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Newspaper
Cobram Courier
Location
Cobram, Victoria, Australia
Date
Nov 05, 1936
Page
3
A fragmentary note compares the King's English with broad Scotch and other dialects, arguing dialects reveal deep emotions and mark group membership. It references societies of Dornet men and Welsh Irish English speakers, and mentions a gathering with a humorous, informal request to join.
The article advises rinsing hair with soap and fresh water after sea water exposure to prevent dryness and stickiness. It notes sea water stimulates hair, recommends using an electric hairdryer and bathing caps, and suggests washing bathing suits after every swim to keep color and softness.
Western Australia health commissioner Dr Everett Atkinson urges higher fruit intake for balance and vitality. He notes fruit provides sugars minerals and vitamins, aids digestion, and recommends an apple after every meal for better health and mouth freshness.
Instructions describe reviving flowers in warm water with a jar, tips on water absorption using camphor, room temperature changes, spacing of blossoms, and stem preparation. Additional segments mention filling a basin with cold water for a quick bath and dissolving aspirin to help last longer, followed by an anecdote about two Irishmen and Patrick’s fate.
A historical survey argues fallowing as a moisture conserving dry farming method, noting its long tradition in Australia and southern Europe. It highlights weed control, favorable sowing timing, and soil aeration, comparing implements like the Mowiboard plough and tyne drill, with regional use in West Australia and New South Wales.
The reducing manta has passed and a vogue for the healthy normal figure appears. Emaciation among Rappers declines while participation in sports grows, serving to keep figures sane and build the body. Social life shifts to sports as a common activity and sunlight worship gains acceptance.
A short poem by Allee M Shaw describes sunset with a bronze cloud and a star that interrupts a dream. The speaker feels silence and peace both around and within, as time awakens with a happy start and the night approaches.
Little Mr Jones and his wife are shown to a room. Jones notices the advertised combined bed and sitting room. The landlady confirms, then asks where the sitting room is, and the joke ends with the bed as the sitting area. A minister asks a child for his name in Sunday school.
Jagmitis to cause abortion and cows repeatedly returning for service. Outfits priced 45 shillings and 88 shillings. Literature free of objection to SPECOSOL SUPPLY 66. Bos TLSP, O.P.0. or Oxford Chambers, Bourke St, Melbourne.
Suffering readers learn about De Witt's Antacid Powder and Colloidal Kaolin as remedies for sour stomach and burning pain after meals. The ad claims rapid relief and a general sense of well being, promoting these products as effective digestion aids.
Research at the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research reports creation of artificial blood that can sustain isolated organs indefinitely. Organs removed from animals are kept alive in a glucose and hormone solution, with a small amount of natural blood, and perfused by a mechanical heart.
A doctor explains summer holidays boost physical fitness for sedentary workers. Open air life, cricket, walks, and hill climbing sharpen appetite and circulation, while deep breathing and perspiration remove body waste. Holiday activity helps counter fatigue from office and factory work.
Readable fragments describe Warmsworth near Doncaster and Arun Del in Sussex with peculiar church layouts. A wall separated chancel from main church, a high altar, and Roman Catholic services in one side while Anglicans worship on the other. A clergyman-turned-magistrate conducts his first marriage service with a probing question to the groom.
Wray Pty Ltd Wool Brokers and Exporters at 95 143 Smith Street Fitzroy NG offer cash for wool with highest prices and freight paid. No commission. Consign to Spencer Street. Valuations sent on arrival in store. If dissatisfied will forward free of charge to any broker.
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