Bathurst centenary plans and mythic folktales for children
A Bathurst centenary proposal outlines a broad celebration with a school procession, park events, concerts, and a public holiday to honor Bathurst’s founding and a century of growth. The column also includes children’s letters on myths from Norse lore and Australian coin design, plus brief tales of Holda and Thor with moral touches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yhor
Holda
Sweden
Nature
Watty Db
Greeaing
St. Will
Bathurst
Innes
Centenary sports proposed for Bathurst region
A letter from BRUCK PERKINS urges celebrating Bathurst Centenary with sports socials and a monument to the pioneers who crossed the Great Barrier and faced dangers. He proposes a public holiday to allow attendance and notes funds from events should be used for commemoration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bathurst
Bruck Perkins
Kangaroo Traits and Dangers Described in Exhibit Text
The passage details a kangaroo known as the Kangumood or Iemgaroo noted for its skin value and savage defense when cornered. It describes tactics against hunters and dogs, including using claws and submerging dogs in water. It mentions the kangaroo’s pouch as a safe refuge for its young and names ALICE POLLOGE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Showll
Alice -Polloge
Wireless telegraphy urged for passenger ships after Florida collision
Dear Editor, it seems strange passengers on ships are not required to carry wireless telegraphy gear. Many liners between England and America already use it, which would prevent anxiety and wasted time in emergencies. The Florida Republic collision shows the lifesaving value of wireless.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidia
Fee
Holds
Holda
Elolda
England
America
Cithar Alore
Florida
Republic
Sweden Fact File For The Editor's Letter
Dear Mr Editor I describe Sweden a distant country in the Scandinavian Peninsula. It has lakes and rivers rich mineral resources including iron copper silver and coal. Agriculture mining and lumber are the chief industries and exports include timber metal and cattle while imports bring cotton groceries coffee and sugar.
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Sweden
Delegates tour Sheffield Daily Telegraph offices and press rooms
Imperial Press Conference delegates toured the Sheffield Telegraph offices exploring the pneumatic message system, private wires, handsetting, and the 27 Monotypes valued at £15,750. They observed the pigeon loft, vast paper stock, and the daily output of 45,000 copies per hour across multiple titles.
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Shofield
Daily Telegraph
Telegraph
London
England
Mathematica
Sheffield
St. Petersburg
Apare
Buek
Shirefield
Vening Telegraph and
Star
Moralog
Imperial delegates tour Vickers works Don River
Imperial delegates and visiting Indies toured the Vickers Sons and Maxim Don River works. They observed furnaces casting steel into ladles, a 12 inch gun casing drawn from a furnace, armor plate rolling, and shield production for Neptune class battleships. The scene highlighted precision, scale, and industrial spectacle.
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Don River
Moessrs
Vickers, Sons
Maxim
Ald Oirs
Donald Vickers
Indies
Spithead
Auking
Sheffield
Messrs. Vickers
River Don
Neptuns
Gren
Portsmouth
Visitors tour Telegraph offices in mid Victorian era
Delegates toured Joseph Rodgers and Sons' Telegraph office in June 1896. They viewed the composing room and Linotype machines, with one guest joking about owning thirty. Mrs. Clittons and Mrs. Louk hosted, and souvenirs of cutlery-penknives and scissors were given to delegates.
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Unis
Niews
Clittons
Louk
Joseph Rodgers and Sons
Unclear fragment on gun shop activities and forging
The passage describes gun shops with large weapons and processes such as nailing wire for a proper finish and a breech mechanism. It mentions an operation forging a 12 inch jacket in a hydraulic press capable of crushing an elephant or opening a Tut with precision.
Cycling and Mator Notes on Long Distance Records
The piece surveys Australasian riders aiming to ride 100 miles unpaced in under five hours and cites Larcombe Chappell and Arnst as possible contenders. It also notes a major New York Herald motor contest from New York to Atlantic City with £1000 in prizes and plans for an annual 1000 mile highway. Details include car makes and engine types, and references to Volturetta Cup and a 262 mile loop race won by Gruppone for France.
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England
Grubb
Larcombe
New South Wales
Warrnambool
Winshelsea
Rolles
Mulbourne
Widden
A. Green
M. Chappellie
Toy Lo
J. Arnst
N.Z
T. Larcombe
NM. Chappell
Vic
Cath
New York
Atlantic City
United States
Alang
France
Gauls
Belgium
Spain
Yneo
Crack Trench
Gruppone
Lion-Peugeot
Goux
Peugeot
Eeelnd
Thomae
le Gui
Dunlop
Dunlop Rubber Co
Exploded Legend of the Tyrant Czar Challenged
The Mall Gazette argues that Russians must judge their sovereign for themselves, rejecting foreign impositions and stressing that common sense requires insight into their own ruler rather than outside judgment. The piece condemns reliance on outsiders to define the Russian leader.
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M. Howlekoft
Gle
Czar
Londoners and Germans Learn Each Other in Exchange of Sons
A German writer in England argues true Londoners resist formal introductions yet reveal a city’s heart. He contrasts German and English social habits, notes English kindness, and proposes a cross national exchange of youths to deepen mutual understanding between London and Berlin.
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Soliwowner
Ib Ig
London
Follks
Adwe
Germany
Eule
England
Sud
Speeter
Hugkitd
Navy
Bay
Tom
Min
Convicton
Sal Poyne
Berlin
Mit
Fragmentary Update On Unclear Local Goods And Names
The readable text lists several odd product names and places, including Campren IWnaps and Flossine for the Waintas, plus references to Jona and Luoithy. It mentions a Sydney agent and Brothwood in an unclear local context, with scattered phrases about scalp care and nit destruction.
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Storokcapora
Sydney
Doan's Backache Kidney Pills Backed by Local Testimony
William Walsh of Forest Meets describes long lasting kidney pain and backache improved after using Doan's Backache Kidney Pills. He notes two boxes cured him after 25 years of suffering and urges others to try the remedy, adding Doan's is safe for men and women of all ages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Age Dent
William Walsh
Forest
Gearlings
Doan
Duan
Mountan Colorado Marble Mountain Achievement Described
A fragment describes a massive white marble mountain in Colorado promising unparalleled national wealth. It claims the quarry could feed white marble for 1000 years and would dwarf all other known deposits, presenting a solid mass of pure statuary marble in a single formation.
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United States
White House
Mountann Colorado
Ingenious Manchester lamp-post with safety features
A Manchester inventor patents a lamp-post idea to place near pillars in cities. The post would include a grainy first aid telephone roll-up ambulance director street map and a chemical fire extinguisher. It is claimed to cost little more than current lamp posts.
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Manchester
Hee
Portable talking machine booths emerge for host city
Fragmentary text describes portable phonograph coins and talking machines designed for booth use at a host city. It mentions dictation, card transmission, and a postal readout system, with playful slogans and a scene of public interest in new recording devices.
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Ily
Bluxfaud
Lawson
Wentworll
Blue Mountains
Neary
Waterloo
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Buthwrat
Kepford
Australia
Plax
Dathurat
Nto
Baditer
Phor
Thor
Loki
Edna Miller
Bulldog
Leslish
Freer
Pitt Clags
Kangumood
National Library of Australia
Alan BR
Greening
Renie Bryant
Imperial Press Conference
Vickers
Cycling and Mator Notes
THE
Covening Sonionetes
Campren
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Rembay
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