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Newspaper
Burra Record
Location
Burra, South Australia, Australia
Date
Feb 05, 1902
Page
3
A fragmentary 1960 item mentions a Palmer letter regarding medical treatment and a Melbourne Adelaide contact, followed by a circus recap. Fitzgerald Bray's circus visited Burex featuring challenging acts, impressive equestrian displays, an abated applause finale, and a tiger riding act deemed sensational.
Spectators enjoyed a sunny day as Manoaras beat Burras in a bowling heavy match. Burras declared at 199 with Stearns Mere innings, Manoaras replying with 53 all out then 42 for 8 in the second effort, Hamilton and Sandland among the scorers.
The Burra Town Council notes a March 7 meeting notice from Local Government Association with mayor and Dr. Lockyer named as delegates. Ms Taplin seeks permission to erect telegraph poles near the post office. Public works report covers watertables at Redruth and road roller plans. Accounts show various debits and credits across cemetery, roads, water works, and board funds.
An English family the Richards suffer illness after eating New Zealand mutton, with one member dying from ptomaine poisoning. The article argues against alarm over frozen meat, noting ordinary butchery can also cause poisoning and defends frozen meat as economical and nourishing. It cautions against prejudice harming trade and cites medical endorsement for Woeffe's Schnapps as a reputed tonic.
The Pasteur Institute reports animal matter may originate from a nitrogenous sugar bound to an albumenoid. Nutrients could be built from inorganic carbon hydrogen and oxygen, suggesting possible lab produced food though currently too costly for mass use.
Local items report heat waves and rain on Saturday. Various deaths and incidents include John Pinkington, John Deering, and Ralph Martin, plus a Melbourne tragedy. Cricketers Mancore visit Burra and lose. Fort Adelaide robbery case unfolds with two arrests. Public notices cover auctions and church matters at Redruth Methodist Church and Roseworthy College appoints Professor Towur.
An advertisement extols Dr Morse’s Indian Root Pills as a cure for indigestion liver and kidney issues and female ailments. Letters from users claim improved digestion and health after using the pills sold by vendors across multiple locations.
Disjointed OCR fragment hints at a courtroom moment with a lawyer and a muddled exchange about bouncing an evidence issue. The text references a barister, a trial, and a defensive speech opening but is largely garbled and unreadable.
A discussion of Bile Beans promoting health and a proclamation restricting Tattersall the lottery operator from delivering letters in Tasmania after March 31. It notes postal limits, legality to continue business in a restricted form, and continued telegrams separate from postal articles.
A prisoner, asked what he could do, replied he would likely be most successful as a company promoter. The exchange suggests his awareness of limited employment prospects and a pivot to entrepreneurship.
A circus manager harasses a hungry looking urchin trying to see the show for free. The boy retorts that he would bring the town’s fattest kids to crawl under the wagons to gain entry and feed the lions. The manager laughs and the boy ends up watching the show for nothing.
Present all but Cro Pearse. Tenders accepted. one month extra to McNamara. Balance sheet received and adopted. Correspondence from District Council Waterloo noting netting at southwest Appings. Clerk to reply approval for occupiers land. Seed wheat accounts E Bahnisch J Sanderson. Adelaide Hospital and Surveyor General payments received. W Launer junior permission to cut road tree near Laptord. Notice to Sachs to remove obstruction at drain near Spring Hut Creek. Mile posts Apoinga Bright to be maimed and repaired.
A distorted passage discusses anti piracy measures and Captain Slocum guiding his crew through Magellan Straits. It mentions a passing vessel offering advice, then recounts how Slocum used taclegy to defend his craft and deter would be attackers. It ends with a sales pitch for Wolfe’s Schnapps.
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