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Bridgetown Advocate

Location

Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia

Date

Apr 28, 1949

Page

11

Parthy Likes A Hot Time Fire Buff Parthenia Vickers

Parthenia Vickers New York’s lone female fire buff treats blazes as a hobby. She tracks alarms by radio visits department stores staff, and even aids firefighters wives and injured crews. A false alarm ends her restless vigil.

Lender Parthenia Vickers Parthenia New York Ember Supreme Court Charles Evan Howes Fire Brigade Firehouse No. 65

Across The Keeper Of Bees

A fragmented crossword style list shows clues and answers spanning transport, shelter, colours, colors, body parts, and actions. It juxtaposes terms like United Ingolf stain and molten matter with seeds of language and wordplay in a dense puzzle page.

Keeper of Bees United Ingolf Dominion

Tadpoles In Milk Spark Brazil Milk Crisis

A Brazilian milkman faced complaints from housewives after tadpoles were found in milk. He claimed water shortages forced him to switch from using a hydrant to drawing from a creek, offering a pragmatic but troubling explanation.

Brazil

Paharis Find Polyandry An Economic Must In Simla Hills

In the Simla Hills thick forests the Paharis resist the Hindu Code Bill aiming to standardise marriage laws. They argue polyandry is economically necessary and curbs birthrates, with agitation and talk of revolt among the almond eyed tribe.

Simla India

Scarce good soil shapes strict Pahari marriage norms

The excerpt notes scarce fertile soil on steep Simla Hills land and describes a custom where only the eldest son may marry, with his wife shared among younger brothers. Monogamy is rejected, and a council of village sages may approve remarriage. The Paharis largely keep outsiders at bay, hunting, farming, beekeeping by day, dancing at dusk.

Simla Hills

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