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Newspaper
Colac Herald
Location
Colac, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jul 08, 1914
Page
4
The article discusses how skim milk feeding without pasteurization affects pork quality and how improper conditions lead to a softer flesh and inferior bacon. It notes shifts toward leaner meat, the impact of feeds like distiller’s grains, and the timing and handling of slaughter to ensure palatable bacon.
A Westminster Gazette note recalls a mother cat who steals children’s and other animals’ toys to entertain her kittens. She selects items like red cloth rag soldiers and jointed dolls, calling and mimicking play to gather them for the brood. The story also mentions a habit of fetching suitable indoors objects for the kittens.
The Intelligence Merchant recounts a chaotic encounter with wild misfires and a comic misfire when a troop of baboons was mistaken for an enemy unit. A forward scout spotted figures on a ridge and opened fire, but the targets proved to be baboons, causing only mild damage and no serious injuries.
The excerpt traces a belief that thought can influence bodily health and critiques the undervaluing of mind power. It notes recurring claims that mind can cure disease when medicine seems potent, and comments on social views of mind healing across classes and eras.
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