Submarine chasers boost American war effort and production
The article notes American industry rapidly standardizing craft and turning out submarine chasers. A unit of 60 tons, eighty feet long with two 250 hp engines, can reach 9 63 knots and travel 9 thousand miles per hour, with production at about three boats daily costing roughly £4 million total, designed by Irwin Chass of the Hicke Company to counter U-boat threats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fae Vecass
Jess Eal
Irwin Chass
Hicke Company
Natura Home Treatment Promises Help for Various Ailments
Clifford, Superintendent of the Natura Health Co, advertises a home treatment claiming success for women's ailments nerves liver troubles digestion piles and catarrh. She will visit Colne on Thursday February 14 at the Victoria Coffey Palace offering free interviews with no charge if within reach of the treatment. Health guide available on receipt of 3d from Natura Health Co Melbourne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mre
Clifford
Natura” Health Co
Sire Clifford
Colne
Victoria Coffey Palace
Ingenious Rubber Smuggling through Mail Revealed
A Dutch liner from New York to Rotterdam exposed a German smuggling scheme using trunks packed with oiled leather rubber and crude rubber products. Arresting displays of rubber artifacts and disguised parcels highlighted the clever secrecy, while letters, postcards, and postage methods shown in England traced the ruse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Rotterdam
Witti
R. J. Bjuretedt
England
Germany
Heredity and Relations Inheritance in Bloodlines Explored
Dr Benedict presents a paper on heredity and consanguinity using a simple drawing experiment. He shows how lineage length doubles with each generation and suggests how ancestry and marriages shape European bloodlines over time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benedict
Europe
Fragmented Dialogue on Chips and Spaghetti
A garbled dialogue shows a father and son debate chips and spaghetti. The boy asks about strange tastes while the father and others respond with unclear phrases. The fragment resembles a transcription error with no clear event or outcome.
Ladies College of Health Open Invitation Note
A garbled notice invites readers to request a copy of a new health book. It mentions a contact address at Welkogrse and a request for a fee by mail to 28. The fragment references anxious women and health topics but lacks clear names or a publication date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fae
Ladies College of Health
Bialae
Welkogrse
Local Trade Notices and Shop Advertisements
A garbled collection of advertisements and public notices from various merchants and trades. Listings include timber yard proprietor Atertern Goagh, Western Coach Works, Cundres's Drapery, and Atherton offering chimney sweeping and repairs, with related business locations and contact hints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atherton
Colac Lave and Horse-shoeing Notice by JRE and Kemp
JRE and Kemp on Bromfield Street Colac notify the public they conduct the business of horse-shoeing. They offer material quality and workmanship with fire and live stock insurance. For information contact J G Johnstone & Co Colac auctioneers agents for Liverpool London and Globe Insurance.
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Bromfield Street
Colac
Granter
Matoris
J. G. Johnstone & CO
Apents
Lidiverpool
London
Globs Inc Anes Coy
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Sor
Photographa Mae
Camperdo Colac
Terang
Down
Thomas
Dentistry
Port Pirie
Ballarat
Soman Gages
Denguen al Chars
Tamm
Mtr
Olledle
Rome
Jeffery and Co
Murray Street
National Library of Australia
Boller
T. Anelius
Quinton
Cole
Te Beateker
Veu
Yallup & CU
W. Siuwaki
L. Quinton
T. J. Allsop
Commercial Bank
Cundres
Mr Bowler
Ession Burest
Uolsee
Jre and
Kemp
Jacobs
Geo
Jacobs Jacobs
Gray
Lewis
Fost
Garten Hor
Castles Bros
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