Giant hippo battles pygmy elephant in Atlantic storm
Passengers aboard the American steamer Exalibur near Boston heard of a fierce mid Atlantic clash between a giant hippopotamus and a pygmy elephant from the Belgian Congo. Eight Congo native boys supervising the animals were unable to approach as they battled for hours. The pygmy elephant died and the hippopotamus was recaptured.
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Exalibur
Boston
mid-Atlantic
Belgian Congo
Congo
Treatment of Snake Bite Ancient Bastory
Commonwealth Medical Officer Dr Godfrey Harris of Streaky Bay discusses snake bite remedies from ancient times to early modern practice. He notes many quack cures and highlights two accepted methods: limb ligature with excision or incision and suction, and intravenous antivenene, plus urgent supportive care.
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Godfrey Harris
Streaky Bay
Nera
Rome
Galen
Mareva Abretias
Alexandria
Tie
Herris
Australis
Sacred Scrub and Free Button Offer
Fragmentary note mentions Sacred Scrub and DREW AND CREWES LTD with a promise of free booklet. No clear date or location. Key names appear in uppercase, suggesting a corporate or promotional snippet.
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Meeerbeck
Drew and Crewes Ltd
Taxing of Motor Chicks and Old Cars Reconsidered
A discussion suggests reducing registration fees for automobiles over five years old in Australia. It cites lower mileage and use by older vehicles, potential benefits to drivers and the used car market, and notes Victoria’s long rising revenue from motor vehicle taxation. Authorities are urged to consider concessions to ease costs for owners of aging motor vehicles.
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Australia
California
Dunlop Perdian Rubber Company
Sinaslly
Fasr
Averigh
Conom
Victoria
Victorian Country Roads Board
Victorian Motoriale Fm
Country Roads Board
Atl
Eight city salesman spends night after breakdown and kiss threat
An eight city salesman stranded by a car breakdown spends the night at a farmer's house. That evening he takes the farmer's daughter for a ride in a buggy. En route the horse dies and he proposes kissing her, prompting a shocked reply about kissing and life ahead.
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Counry
How to Treat Your Town and Promote Local Trade
An exhortatory piece urging public spirit in towns, advising residents to support local institutions, encourage trade, and avoid damaging criticism of neighbors. It cautions against vanity, cliques, and misinformed comments that harm the community, emphasizing collective good over individual gain.
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Eitinens
Russia using air craft for pest control and sowing crops
Reports from Soviet authorities claim aircraft have been widely used to combat insect pests and to sow crops across about 1,088,750 acres. Areas such as Dagestan and river valleys formerly infested are now pest free, with nearly 1,000,000 sres of fertile land reseeded by air crop production. Experiments since 1931 suggest air sowing is most effective for rice, wheat, barley, oats, corn, tobacco, vetch, sunflowers and rye.
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USAR
Atreraft
Shell Company
Kame
Case
Umus
Teresa
Salah
Dagestan
The Home Sentiment
The article extols home as a peaceful haven where love heals wounds and patience builds a true household. It contrasts outer beauty with inner virtues and suggests many give their best to strangers while keeping only remnants for family.
Ambiguous Weathered Phrase About Giving Up Drinking
Fragmentary quotes discuss quitting drinking and the effect it has on the speaker. The garbled lines show a possible exchange about understanding the impact and the difficulty of changing behavior.
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Theta
Foot rot in Australian wheat explored in Bulletin No 103
The Connell for Scientific and Industrial Research releases Bulletin No 103 on foot rot in wheat in Australia. It notes a 4 percent yield loss in New South Wales and details the complex climate and soil conditions affecting disease development. The report identifies a fungus, Wojnowicis graminis, as a frequent cause on foot rotted plants and discusses the need for fundamental life-cycle knowledge to advance control.
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Connell For
Foot Roth
Australis
New South Wales
Australia
Caravaning misadventure and missing clothes tale
In a humorous account from a Wide World Magazine piece, Connie bathes in a tent while the caravan goes hungry for groceries six miles away. Clothes vanish, villagers gather, and Robert must fetch trousers from an officer as Connie endures a comic morning, ending with a boastful wear of creased trousers.
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Comnie
Robert
George
Connnie
Connie
Sal
Lyndhurst
Plymouth
Fred “Msturin
Wide World Magazine
Advertising Man Misreads Morning Routine Parody
A witty piece pokes at advertisement culture, tracing a man waking to a day dominated by promoted goods. The satire highlights how ubiquitous ads steer daily choices from breakfast to hat, beverage, and footwear. The narrator questions if advertising really shapes habits or merely surrounds them.
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Ngine
Irtunse
Burra Motor Co
Dodge Bros
Desoto Motor Cars
Commer
Horwood Bagshaw
Fred M. Pearce
Aberdeen
Phone
Kuoringa
C.J. Pearce & Son
Hippo V. Elephant
Bastory
Bubba
Russia
Sade
Renown
Royal Institution
Whittney & Tiver’s
Heise
Shaye
Australian Automobile Association
Texaco
Motor Oil
Esseo Ee R. C. Lott Kooringa
the Texas Company (Asia) Limited
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