Copper mining notes near Bathurst spark old discovery talk
The article recounts a long-ago copper discovery near Bathurst tied to James Ranken and the Lloyd Copper Mine. It cites ore specimens, impregnated water from wells, and historical ownership transitions, noting production costs and output through 1881 while hinting at possible dividends if the venture resumes.
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Stewart
New South Wales
J. B. Carve
James Ranken
Kellochiel
Stutchbury
Ranken
Bathurst
Toma
Lloyd
McIntyre
Brownlow
Briar Park
Magers
Russell Am Clark
Survnen
Smiellers
Cow Flat
Lewis Lloyd
Lithgow
Sydney
Dale
Oil War In Scotland among Oil Firms Seen
The Anglo American Oil Company an offshoot of the Standard Oil Company of America seeks to take over Scottish retail firms by offering profits for five years. If allowed, it would gain a strong hold on the Scottish market with foreign steamers and bulk transport. Scottish firms discuss combined action while The Pumpherston Oil Company plans depot networks in Scotland and later Manchester with waggons, tanks, and retail supply. A depot exists in Glasgow with wagons active there and in Dundee.
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Anglo-Americas Ol
Standard Oil Company of America
Scotland
Anglo- American Company
Save
Pumpherston Ol
Sedon
Bigtash
Manchester
Glasgow
Ofl
Meister
Ona
Dundee
Roil Potatoes and Ham Toasted in Breadcrumbs
Houssnold hints at a rustic dish where potatoes are roiled with yolk butter pepper and salt. Ham or beef tongue can substitute. parsley works if meat is unavailable. Form into small halle, coat with Gee and breadcrumbs, fry ten minutes, drain on kitchen paper, and serve by the fire.
Steamdd Apple Dumplings Recipe from An Old Ledger
A dated recipe describes making six apple dumplings from flour water sugar butter and baking powder. It instructs mixing into a soft dough, dividing into six, wrapping apples, steaming over boiling water, and serving with a light butter sugar sauce beaten with egg white.
Very tasty boiled pudding recipe from old text
A dish method describes lining a basin with suet crust then layering pork and sausage meat with pepper salt and minced pitiosa plus a few sage leaves. Add gravy water seal, boil two and a half hours.
Cleaning a Grate Before Polishing with Old Cloth
Instructions describe rubbing a greasy grate with a pad of old cloth and soot from the back to remove grime before applying polish. The method aims to improve polish adherence and reduce mess.
Fragmentary recipe notice for tin dishes and paste
An unclear OCR fragment describes using oils of Soft soup to cover tins with a paste of rotten stone beaten and boiling water. It mentions polishing and laying the tins, but details are incomplete and nonstandard.
Clergyman Finds Attentive Crowd Despite Rotten Pulpit
A rural English clergyman noted a very attentive congregation after a sermon, only to learn from the verger that the pulpit had been rotten and unused for a year or more, explaining the quiet attention.
Night Bell Visit for Soda Water
A chemist, awakened in the small hours by a night bell, sells a bottle of soda water to a placid man for two pence and offers return upon payment. Two hours later the same man rings again and pays tuppence for another bottle.
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Hee
Bea
Ho; Neimala
Illinois Politician Faces Electioneering Scrutiny
A fragmented report describes an Illinois politician delivering a speech on a trust question to a audience. The exchange focuses on the speech's impact on the Democratic side and the speaker's perceived sincerity and reception.
New Name Adopted For a Horse
A Ligostershire squire had a fine horse named Adex and later found a fitting name Ajax chalked by the groom, echoing a change from the old favorite. The tale ends with a note on solitude and frugality.
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Ajax
Various Local Notes and Anecdotes From Late Eington
A cluttered summary of disparate items from the area includes church matters in Wiltshire and Essex, a court mention in Bristol, ship arrivals from Canada to Great Britain, a new Watch Tower Society chapter in Worksop, and notes on cedar shortages affecting cigar boxes. It also cites a strange end times belief in Worksop, a rarity of white partridges, a Rochdale child discipline incident, a prize bull at a Boston show, post and postal cost notes, Dickens letters sale, and a misrouted train leading to a telegram clarification.
Memorial at Bisham Church by Bishop of Oxford
The Bishop of Oxford unveiled a memorial in Bisham Church for George Kenneth Vansittart Neale the only son of Sir Henry Vansittart Neale KCB who died four years ago of appendicitis. Sculptor Morris Harding's Gothic niche features a kneeling boy with folded hands.
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Williams
Stockport
Tan
Misa Olivia B. Williams
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Gornewall
St. Agnes
Cornwall
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Promlechs
Royal Historic Monument Commission
Pha
Wimborne Masistrates
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Tudia
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Firth
Ulm
Wolsingham
Durban
William Angus
Westeata
Angus
Wolelngham
Brixas
Ims
Jon Hunt
Trea
Fon Jupney's Heaps and Mothers Hair Care
A historical notice promotes Mothers: Flossing for the Hair as harmless and beneficial for health and hair softness. It claims to prevent dandruff and protect children from head ailments while at school. Available through stockists in Sydney and nearby stores with specified prices.
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Rokeapere
Sydney
Gheulst
Horse killed by tree fork trap on Cheshire plantation
A horse ridden by a groom employed by H G Stephens of Chalderton was killed on a plantation near Trout Grateley Hamp shire after bolting and colliding with a forked tree limb. The fork pinned the head, causing fatal injuries as the animal ran at speed.
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Trout -Grateley
Hampshire
H. G. Stephens
Chalderton
The Lost Author Horace Walpole Anecdote Mixup
In a social room Mrs Blake recalls a humorous Horace Walpole anecdote and seeks the teller. Mr Barton misremembers and denies knowledge of Walpole while Mr Markham and Mrs Blake pursue the tale and a later food break. The scene ends with Mrs Blake insisting on the Walpole joke.
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Sellers
Blake
Aller
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Windsor
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Brite
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Walpole
Mr. Markham
Barton
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Ierie
Uae
Atory
Tao
Outwitting the Premier by A King’s Visit in 1806
A fragment recalls Dr Manners-Sutton at Windsor dining when King George III unexpectedly arrived to discuss church matters. Pitt the Younger later tallies the Canterbury vacancy, offering the see to Pretyman before Manners-Sutton becomes Archbishop of Canterbury, a decision the king approves despite personal misgivings.
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Sutton
Norwich
Ceutleman
Max
Agnled
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Esatate
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Pitt
Windsor Castle
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Lincoln
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Tor
Alshon
Chamera
Weiter
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Temperature at High Altitudes and Balloon Observations
The piece notes that temperature drops with altitude, with balloon records suggesting a fall by ten miles high and possible reversals. It cites French physicist Tisserand de Borb as claiming temperature differences with altitude above poles versus equator, awaiting further confirmation.
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Tissorans de Bort
Daylight Versus Artificial Lighting Says Diffused Light Best
A Philadelphia Luminous Engineering Society panel reviews eye strain from artificial lamps. J D Woodwell concludes diffused daylight level lighting from 2/10 to 1/20 of the power per inch offers the safest illumination, noting less ultraviolet exposure than direct or reflected sunlight.
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Whiel Aunight
Luminating Engineering Society of Philadelphia
J. DB. Woodwell
Permanganate of Potash for Snake Bites Promising
Reports from eighteen districts in Bengal in 1986 show only 28 deaths where permanganate of potash was used to treat snake bites. Many victims reached hospital late, reducing effectiveness. a Lancet correspondent suggests supplying the remedy to police stations outposts notools and residents to enable early treatment.
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Bangal
Wiley
Lancet
Wit and Wisdom From Father Vaughan on Polished Speech
London clergyman Father Vaughan, famed for sharp rhetoric, defined wit as the art of putting wisdom into a polluted phrase. He recalled a calm irony when shown Holbein's portrait of Henry VIII and asked what he would do if the king stepped out.
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Vaughan
London
Henry’ Vlil
Holbein
Trinity College
Cambridge
Henry
Fractured OCR Suggests Unclear Local Incident
Fragmentary report describes a forenoon confrontation in a domestic setting. A German pedestrian and Mrs Kelly argue while a police officer responds, faces glower and a tense exchange ensues.
Death of British actor George Grogamithy noted by tax officials
The document recalls the death of elder George Grogamithy, a British operatic comedian, whose income tax assessment of £2500 was disputed. His son returned the document with a note expressing the wish his father prospers in the next world and requesting forwarding of notices to his new address.
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George Grogamithy
Gronemithr
Tim
Inductive Reasoning Involves a Village Reward Tale
A story from a New Bughand village describes two men failing to find a horse. They offer five dollars to anyone who brings back the horse and a half-witted man volunteers. The horse returns with the helper leading it and the owner pays the helper six dollars after asking how the horse was found. The reply reveals the helper’s自己 claim.
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U.S
Wim
Min
Weir
Ste
Hou
Ble
Bridie
Wls
The True Artist and a Night of Dining Fraud
An American artist boasted of earnings at the Cafe Royal and of a lavish dinner for two hundred. A taxi ride with two French dancers led to conflict, as the narrator scolded the extravagance and claimed to favor simpler, refined cuisine over messes of food.
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Ove
Cafe Royal
Jim
Sual
Peary Haunted by Odd Packages Before North Pole Trip
The Arctic explorer Peary routinely received odd crates before journeys. A notable pre-expedition package arrived labeled to be opened at the farthest north and proved to be a small keg of axle grease for the North Pole.
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Commander Peary
Aelnt
Express
New Dreadnought Commissioned Strengthens Home Fleet
The Nore Division of the Home Fleet has strengthened by the commissioning at Chatham of the new armoured cruiser Inflexible. Built at a cost of 21 600 000 by Messrs John Brown and Co of Clydebank, the ship joins the fleet with the latest wire ships.
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Wiel
Chatham
Joba
Wireless telephony tests on British warships at Portsmouth
Satisfactory results from wireless telephony tests aboard British ships including Furious and Vernon torpedo school ship. De Forest instruments enabled clear conversations over distances between 20 and 90 miles, demonstrating the system’s potential for naval use.
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Portsmouth
de Forest
Premier Diamond Ming Company shows annual production value
A company statement from Premier Diamond Ming Company reports annual Manionds production valued at 421,630,000 for the year ending October. It notes year end stock worth 164,000 and a total of 21,700,000. Sales for the year reach 1,104,000.
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Diamond Ming Company
Boys & Reuter Johannuicaburs Telegram
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