Periscope Solution Aids Signalmen In City Curve
A novel railway fix near Chicago uses a twelve foot high periscope from the signal cabin to peer over a blocking building saving money and keeping the approach clear for trains on a sharp curve. Also described is Nicolas Fongner's Norwegian stone ship idea, claiming rapid, cheap construction and hulls resistant to boring worms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Cari Fioril
Tt Ta
Sas
Foating
Nicolas Fongner
Norway
M. Brostrom
Great Shipping Company
Salls
South
Central America
Household recipes from a bygone era
A collage of kitchen tips and preserving instructions. Includes tomato ketchup, spiced grapes, peach and fruit pickling, grape ketchup, apple ginger, cleaning advice for brushes, lamp-chimneys treatment, and a coal-saving mortar ball method. Contains many archaic measurements and misspellings.
Untold Story Of a Bachelor and a Silent Muffler Ad
A meeting reveals a tale of a single man who bought a muffler from an unadvertised dealer and fell in love with a photograph. He wrote to the woman, received a cruel reply, and learned the mailer hid a missing advertisement, leaving a broken heart.
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Somone
Sir
Mary Jones
Anth
Tachelor
Training Drill Dialogue Amid Military Exercises
A garbled report describes a gyumasino instructor guiding a class through a leg movement drill. Pupils struggle and an instructor critiques a student named Jones for failing to lift a leg during a prone exercise.
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Lyinz
Jones
Government railways timetable changes at Geraldton region
Notices list train movements and timings for Monday June 18 and subsequent days. It details departures from various stations including Ajana, Walkaway, Perth, Northam, Sandstone, Yuna, and Wongan Hills with specific 5 pm, 12 noon, and 1 pm cutoffs and services to Cue Merkathatra, Walkaway, and other points, reflecting a regionwide schedule update.
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Monin Tharta
Sendstown
Ajana
Perth
Walkaway
P.i
Tuveday
Cue
Ajmna
Wongan Hille Line
Xpursaay
Merkathatra
Northampton
Vune
North Upton
Wood
Sandstone
Yuna
Wongan Tills Fine
Ted Wa
Katharra
Mt. Mageet i Bandatone
Wise's Post Office Directory Promotes Extensive Regional Reach
Wise's Post Office Directorys advertised reach across Western Australia and other colonies, listing Perth Fremantle Kalgoorlie Boulder Coolgardie Northam and more. The notice urged circularising specialities through the vast 3,169,872 square mile area to enlarge business and advertised advertising rates.
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Western Australia
Victoria
New South Wales
Queensland
South Australia
Tasmania
New Zealand
Great Britain
America
Perth
Fremantle
Kalgoorlie
Boulder City
Coolgardie
Northam
Shoresale
Methods for humane and efficient chicken slaughter
The text outlines two main methods for killing chickens. The preferred method is neck dislocation performed with a quick, controlled pull. After death, hang the bird to drain blood. If unable to perform dislocation, a blunt force to the head followed by severing the neck artery is suggested as an alternative.
College bred youth gets better chance in life
A visitor at the Browns asks about the phrase college bred and Brown explains it means four years of loaf. The exchange reveals a blunt view of education’s value. The fragment ends with an advertisement for linseed compound and burn ointment.
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Brown
Freddie
Ix Fatha
Dad
Moon Scene Amid Shellfire Sparks Poetic Whimsy
Private Hinka and his chum Spudkin muse over a moonlit night as shellfire bursts nearby, Hinks calling the moon beautiful while Houlkin mutters disbelief and the danger of the moment interrupts the momentary reverie.
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Hinka
Hinks
Houlkin
Spudkin
Linseed Compound and Wolfe’s Schnapps Advertised
Readable scraps show a linseed compound touted as a true Kay’s remedy for coughs and colds, alongside Wolfe’s schnapps described as a splendidly exhilarating tonic beverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kay
Wolfe’s Schnapps
London Directory for Traders and Export Merchants
London Directory presents a commercial guide to London and the world. It lists export merchants with goods shipped and colonial markets, steamship lines by port, and provincial trade notices from manufacturers and merchants. Large advertisements from The London Directory Co. in Abchurch Lane, London EC.
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London
THE
London Directory
Abchurch Lane
European Agency Wholesale Indeots Seeks Broad Discounts
European Agency offers prompt execution of lowest cash prices for Brit ash and Continental goods including Suoka and Stationery Warthenware and Glassware cycles, motor cars and accessories hardware and jewellery millinery and pertuisas. Special quotations on deana sample Cowen from 220 vpwande voidaments of Vredure of Account William Wilson & Sins London.
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Speemf
Deana
Tartan Furniture Maker Promotes Quality Timbers
Tartan, renowned for fine furniture, urges buyers to use imported timbers. W. Minimal's policy bans storage of uncut timber until ready for use, introducing jur rah products and samples of sideboards tables bedroom suites hallstands for inspection at his establishment on Fap Street, promising high-class workmanship and reliable value.
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W.imimal
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Geraldton Express
W. Zimpel
Hay Street
PERSO
Fase Ince
Osk
Walnes
Jacrab
Werehouse
Hashmi
Dan Marsh
Wea
Geraleton
Es Va
Cowes
Hater Alte Wheelwright
Eilies
Erwen Strein
Geraldten Telephose
Atlas Engineering Co
Boad, Fremartus
Shamrock Hotel
Geraldton
Was
J) A. Marshall
Zimpel
Uucarte Am
Alten
Quisters
Sermfort
Mesars
TR da Loewy
J. Ryman
Gee, Latag
Marka Meal
Wolfe
Ryan, He
Rexona
Bea Vital Yu
Wang Breit
Fon Siray
G. A. Engelbreckt
Tayenne
Thia
Nouserold Hiats
Trath
Falsehood
Fngelbrecht’s Emporium
Miss Sbrechs
Engelbrecht
Geraldton, Mullewa
Otiee
Tor’ Eepoea Tes
Price, Ip
Ceraldren
Sth
Government Railways
Geraldton Roads
Wise’s Tall Post Office
Wolfe's Schnapps
SOLFR
Moon
Sydney
Sand
Geo. Lester
Undertaker
Garden Road
Ponerall
European Agency
William Wilson & Sins
Apenurch Laur
Solpe
Schnapps
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