Early Risers and Longevity in Historic Sayings
A compilation of quotations and reflections on rising early, citing Franklin Swift Peter the Great and Frederick II. It notes that early rising allegedly correlates with longer life and greater productivity. Doddridge adds that waking at five versus seven yields about ten extra years of life over forty years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Dean Swift
Shige
Frederick II
Pravin
Peter the Great
Loodun
Russia
Doddridge
Early and mature breeding key to healthy poultry stock
A practical guide argues hens should be bred at about eleven months old for vigor and hardiness, with early season hatchings yielding stronger offspring. It warns against mixing immature stock in mating, notes risks of inbreeding, and stresses proper care, feeding, and general management for successful breeding. A separate anecdote describes a snake raiding a hen roost and a hen instinctively avoiding the basket for laying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ion
Kitchy
Reasonable John Thomson and the Missing Boot Mystery
A fragmentary church scene centers on John Thomson the postman and others at a service. The minister confronts Thomson about delaying duties, while a boot misplaced blesses the humor of a parish mix up as Mrs Thomson asks about a boot and umbrella in a teapot tale of church life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Thomson
Sar Yiont
Boebtad Tin
Kim
Jhodmn
Mosis
Speak Well of Your Friends While Living
A reflective verse urges timely kindness to friends, encouraging frank greetings and cheer. It warns against waiting until illness or death to show care, stressing that compassion should precede sorrow and neglect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tishoura
Poached Egg Delusion Haunts Kingston Asylum Visitor
A Kingston, Ontario inmate known as the poached egg man has spent twenty years seeking toast as a private matter. He asks visitors for a moment’s talk and a piece of toast, insisting he is a porochoggi hunger sufferer. Despite harmlessness he remains confined, as keepers observe his persistent delusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingston
Ontario
Ua Porchea Ogi
Cardinal Encounters Stranger in Westminster
A Cardinal recounts a late night meeting in Westminster with a man carrying a basket and smoking a pipe. The exchange centers on temperance, sin, and Catholic identity, ending with a handshake and the man departing after acknowledging belief and charity. The narrative style reflects personal reflection on faith and restraint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westminster
Rom Cork
Riverenes
Total Abstinence Society
Wives and Hub Bands Guide to Home Happiness
A fragmented 19th century plea emphasizes wives seeking harmony at home through cheerful patience and support. It argues a thoughtful, diligent husband brings security and renewal, while wives should foster domestic joy, order, and mutual respect despite friction or fault.
Hearne’s Bronchitis Cure Promises Quick Relief
Hearne’s medicine claims to heal bronchitis cough croup asthma hoarseness and chest pain with rapid relief. It asserts prevention of chronic cough and consumption if used early and says no household should be without it. Sold by chemists and medicine vendors nationwide.
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Public Notices
Henry Vallender
Braper
Nunn
Benalla
Andrew Dryden
Carrie& Hors
Brice Oval
Sydney
Brice Thaw
Gul
Barry National
Briabane
J. 5
Corden & CO
Viopri
Carter Bros
Carricr Street
Mna Veruena
WOOL
NEW Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency Company Limited
Omoe London
Iat Doo
Victoria
Riverina
Queensland
Cooper's
Palatine Insurance
Collins Street West
Melbourne
Geain Shalomn
Dte
Dalcety & Company Limited
Howmarket
London
Newmarket
Quibell
N. Glasgow
Atore
Blair
Thomas Chadwick
Riena Line
Royal Mall
Adelaide
Frownote
Colombo
Telia
M.S
Aisnder
Swinton Apa
Onsova
Healey
Hobart
Eyeat de de Luxe
Canada
Tupau
South Africa
Tinea
Vremantle
Dowdell
Quuewat
Meltonne
G Abbott
Undertan
Tsien
Bridge Street
Wis
W. G. Abbott
Whale Meadows
Dental Board of Victoria
Hig Rom Na Nunn Street
C. Meredith Halt
Hite Pape
Wunderlich Ltd
Collins
Wunderlich
Contry
Prentice’s Sporting Footwear
T. Frentice
Benalia
John Clark
Nunnestreet, Benalla
Tation Methun
Uyveryone
Wiely
Aly
Aslarsut Gearles
Wilson Armsprung
Organiet
Autres
Im. C. Bird's
Anil All Ole
Nadie
C. Bird
Alec
J.odgers
Buninyon
Kowalte
Fiatrie
Bolkery
Gilead
Éavan Duffy
King & King
Oppors
Manourie Offer
Watlansl ‘Tewstene Palit J ‘Ngs
Oglarke Solilitor
Next Nations Bank
Prust
Huband
Thor Jake
Hearne
Plolbe
Jens
N.G.W
Victoria and
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