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Newspaper
Cobram Courier
Location
Cobram, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jan 30, 1936
Page
3
A fragmented report describes sailors observing peculiar rituals aboard a vessel in harbor. The article names places and persons in garbled text but preserves a sense of maritime superstition surrounding the ship’s awaiting departure and port activities.
The readable portions describe names and places, but the overall article is fragmented with garbled words and missing context making it impossible to determine a coherent event, person, or outcome. No verifiable details or clear subjects are present to summarize.
Physicians warn against late eating before sleep though digestion remains debated. A 1934 Britain tourism estimate shows foreign spending totals 25.5 million pounds, with 9.6 million on hotels and restaurants, 6.6 million on shops, 5.6 million on travel, and 3.7 million on theatres. A vicar recalls a parishioner asking prayers for Anna Bell who won last Monday at seven to one.
A reprinted literary snippet cites numerous famous women as plump or stout, including Catherine the Great, Queen Anne, Victoria, and Medici members, suggesting body size linked to influence. It also mentions Venus, Cleopatra, and other famed women, then shifts to a humorous exchange about a father’s reaction to a quarrel.
Prune confection uses four pounds prunes five pounds felny sugar one white of eel and grated nuts. Soak prunes overnight then stone and cook until tender. Whisk egg white with sugar to stiff peaks and coat each prune then bake until pale and set. Bottled prunes are soaked eight pounds prunes in water, cooked with sugar, jarred with syrup, and processed to seal. Keeps indefinitely if jars remain airtight.
An urgent free book offer promising health guidance titled The Road to Health, attributed to Warner and Co. L44. It claims the volume has helped thousands with kidney and liver disorders, rheumatism, neuritis, sleeplessness, backache and more, inviting readers to send name and address for immediate delivery.
The article notes how ordinary spoons came to symbolize courting, linking contact and embrace to the term. It highlights folding spoons from the 15th century, the rise of forks, and tokens like the stay busk and love-spoon, with men crafting these items by knife and candle. It also traces tankards and pegs in inns, explaining sayings like Have a pee and whistle for it.
obituary and tribute to Arthur Henderson former British Foreign Secretary and President of the Disarmament Conference highlighting his key roles in Geneva 1924 the op between nations and the League system his Nobel Peace Prize in 1931 and Wateler Prize in 1933 and his lifelong pursuit of world peace through disarmament and international cooperation. The text also notes speculative reflections on world unity and the League of Nations Union outreach.
Cowpox is transmissible from cattle to humans by hands or handling affected animals. Milkers should wash hands with milch disinfectant before milking other cows, isolate affected cattle, and apply zinc boracic acid dressings prior to milking. Milking ends with boracic acid dusting. discharging sores mean milk should not be used for humans but may be boiled and fed to pigs.
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