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Newspaper

Cobram Courier

Location

Cobram, Victoria, Australia

Date

Aug 19, 1937

Page

3

Paul Vivanti The Lord of Terror Returns

A British intelligence chief recalls Paul Vivanti, once a renowned criminologist, now a dangerous foe whose past plots and current shadowy influence threaten national security. The piece frames Vivanti as a nearly mythic antagonist whose history includes poisoning plots and elusive escapes, complicating modern countermeasures.

Vivant Paul Vivanti Ayedielue Pordinghame Vivanti Virants Great Britain Yuslis Harlesstraet England Lamdou Vic Faull Wesla Res Vivaniti Vian Dela Weston Curt Auawer

Into the Darkness at Bournemouth Night Ride

Mary Carruthers returns to an overtested room in Best’s house as a strange dreamlike scene unfolds. A sudden fear grips her when a greeting is spoken, then a car arrives and two men seize her. A large handkerchief is placed over her eyes and she is bound, forced into a ride with unclear captors and motives.

Mary Carruthers Via Best Bournemouth Nerman Alf Bert

Terrifying abduction scene ends with eerie warning

A terrified woman recounts being forced into a car, restrained, and drugged after an assault. An unseen male pursues questions about her associate Cardell and a rumored connection to Hush Webber. She is driven to Archer Street and warned not to speak. To be continued.

Mr. Cardel Bloomsbury Square Hush Webber

Cleaning Tips From An Old Pantry Field Guide

Practical home hacks on cleaning glass with tea leaves and vinegar, avoiding sunlit windows to prevent smears, using hot water and floor polish for glossy floors, potato in burnt pan for relief, buttered edges on lids to prevent sticking, polishing stove parts with vinegar and oil residue, steam helps on greasy foods, and removing hot plate marks with olive oil and vinegar polish.

Tila

Horse Falls in Love Mirrors Trainer's Lonely Horse

A French horse trainer Alphonse Haresee faced a nervous horse that lashed out in his stall. When a large mirror hung above the manger the horse spent the day nudging the reflection and soon became calm, ending confrontations with handlers. A stray restaurant scene shows a waiter and diner banter over tart slices.

Alphonse Haresee Thia Atable

Arson vs Accidental Fires Cited In Fire Origin Tales

The article weighs how arson questions linger over fires while highlighting naturally caused blazes. Examples include a Brisbane box shorting from rain water, a Clyde shipyard spark from hobnail sparks, an Innsbruck mould explosion from sweat, and a petrol pump mishap at a Surrey motorist pump that burned a rider and his bike.

Criminal Court Howe Brisbane Queensland Clyde Innsbruck Carshalton Surrey

Photographing the Invisible: a German portrait study

A German photographer used orthochromatic plates for a beauty shot. After proofs, the girl’s face showed blotchy marks due to a mallpox outbreak two days after sittin g, undetectable at the time. The plates revealed the changed skin, inspiring further work on unseen changes and forged document detection.

Do You Know That a Cowy Favor in Milk and Cream

A historical note explains that a cowy favor results from unclean bails, boers, or yard. not washing udders or milking with dirty hands. Wash udders, use clean hands, and keep concrete floors and a clean yard. Do not separate milk from cows that calve.

Cows Respond to Music on German Farms

A researcher reports that playing gramophone music in cowsheds on German farms during the king's era led to a surprising rise in milk yield compared with pre basic conditions. Cows largely prefer heavy slow melodies, with one cow loving a Caruso record and another favoring Tonight or Never.

Am Caruso

Soap-Box Derby: America’s major sport for boys with cars

The Soap Box Derby is praised as a major American sport for boys. About 60 000 entries and over 100 000 spectators attended last year’s final race. Cars are home built from scrap, engines unnecessary, and momentum from the start incline powers the race. The winner earns a four year college scholarship and trophies for top finishers. Myron E Scott started the event, later sponsored by Chevrolet. Cars must weigh no more than 175 lb, with prizes for design. Young winners include a 13 year old in 1935 and an 11 year old in 1934.

America Myron E. ‘Scott Chevrolet Motor Company Robert Turner

Pig Pedigrees and the Value of Herd Pedigree Data

A Pig Breeders' Gixette writer outlines pedigree factors for evaluating swine. Emphasis should be on sire progeny, dam performance, and maternal sire progeny, while distant generations offer little value. Young boar assessments based only on pedigrees are provisional and should be updated with actual performance data when available.

Sfre

Christmas Cruise to Pacific Islands on T S S Katoomba

An advertised 21 day pleasure cruise departs Melbourne December 22 on the T S S Katoomba with calls after Sydney at Apia Samoa Vavau Fiji Suva and Norfolk Island. Booking via McIlwraith McEacharn Ltd 4 William Street Melbourne early applications advised fares list in pounds.

Pacific Islands T.S.S. Katoomba Melbourne Sydney Apia Samoa Allima Robert Louie Stevenson Wwwa Vavau Friendly Islands Suva Fiji Pacific Norfolk Island Berthe Mcllwraith McEacharn Ltd William Street Katoomba Bydney Meilwratth McEactiarn, Ltd Willie Central

Canberra plantations bulk eight million plantings

A Canberra official estimates that eight million plantings of trees and shrubs require holes averaging three by three feet. The math implies the total hole volume would extend from Perth to Brisbane with excess remaining to span broad distances including Sam Francisco to New Carl, amid garbled quotes from local figures and a veiled critique.

Canberra Perth Brisbane Sam Francieve

Parsley Health Herb Gains Value In Home Gardens

Parsley is presented as a valuable health herb and culinary plant. The article advises on bed preparation, manure use, and deep but not overdeep planting. It notes parsley’s beauty for borders, long productive life, and the need for warm winters and cool sheltered summers with careful weeding and thinning for steady harvests.

Ita Fox Thor

Artichokes to Fuel Alcohol Train New Industry

Artichokes may be grown for fuel as experiments surge in Britain and the United States. The Chemical Foundation at Atchison Kansas and a farm factory report 250 gallons of excellent fuel from one acre of artichokes. The project aims to relieve unemployment and could eventually provide work for millions, produce hundreds of thousands of bushels of grain, and reduce dependence on mineral fuels.

Britain United States The Chemical Foundation Atchison Kansas Tins

Forty Years On A Musical Comedy Star Strains Amid Touring

A veteran musical comedy star on a touring company faces strained relations as the show drags and crowds decline. A chorus girl’s sharp demand interrupts a tense moment with the star. Mrs Blair plans a quiet night of writing letters listening to the radio and relaxing while the star jokes about shirt buttons.

Mair Mrs. Blair Row

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