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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Apr 14, 1906
Page
2
A Brooklyn elevated train derailed after a workman pulled a switch causing the second car to plunge forty feet into the street. One car burned, two others damaged. several passengers injured but none killed. Firefighters and police aided victims as officials investigated the incident.
Reports detail Captain Campbell arriving by special train to speak at a workers meeting, a Liberal candidate’s poster tampering in Sussex, Jellicoe en route from Australia to Liverpool with plans for a triumphant Liberal welcome, and a Maidenhead bazaar event where rival candidates Gardner and Lord Haddo shared a platform and sang Auld Lang Syne amid signals of a stiff race.
Captain Mikkelsen leads a two year Arctic expedition with Mr Liffingwell funding arrives to test fifty year old theory of an island chain between Banke Land and the New Siberian Islands stretching toward Selling Straits Eskimos once inhabited these coasts and the party plans to survive 140 days with 40 dogs and a pony before pruning supplies. Protests in Austria report Lutherans and Reformed groups forming a state tied church council and 35 000 Lutherans present.
Readable fragments describe pickled ox tongue jelly with spices and a veal galantine recipe. Procedures outline simmering tongue with pepper, mace and allspice, removing fat, moulding with liquor, and easing to a finished jelly. Veal galantine mixes veal beef sausage and eggs, wrapped and fried until browned.
The Daily Express notes a wave of canine couture as Parisian and London tastes blend. Burlington Arcade reports orders from Paris for smart tweeds and tailor made coats, with prices from 24s to 64, plus poodles bangles and medallions.
The piece contrasts money in political efforts between the United States and England, noting money as a pervasive factor in American life and implying its role in political processes. It reflects on degeneration and the shift from idealism to money driven influence.
A long standing view notes a difference in hat sizes between Birmingham and Glasgow. Birmingham hats are typically smaller than those worn in Glasgow and other towns in the kingdom.
The article notes grape leaves as a sovereign remedy for fresh wounds and cuts with juice used in penicillins, and an herbal tea claim said to strengthen nerves. It mentions leaves as cattle feed, the sap exudation called the square used medicinally, and vine parts for baskets and rustic works.
A string of anonymous gifts to the poor in York caused inquiries when the donor’s identity, marked only as T.D., was traced to the Keeper of an open house. The man was confined to Bootham Park Asylum, with hundreds of pounds previously given by his mother. He will receive a small weekly allowance.
Fragmentary notes mention references to polity and phrases about hearing in Germany and Austria. Vague terms include sBRe NoH and Fanon with uncertain context. No identifiable people, places, dates, or organizations are clearly readable.
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