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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jul 08, 1948
Page
11
Advertisement for Brown Service Employment Agency offering license and ex-farmer services. Claims prompt attention and efficient service with employer and employee interests considered. Address listed as aa-Weeds' Chambria, ay Street, phone 2720.
A scattered piece on bones and osteology traces fascination from 19th century displays to royal salvages. It notes the Great Exhibition skull episode, the Viennese Friends of Music, and Esterhazy during Haydn’s era, while touching animal bones and ancient fish with bone headed features and quirky terms for bone related notions.
The piece argues that legends of skeletal beings in monastery walls were likely superstition or reformist propaganda. It notes monks and nuns rumored to be hidden bones in walls, cites Geronimo and 16th century gates, and mentions beliefs about skulls and bones influencing fate after violent events.
The account describes a chilling tale from Chilton Farm in Somerset where a screaming entity is said to rupture ear drums and cause bone loss before death. It notes curiosity about octopuses and squids swallowing skeletons, labeling such creatures as hellfish once armored with bones that later dissolved into their bodies.
Argentina and Uruguay may join the International Wool Secretariat to share in wool profits. The London meeting of the International Wool Publicity and Research Executive discusses inviting both nations. Average production among five surplus countries exceeds 2.25 billion pounds yearly.
Steve Soss 29 strolls into Hoboken police headquarters thinking it a gin mill and pays a £3 fine for intoxication. He jokes he mistook the desk sergeant for a bartender.
In Chatham New York landlord Frank Waldvogel explained to police why he had taken a particular action. The brief report notes his explanation as part of an ongoing local case.
The piece argues coal cheapness masks critical supply issues across industries and transport. It urges developing new energy sources or atomic power, noting Canada uses Niagara Falls power and NSW Victoria rely on diesel and oil burners amid a dollar shortage. It concludes coal production by miners is the key constraint.
Gladwyn Browne Clements promotes a Bristol publicity venture with the Good family under a long term contract. He claims 50 percent of earnings from the Quads while the father holds 60 percent in some deals. The Quads venture, his eighth, faces high risk and past name changes.
Researchers at Rating Laboratories report that Huetrition alum bottles should be colored red or green to indicate sun exposure. Experiments show Vitamin B retention in milk stays higher when bottles avoid sunlight, reducing nutrient loss.
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