08 Dec 1917
Page 1
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Newspaper
Camperdown Herald
Location
Camperdown, Victoria, Australia
Date
Dec 08, 1917
Page
1
A fragmented ledger item shows entries referencing a wife and varying numbers of children. Amounts £4 10, £5 10, £0 5 and a sum £615 appear, with a cryptic note “at 6” likely indicating a due date or time. The readable parts imply a family count tied to monetary values.
An old report describes using concentrated sun heat trapped between two glass layers to boil water and drive an engine. A Tacona Philadelphia box with 1080 square feet of glass yielded 3 1/2 horsepower, costing £3500 to build with low upkeep and no fuel. Potential tropical-region advantage noted and gardeners urged to consider double glazing in frames.
A theoretical physiologist Doctor Cush proposes that rusting is driven by hydrogen particles that form when iron is exposed to water and acids. The process involves ionized hydrogen exchanging electrical charges with iron, rendering metal passive and resistant to electrochemical attack, offering a method to protect natural ironwork and machinery.
A long rhetorical passage notes the near end of slavery and the lifting of burdens in labor, law, science, and public welfare. It extols improved Nile usage, better locomotion, prouder soldiers, humane hospitals, humane treatment of the mentally ill, and evolving education, predicting important outcomes.
An Irishman named Loughlin lived in a shanty over a water main. When the main burst the cellar flooded drowning a cloven hen. He claimed damages from the city and after delays and influence secured four pounds. He vowed to buy four pounds worth of ducks with the money.
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