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Newspaper
Geraldton Express
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Dec 07, 1914
Page
4
An eclectic and fragmentary wartime era column mixes observations of local life with sprawling, odd musings on people, places, and events. The piece references figures, places, and items in a dense, unruly style that blends reportage with surreal asides and speculative notes.
Remove pimples and blotches and redness of the nose and dull eyes. These pills cleanse the system and purify the blood, cure constipation, indigestion, and prevent gastritis. They soothe nerves, banish weariness, improve appetite, and support kidney function, yielding a clear complexion and bright eyes. Care Lowther & Co.
Advice urges buying a high quality incubator rather than cheap units. Do not trust secondhand or trashy machines as they yield poor hatch rates and weak chicks. For steady growth buy a capacity large enough to hatch 26 to 50 chicks, aiming for long term savings and better returns.
The first step in improving farm poultry is to secure a uniform fowl type then select best layers and purchase new male birds for three years. Choose males from utilitarian breeders with strong stamina and no disease to transmit desirable economic traits to progeny.
The note offers home remedies for weak legs in birds using Epsom salts, arsenic rubs for ducks and hens, and advice to advertise for breeding pure specimens. It mentions treating rheumatism in birds, using arpen tine and salad oil, and suggests acquiring Wyandottes Plymouth Rocks Orpingtons or Langet cultivated specimens for improved stock.
The renowned physicist Andre Marie Ampere, famed for his absentmindedness, once mistook a nonmember for a fellow of the Paris Academy of Sciences. He learned Napoleon Bonaparte was a fellow only after checking the calendar, and the emperor invited him to dine the next day, an invitation Ampere forgot.
A coastal locality reports seagull egg eating as a growing habit while scattered curiosities note ancient Rowan traits lack beards. The text claims global blindness ratios favor men, vultures rely on sight, and island peoples smell less than mainland residents. A Gerrish scientist suggests women tire less after noise exposure due to smaller roots.
A farmer urges two injured town youths to take a ride in a dogcart. They debate whether to start at the animal's head or tail and finally decide to wait for the horse to yawn, turning a simple outing into a comic mishap.
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