Delayed action dangers and odd medical cases
Reports of a Staffordshire man who died at 38 from a long forgotten pin near the spine after an initial back injury, a West Country master of hounds who died of hydrophobia after a fox bite and inoculation wary tale, radium poisoning suits by five women in the United States, a Chicago golf caddie claiming growth from a head injury, and a Zulú dwarf noted as the world’s smallest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hudson
Staffordshire
London
United States Radium Corporation
Chicago
Hardy
Sutton
Fulton Cup Golf Notes Woodward Wins Final Round
A J Woodward returns a low nett of 64 to win the Fulton Cup with four strokes ahead of H Coote in the final round. Scores show Woodward 85/21 64, Anderson 84/14 70, Habesy 83/13 70, with a draw announced for the choice score competition to be played tomorrow among listed players and wives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Woodward
Apare
H. Coote
E. H. Anderson
P. F. Habesy
A. Oldfield
A.C. Parish
J. Channel
T. Chariton
R. Street
G. Conn
G. K. Doyle
P. Roddy
GE. Easton
B. P. Dawson
J. McRae
G. Easton
Jeffrey
Snodgrass
Anderson
Dawson
Conn
Newton
I. Easton
Miss Hawdon
Miss Dawson
Parish
Garner
Yates
D. Higgins
O. Yates
Carolan
Holland
Munro
Street
Nabiac court fines for gelignite fish killing in Coolongolook River
Leslie Joseph Kitchen pleaded guilty to using gelignite to kill fish in the Coolongolook River and was fined ten pounds with court costs eight shillings. George Tisdell, charged with aiding and abetting, also pleaded guilty and received ten pounds plus eight shillings. The river feeds Wallis Lake and is a noted spawning ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nabiac
Leslie Joseph Kitchen
Coolongolook
Kitchen
George Tisdell
Constable Brogan
Wallis Lake
Forster
Too Fat for Gaol Forced Release of a Fat Prisoner
William Coleman aged 56 was jailed in Chicago for passing bogus checks but his extreme bulk prevented entry to the gaol. Weighed 26 stone, he could not fit doors or beds and died after six months of detention from heart failure while a special bed was built for him.
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Chicago
William Coleman
Wade
Colmancie
Cattle and pig sale reports from Homebush and Maitland
Commercial cattle and pig sale results summarize weight focus and dull demand. At Homebush the market favored heavy beef over quality with 2341 cattle listed from 110 owners and 2538 yarded, 226 sold in store. bullocks and steers scarce, vealers dull, prices for beef 15/ to 20/ per 100 lb, yearlings 25/ to 82/ per 100 lb. Maitland yard saw about 525 fat cattle with better quality improving prices, best bullocks up to £10 3/6, cows to £7 3/6, dealers to £5 8/6. Calf and pig lots filled the rest, with best pigs up to 70, heavy porkers 30/- to 34/6, light pigs 17/5 to 24/6, and suckers 6/- to 9/6.
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Bush
Sydney
Homebush
Seattle
Maitland
Medina
Thunderstorm Tragedy Hits Wellington School
A thunderbolt struck a chimney at Constitution Hill Senior Boys School Wellington Shropshire causing eleven pupils to be injured as bricks and slate fell. Dennis Crane age 11 died in hospital the same day. Acting Pilot Officer George Rowland Buchanan 21 of No 10 Flying Training School was killed when his aeroplane crashed four miles south of Tern Hill believed struck by lightning.
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Constitution Hill
Wellington
Shropshire
Dennis Crane
Plas
George Rowland Buchanan
No 10 Flying Training School
Tern Hill
Buchanan
Hampshire
Foot Rule of Character by Paris Shoe Designer
Paris designer M. Andre Perugia, renowned among royalty, claims to read a woman's character from her feet. In a Chicago interview he described traits linked to foot shapes and postures, noting famous clients like the Empress of Japan, ex-Queen of Siam, Marlene Dietrich, Lily Pons, and Marion Davies. He says he designs shoes to fit both foot and character.
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M. Andre Perugia
Paris
Chicago
Charlie Chaplin
Japan
Siam
Marlene Dietrich
Lily Pons
Marion Davies
M. Perugia
Church Services and Notice of Grits for Machinery Gloucester
A reader list of church services across Gloucester and surrounding towns for multiple denominations including Church of England and Presbyterian. Times and locations are given for Ascension Day observances and Sunday services at Gloucester and nearby parishes such as Nabiac Nab iac Coolongolook Willing Dyer's Crossing Forster Tuncurry Cucumbark Stratford Ward's River Stroud District. Also an ad notes parts made for guns or machinery with address KING ST Gloucester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of England
Nabiac
H.C . Coolongolook
H.C . ‘Willing
Dyer
Forster
Tuncurry
Cucumbark
W. Griffith Cochrane
Barrington
Forbesdale
Gloucester
J. Muir
Stratford
Carsonville
Ward's River
R. C. Pereira
Cedar Grove
Connelly's Creek
Mt. George
J. Battle
Stroud District Baptist Church
Craven
Stroud
Revy
Max. Howard
King ST
Better Outlook State Deficits
Premiers and staffs from all States met in Canberra on Monday as the Loan Council discussed state requests for monetary aid. NSW faced a large deficit, with estimates around £1.7 million, while the total state loans were seen near £20 million. A new NSW loan of £7.5 to £10 million is planned to cover the current year and works into November. The Commonwealth Bank Board also met, with states seeking a share of a projected surplus over £4 million, arguing encroachment on taxation fields.
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Canberra
Loan Council
Stevens
England
Spooner
New South Wales
Commonwealth
N.s.w
Commonwealth Bank Board
Federal Treasury
Priest Delivers Solace in vain at Bardykes Pit Disaster
Five miners killed at Bardykes colliery in Lanarkshire after a roof collapse. Father Joseph Keenan crawled to the coal-face to offer last rites but all five men, married with large families, perished. Rescue teams, over 200 strong, faced further collapses as two workers escaped. One entombed man Coulter gasped his final breath. Evans and Hawthorn narrowly escaped.
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Joseph Keenan
St. Josephs
Lantyre
Bardykes
Blantyre
Cambuslang
Lanarkshire
Campbell Hawthorn
William Evans
Evans
Hawthorn
Coulter
Cow That Tick Tocks Thetick tale of a New Jersey cow
Ezekiel Rowbottom of Waterford Township reports his watch and chain vanished from his waistcoat during milking. Months later butcher Oscar Syder slaughters the cow and discovers the ticking watch in its windpipe, having wound itself once each time the cow purportedly trembled.
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Ezekiel Rowbottom
Waterford Township
New Jersey
Oscar Syder
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