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Newspaper
Albury Banner And Wodonga Express
Location
Albury, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 05, 1908
Page
11
The narrator endures months in darkness trapped among cases and rats aboard a ship. He finds water and biscuits from nearby casks, keeps hope, and ultimately is found by Captain Meredith in Calcutta. The Ajax sails home, and the survivor is welcomed aboard again, his health restored.
Visitors to Thomas Edison's laboratory sometimes stayed too long. He warned the party of clergymen that delicate explosives could explode with a shout or a weight drop. A staged accident followed as he shouted I have it and knocked a board causing glass and equipment damage, prompting the ministers to flee.
A Victorian era claim extols Bile Beans as the safest cure for biliousness indigestion and all liver and stomach disorders. The testimonial from Mrs. M Barry of Adelaide praises rapid recovery after using the beans, noting they also guard against colds and influenza. Available in stores and chemists at 1/4 or 2/0 for a family supply.
The article recounts two Irish graveyard hunts by Sir Arthur Vicars and a Dublin detective, chasing hidden Court jewels rumored to be in old burial grounds after a clairvoyant’s tip. It notes failed searches, infamous clairvoyant-led treasure quests, and dubious outcomes in cases from Jack the Ripper to the Tichborne trial, culminating in a man losing about £700 after trusting a clairvoyant to locate a hidden will.
A fragmentary dialogue shows Todd, his wife, Jour, and Mr. Meektow in a domestic exchange. The text implies social friction and a wife’s expectations, with limited context and several misreadings.
Stephen John, a miner at Great Boulder Proprietary Mine Kalgoorlie Western Australia, had his right hand torn off below the wrist after a fall of earth at the 400ft level. The underground manager condemned the stope as dangerous and halted work after the incident as rock crushed him while leaving.
In a brief exchange, Mrs. Benham asks if her hat sits straight while Benham notes it is on the floor. The moment captures a small domestic interruption amid polite social interaction.
Elizabeth Cole of Carlton Crescent Summer Hill relates a five year battle with head pain chest heaviness and fatigue. After expensive medicines and no relief she credits Clements Tonic with restoring appetite sleep and energy, improving heart function and overall health. She signs a statutory declaration declaring the account true.
In the Bungonia district farmers revert to cultivation and put a larger area under crop due to high agricultural prices and falling wool prices. In Sydney's Central Police Court, W Dowsett was fined £5 6s 0d or two months' imprisonment for attempting to use a transferred railway ticket from Wagga to Sydney.
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