18 Jan 1902
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Newspaper
Bowral Free Press
Location
Bowral, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jan 18, 1902
Page
1
The London Daily Mail reports a new forger method involving stealing passbooks to read signatures and balances. The piece urges stricter passbook control and perforated cheques to curb forgery until suspects are caught.
A sensational incident reported in a Bega paper describes two residents driving a young horse in a sulky toward a fence. The frightened horse bolted, leapt from a bank over rocks and the fence, and landed in a paddock with the sulky and occupants. only damage was a broken breeching strap.
A woman arrested in the United States for fraud showed remarkable versatility. Dressed as a man, she worked as a carpenter repairing a hotel, aided by her skill to earn ongoing employment as the building expanded. She then served as a plumber, repapered and painted the house, built an arbor, and laid pavement. Promoted to hotel clerk, she covered gaps in staff and helped in the barber shop when needed. The hotel owner later converted a butcher’s shop to a barber’s, where she acted as barber and shaved patrons.
Dry net weather and storms stress growers. Patch up stumps, water and mulch crops, sow cabbage cauliflower now for winter fodder, expect more rain. Deep cultivation and manuring. pumpkins and melons need litter. Orchard trees trimmed and suckers removed. flower beds mulched and watered. plants for shi n purposes require attention.
A brief note imagines Nutuist beliefs about cats in a land where the aigis last six months. The playful line blends myth, season length, and whimsical wisdom about animals in Greenland.
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