia does not enter Britain. Beef bone broth and wholesome food are supplied in warm well aired rooms for up to thirty to fifty dogs.
A three year old Edward Herbert of Windsor Nova Scotia is described as a prolific miniature smoker. His father calls him a corker while detailing how the boy began by taking pipes and cigars from hotel workers and continues to smoke strong cigars with a bright colored band. Doctors warn of the cigars’ strength but Edward remains lively and defiant, even when his tobacco is removed.
Brampton editor Sam Charters, Ontario Legislature member for Peel County, canvassed a municipality in his riding before the last election. The family of a local father and three sons, considered swing voters, told Charters they would not reveal their votes but insisted they would not back the Jones crowd, noting they still had not received the promised potatoes.
Professor Coleman of the University of Toronto insists Toronto was once the home of Tishes and half a million years ago Scarboro Heights exposed warm climates with deer beetles mammoths and shellfish. He estimates Toronto faced a previous ice age about 40 000 years ago as Niagara like floods shaped Lake Ontario.
An unclear excerpt shows characters debating a trunk’s suitability for six weeks onboard travel. The scene hints at a practical test or list describing portability and condition. No clear setting or full event is provided.
The guide explains trimming, soaking in cold salted water, and thorough rinsing then simmering in fresh water. For a milder flavor repeatedly rinse and reheat, possibly repeating steps until clear. Finish by adding onions carrots potatoes and slow cooking to two hours until gravy forms. Some cooks use lemon juice and wine for flavor.
A detailed potato cake method lists sugar flour butter mashed potatoes and walnuts with chocolate milk eggs spices and flavorings. The batter folds in yolks whites and nuts then bakes as loaf or layers and keeps fresh for a week or ten days.
Soak a quart of split peas overnight. In the morning simmer in four times water with salt pork carrot leek potatoes parsley thyme turnip celery bread and seasonings. Boil all day, add water as needed, then strain before serving.
A recipe suggesting a half and half mix of apples and cranberries. Simmer a quart with water for twenty minutes, then add two cups sugar and cook ten minutes more. Mold and chill to serve. The apples mellow the berries and the sauce suits those who dislike sharp berry flavors.
A recipe for Virginia tea wafers explains mixing butter into two cups of flour, adding ice water to form a stiff paste, rolling on a floured board into a thin sheet, cutting rounds with a saucer, and baking quickly on a floured pan. Wafers cool and have bubbly surfaces, best eaten with conserve or jam.
White raisin bread sliced thin and filled with cream cheese on one side and minced nuts on the other. Cut into curd suits shapes for afternoon refreshments at card clubs and parties. Card suit cutters kept by house furnishers.
A kitchen note describes using fish and meat scraps to make soup stock. It suggests combining beef with lamb or chicken with beef and notes that adding bacon or pork bones can deepen flavor for a richer result.
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