Public safety notes and state affairs from Melbourne
In Melbourne a newspaper column outlines government business and public works. It reports on cabinet consultations, immigration policy expansion, the Premier's conference, and planned Commonwealth offices in London. It also mentions ministers away on holidays and local developments like two storey houses and automatic telephone switchboards.
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Lear
Aluvray
Warrnambool
Hig
Watt
Barwon Llewds
Emily
Bastion
Macedo
M'Kenzie
Echuca
Mylvide
St Arnaud
Biilson
Beechworth
Grahum
Kew South Wales
Nilsson
Caliuach
America
London
Australia
Prachers
Air Murray
Melbourne
Gadhur
Exhibition Building
Murray
Vigtorain Hansard Sie
Ministre 6
Commonwealth
Perfect Remedy for Digestive Troubles and Related Ailments
Dr Morse Indian Root Pills claim to cleanse and tone the digestive system, improving stomach, liver, and kidney complaints. Advertised as safe and reliable for men women and children, with promises of prevention and widespread use.
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Mareo
Morse
Life on Mars and Venus as envisioned by Perrier
The article summarizes Professor Edmond Perrier of the French Academy of Sciences arguing Venus could harbor simple life like plants fungi and insects while Mars could support warm blooded animals and higher intelligence. He notes Venus has little seasonal variation but Mars has extreme seasons and longer year. Perrier foresees Martian plants tall grasses giant insects and possible intelligent beings resembling termites or agile apes rather than Earth mammals.
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Planos
Edmond Pertier
French Academy of Fquences
Mipskcy Institute
Paris
Perrier Goale
Tom
Porrier
Mercury
Via
Mars
Perrier
Venus
Sy Gaye
Orrier
Beatles
Lovists
Earrier
Professor Perrier
Earth
Parliem
Veous
Vperrler
Apus
Perritt
Weekly Citizen
Festive Holiday Shopping Amid Seasonal Provisions
A bustling Christmas retail list highlights fresh currants raisins and new dried fruits, tinned goods like tomatoes apricots and pineapples, baked powders, essences, and assorted preserves. Local vendors promote larder staples and festive items including cheese and plum puddings for a merry season.
Language, Style, and Mastery in English Prose
The author argues that learners should study great authors not to copy their cadences but to grasp language as a mirror of thought. He cites Cranmer Browne Gibbon De Quincey Stevenson and stresses learning how skilled writers shape sentences and paragraphs to form immortal works.
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Tooguca
Arelbisho Cranmer
Thomas Browne
Masy Notts
Gibbon
de Quincey
Scotland
Robert Louis Stevenson
Theatrical Salaries Across Early 19th Century Europe
A summary of high earnings in early modern theatre. Napooleon sought to bind Mme Catalini to the Grand Opera with a large salary and leave, but she moved to London where she earned more. Talma was paid generously for Erfurt performances. Rachel earned rising sums at the Theatre Francais, and Jenny Lind’s Barnum engagement involved substantial guarantees and touring costs. Fanny Elsler cleared significant totals in Europe and the United States.
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France
Naopoleon
Mme. Catalini
Rachel Frst
Francard
Bo Te Telve
Barnoum
Meesre
Baring Brothers
London
United
Sates
Eigsteen
Fanny Riesler
Atiee
Theo
Bilson & Co. Lan Ready-To-Wear Lines Feature
Bilson and Universal Providers display smart coats skirts and 1 piece dresses with notable cut and style. An extensive ready to wear millinery and sunshade assortment completes the lineup for the season.
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Ladis
Alo
Bilson's Boots Opens Broad Selection in Marshall
Excellent values fill the boot department for men and women. The MARSHALL SHOE CO line is featured and Bilson's is exclusive agent for several leading seding manufacturers. Inspect the large diverse stock available.
Variety Goods Range Showcases Dressed Figures and Glassware
Local shop lists a wide assortment including Dressed and Undressed figures Kid Wax Character Compo Celluloid and end beer varieties. Arb Glassware Ten Sets Jardinieres Vases Specimen Bowls Epergnes are offered alongside varied stock and novelty items.
Proving the Earths Round in a 19th Century Canal Trial
A Cambridge judge described wagered dispute over Earth's shape. A speaker named Paralox claimed parallax would reveal curvature during a daylight canal experiment on the New River. Observers from three boats proved the ships disappeared bottom first, refuting the spherical theory.
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Cambridges
Denvers Sluice
Asus
Sears
Cambridgeshire
Globe
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