Local Friendly Societies Face Strain Over Medical Rules
The Dubbo area reports that Friendly Societies are clashing with medical officers over a rule barring members earning 200 a year from receiving medical attendance. Doctors argue fees are reasonable but members favor lower quarterly costs. Dispensaries and associations push to ease charges, with tensions across metropolitan and county towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubbo
Balmaty
British Medical Association
Maltin Aathorst
Dad
Pir. Deerrier
Bathuret
Emigrants Under Financial Strain Reported by London Group
A London meeting heard estimates of emigrants funded at over £50,000, about 272 people, with most emigrants traveling to New Zealand and Canada. Officials noted many emigrants are Londoners rather than country born, and costs are borne by central funds.
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Enid
Yai I
Miserai On & A
London
Hadell
Davarsceuwy
New Zealand
Canada
Household Hints on Burns Treatments by Dr M N Stowe
Dr Stowe reviews four papers on focal burns and the use of magnesium sulfate and Epsom salts for instant relief. He notes reduced immuration, safe absorption, easy removal, and inexpensive dosing. For immersed burns he advises a saturated solution and prolonged cooling until pain subsides.
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M. N. Stowe
Epsom
Sinne
Plum Pudding Without Mocs for Christmas
Recipe for an inexpensive plum pudding using four ounces shredded suet three tablespoons flour currants sugar nutmeg candied peel and citrus with milk to form a stiff batter. Stir in brandy if handy bake in a cloth, boil four hours yielding four portions at under a shilling.
Inexpensive Plum Pudding Sauce
A simple sauce recipe mixes arrowroot with water and sugar then adds a third of a pint of milk or mii. Cook until boiling and flavor with wine essence or lemon for four to five portions at about one penny per serving.
Cough Mixtures Recipes From Historic Apothecary
Nervous readers learn two old cough remedy formulations. Recipe one uses sper teocetl powdered, sugar candy, beaten eggs, and rum with a dose of a spoonful as needed. Recipe two combines vinegar sugar with paregoric and a small occasional teaspoonful dose.
Entente Profits Boost UK French Trade Ties
The article notes rising Franco British commerce since the Entente Cordiale with official statistics showing a large export turnover for manufactured goods and a near 6 million increase in trade to the United Kingdom after tensions from earlier wars eased. France secures a strong position in the British market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Kingdom
Snow Man Hat Mystery and Lost Cap
A reader recalls buying a worn top hat to dress a snow man for children. The hat sat by an outhouse for months and was later used in a rough game of football. The wearer and friends tore it apart finding inside two Scots words, unsure who owned the hat.
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Asi
Lee Boys
Sle
Wintehies
Taper
Jendi
Bug- Imd
Sitiniest
Widow confronts death after lover’s secret revealed
A distraught widow mourns Harry at a Regent's Park mansion after his sudden death. A nurse, doctor, and a mysterious visitor illuminate a hidden relationship as she reads intimate letters that show a wife and a beloved child abroad.
Straw buskies for women mark Spring hat trends
The era of the Merry Widow hat ends as Regent and Bond Street feature new spring busbies. The Mors Witow is discounted to a quarter, while Riviera season arrivals hint at future fashions. The Picture hat remains a lasting favorite despite the Merry Widow’s decline.
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Dolly Mall
Regent Street
Bond Street
Imperial Press Conference set for London in June
Arrangements are advanced for the Imperial Press Conference to be held in London next June. A banquet on June 5 will open proceedings with nearly a thousand delegates invited by the Press of the United Kingdom. The Prince of Wales plans a Marlborough House garden party for delegates.
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London
Unitedingdom
Prince of Wales
Marlborough House
Mansion House
Duke and Duchess of Sutherland
Stafford
Ula
Loulon
Inles
Iso
Cribical
Waiting Room Romance Leads to Bonded Families
A wedding tale unfolds in a Lambart Union waiting room where widowed Folger, a crippled ex-worker, marries a widow with seven children after separate marriages. They later join their families to care for the youngsters, with the ceremony at St Audrey’s Church Stamford Street. Two houses were buried in Broken Hill during a Tuesday night storm.
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Lambart Union
Annats
Gt Courtand
Itiehard Folger
Mr. Folger
Lowes Jetto
Ieap
Dand
Guardians
Famites
St. Audrey's Church
Stamford-street
Howsea
Broken Hill
Surgeons Claim New Use for Appendix Transplant
Dr C B Keetley argues in Sawect that the appendix can be transplanted to surface of the body and used to deliver medicines and feed patients. He proposes appendicostomy to form a channel for therapy and claims a transplanted appendix loses harmful power.
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C. B. Keetley
Sentoe
West Lonuoy Hospital
Keetley
Wwe
Kadley
A Wizard’s Ill fated Proposal In Borneo
The article recounts Carl Hertz describing a dangerous stunt in Castiel l's Magazine where a modern wizard performs in Borneo. The princess offers marriage, he pretends to burn himself, and escapes with help as his wife assists, avoiding a likely execution by a king.
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Carl Hertz
Castiell's
Borneo
Paleap
Inquest Hears of Morecambe Man's Death
Darwen inquest into Bernard Payne's death finds a will on his shirt front and a final message "I can stand no longer. Good-bye." Dr Howarth states death likely from morose poisoning, verdict returned accordingly.
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Darwen
Lancaalire
Bernard Payne
Morecambe
Howarth
Payne
Better Dressed Oxford Fashion Echoes Changeable Styles
A garbled note on Oxford fashion contrasts past and present trends in student attire. It mentions conservative dress shifts, junior members mixing smart tweed and grey fabrics, and the fading of certain flamboyant garments as fashions evolve.
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Oxford
Fragmented Readable Notes From An Aged Chronicle
The text mixes historical curiosities and misread phrases about strength of a horse, a Salvation Army network, caterpillar food, waves exerting force, and odd references to German policy and medieval signatures. It mentions naturalist experiments at a zoo, a large 1800s heat record, the Thames ice, and Mongolian animal farming.
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Forse
Zoological Garden
Eugland
Thames
Sulley
British India
Swat
Mongolia
Manchuria
Fragmentary US and British protest notes in Austrian context
A garbled OCR fragment references, in a patchwork of terms, a protest movement toward Austria and the Pacific, mentioning the navy and American and British figures. It appears as a distracted commentary on neutrality and naval withdrawal, with scattered names and places, but lacks coherent narrative.
Fragmentary note on respect and service in a dated paper
The fragment discusses a man whose father returns from the post and whom the crowd respects. It references a figure called the SPORTINIEL and mentions a plan to issue bills with equanimity. The text appears as a garbled passage from the Jewish Chronicle or a similar periodical.
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Hanneabures
Outcasts in Kaffir Land amid Border Native Reserves
Fragmentary report notes groups of white men cut off from civilisation on the borders of the Zoutpansberg and Tranghel districts within native reserves. Degraded whites squat on chiefs grounds under British descent, with law and order eroded for over 40 years.
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Zoutpansberg
Ang Tranghel
Cape
On Yea
KkMr
Johannesburg
Senator Hannn Visits Georgia Town in Charity Sermon
In a Northern Georgia town a visiting United States Senator Mark Hannn listened to a charity sermon. After a collection, he left a twenty dollar donation atop coins, prompting a hushed exchange from the deacon and a quip about staying quiet about his generosity.
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Mark Hannn
United States
Wttts
Georgian
Orother
M Haina
Leauine Gyer
Booth Tarkington and the Daily News Ad for a Dog
The Indiana author Booth Tarkington visits a hotel and newsroom in a small town. He asks the landlord about a dog and considers placing a newspaper advertisement offering a reward for a pointer. The editor hesitates to press the item but offers to hold the edition for Tarkington.
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Booth Tarkington
Daily News
Tarkington
Tyg
Ao -Og
Beli
Lyon
Hatha
Mansign House
Doctor and client bargain over broken arms
A comical exchange unfolds in a consulting room where a man asks a physician to fix his recently broken arm on the same terms as a previous injury. The doctor notes a potential large fee as the client reveals he is the same man who once had another arm set.
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Iast
Uevieltar
Fragmented Wartime Dispatch on South Africa Policy
Fragmentary OCR text discusses disarming South Africa policy, the need to fund legislative mainmen, duties of soldiers, and economy in arms. It mentions joining a garrison, Boars policy, and hopes not to regret past actions in dealings with South Africa, Broad-Arrow.
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South Afrios
Tha Snot
Mic Greetpiars
South Africa
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Meota Alternata Moni Pe
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Jy Barta
Seerekiry
Piper
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Mets
Oldfellowe
Fish
Smith
Sucetery
Stewart Stitot
Michael and John's Branch
T/A
Guild Hall
J. Mish
Morrissett Etrect
Immaculate Macy
Adtc
Guild
J. Burke
Kuscell-girees
DAI
Mayanie Hall
Pollard
Lambert
Streut
Western Pioneer Lodge
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Lundol Is
Hmidrants
Entente
National Library of Australia
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Deetor
Regent's Pay
Rosa
Vickel
Harry
Uniaon
Ann
Perth
England
the Imperial Press
Lomanue
John Bull
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Austriaa
Bey
America
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Kaffir
Mary Doe
the Royal, Hospital For Incurables
Potters
Meare
Ulnylun, Sons
Leeds
Lara
Walter -Supply
Calcutta
Booth
Rioleardsms & CO
G. Skardon
Howick-streat
Aux Leo Move
Butler's Ice & Cordial Works
Ope
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