Occasional Notes on War News and Local Tales
A patchwork of wartime notes and local vignettes spans Australia and beyond. Sentries question a chaplain during patrols, while Minister for Customs Frank Tudor warns against artificial meat shortages and explores market forces. A Manly frog controversy prompts satire, and Melbourne thieves are foiled by a clothesline and a night-wary homeowner. Captain Hitchen’s bush language gratitude sits beside municipal disputes on ratepayers’ funds. Further afield, Holland’s wartime economy and German attrition mix with Balkans updates and Churchill’s rejoining his regiment amid global unrest.
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Frank Tudor
Australia
Inet
Butehay
Tudor
Australis
Yarra
Emacus
Ellen BE
Manly
Melbourne
Flo
Hitchen
Grand Sydney
Sydney
Dilly
Martin-Place
Billy
Gio
Ladies Health Advice from a Home Expert
A health appeal urges ladies to seek guidance on right living to prevent nerve weakness backache and headaches. It invites sufferers to write Mrs Filliott Pattison, Home Specialist, Canberra House, 207 Mirabeth Street, Sydney, for free information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra. Filliott-Pattison
Canberra House
Mirabeth Street
Sydney
War of Nations reports German losses and Italy aid talk
London dispatch notes heavy German losses and shrinking ability to reinforce Von Linsinghen and Von Bothmer. Rome Secolo says Italy may intervene in the Balkans, with Allied forces to back a decisive triumph. Persia grows tense as Germany forms cadres, while Times Lausanne hints at a coup de main via desert railroad to seize the Suez Canal. Hindenburg and Kaiser clash over Riga and Dvinsk, with proposed resignations if demands persist. Riga front expects a Russian naval restriction in the Gulf due to ice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Vienna
von Linsinghen
von Bothmer
Italy
Rome
Novos Vremya
Fersia
Tham
Turkey
Bulgaria
Persia
Russia
England
Germany
Times
Lausanne
Saya
Suex Canal
Acros
Kaiser
Hindenburg
Dead Shot Worm Pellets Ad Offered For Children
Does your child suffer from worms asks an old-time advertisement claiming stomach and intestinal worms cause fretful behavior and irritability. It promotes Cam Stock's Dead Shot Worm Pellets as a purely vegetable remedy for both children and adults. Available from retailers at Jasper packet price, with mail orders from W. A. Comstock Co. in Langatrest Church Hill Sydney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camatock
W. A. Comstock Co., Ltd
Langatrest
Charch Hill
Bydney
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Wanderer
Hyon
Ghar Fo Chaplin
Avery
Holt
Charlie
Jonn
Footecray Mutition Labour League
Footacray League
Julio
Victorian Alliance
Feouile
Ould
Cateman
Stigmi
Nsw
Berrigan
Howes
Riga
Keminern
SPLES
Holland
Vie Amterdam
Toutona
Id Ba
Kruppe
Salonica
M. Denyschochin
M. Briant
Salonics
Zerurooge
Zeebrugge
Greece
Athens
Gree
Crumers
Malta
Winston Churchill
Duchy of Lancaster
Churchill
Tom
Cherver
Bucharest
Count Wolff Metternich
Constantinople
Amsterdam
Frankfurter Zeitung
Roumania
Balkan
Piemonte
Tetovo
Rushchak
Privonora
Tetov
Old Servin
Novi Bator
Mitroviten
Prishting
Rhumniten
America
Joseph Garkar
San Francisco
United States
Department of Justice
Dupont
Pro- Bormans
Gydnay
Ale Bates
Arcrery
Maliam
Magnesia
Lacdier
Svies
Dorothy Floral Volles
Novy Grafton
Fancy
Volla
Hte
Aya
Otton
Janet Salle
Lertle
the Empire Tailors
Beardy-street
Armidale
Grilieh
John Brinsmead
Migcholsons
George St
C. Hardaker
Humphrey Oxenham
Catherine Howard
Henry VIII
Hirschberg’s
Denigns
Linda
Chriatina
W. A. Hirschberg
Emporium
Arthur Robins
New England
J. Browning and Sons
Telephone
Harry J. Court
Harry J
COURT
Coshbuilder & Wheelwright
Husdenstret
Pula
Fowanconera
H J.C
Rusden
Lambert
Massey-Harris
Beardy St
C. Ramsay & Son
Armidale District
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