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Newspaper
Cobram Courier
Location
Cobram, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jul 11, 1935
Page
2
An analysis describes how fatigue arises not from the primary working muscles but from those under continuous tension. It uses rowing and violin playing as examples, noting back, shoulder, calf, and forearm muscles tire from sustained effort rather than distinct exertion.
A garbled early discussion on how sound travels through air and the ether, comparing direct human voice, telephone telephony, and wireless waves. It covers air molecule vibration, microphone effects, and the concept of transmitting sound via different media and devices.
The notice outlines postage increases and reforms across international and domestic mail services. It mentions Canada New Zealand India and various routes, with notes on rates and delivery windows. It references mandatory stamps and potential service changes affecting costs and timing for letters parcels and periodicals.
An unclear excerpt discusses trunk line telephone rates and wiring topics with scattered terms. It mentions line protection and mute line work, referencing various technical phrases without coherent context or identifiable entities. The fragment appears to be a partial, garbled note rather than a complete report.
An article notes a new deposit of fuller’s earth at Treble, in Cors. Experts estimate millions of tons may be dug. Fuller’s earth, a clay-like absorbent, was used historically to whiten wool and absorb odors. Today it still finds use in cosmetics and absorbent applications.
A collection of odd assertions and claims: a torpedo travel time of four minutes to 6500 yards, England's annual wood imports near 50 million, straw-hatched foot wells lasting up to thirty years, cigars deemed least harmful tobacco by some doctors, an aging earth supported by a known scientist, bronze turning green then dirty black, dyes killing germs across fourteen diseases, fear of the dark as a common phobia, swords lengths, the Scottish Order of the Thistle founded in 1687, a costly dental chair, British centuries-old manufacture in Bamptoire, tortoises yielding up to eight pounds of resin, dining iron remnants, and tinplate manufacture dating to 1670.
A society wedding faced a ten minute delay as the room remained unsettled. The bride appeared late and the anthem was sung, but details of participants and venue are unclear from the fragmentary OCR.
Readable bits show references to voting and numbers though the text is garbled. Potential mentions of votes and times imply a short civic notice or polling update. No clear names or locations are recoverable.
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