Mystery Illness Baffles Doctors at Oban Home
Nearly 20 years ago John Maceachan a farm servant from Kilchrennan Loch Awe side was admitted to West High and Rest Home Oban with a fractured thigh. He then fell asleep and has slept about 22 hours daily, waking thrice daily for tears but seldom speaking. His sister Miss Muay Mavenchan, aged 9, is noted as Oban’s oldest inhabitant.
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John Maceachan
Kilchrennan Loch Aweside
West High
Oban
Maveachan
Mavenchan
Muay Mavenchan
Hunt for Ghosts in Essex Village Tale
Fragmented relic of a Becket era tale set in Great Leighs near Chelmsford, recalling a haunted Queen Anne route to London. Strange visitors, restless spirits, and a late century hunt are described in archaic, dreamlike prose with lilting, uncertain details.
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St. Anne's
Essex
Great Leighs
Chelmston
London
Collin Gouer
Renlairy Quay
Fragmented News Snippet On World Figures And Habits
A garbled column lists diverse notes on spending patterns in sixties economies, cautious opinions from manufacturers, and fragmented mentions of Canada population, French descent, and lunar features. It references British origin, Heidelberg university, and a stray phrase about a dear husband.
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Cynada
Hale
Competition results in A Grade and B Grade matches
Saturday matches produced mixed results with Ward's River and Presbyterians clinching wins in A and B zones respectively amid rain interruptions. Zonal play featured several forfeits and altered point tallies, and an association meeting approved racquet shield trophies for both grades with a cash prize shift and a donation noted from patron Mr Vatish.
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Ward's River
Chuck
England
Park
Teachers
Presbyterian
Stratt
Pilory Cfeated
Pper Barsington
le Quester
Neddies
Wicasvegardeyt
Telleshe
Vatish
Yiltt Uranie
Most Deadly Snakes in Australia Death Toll Ranking
A nature column compares venomous snakes explaining why the death adder and tiger snake cause higher human fatalities. It notes fangs, venom spread, and injection depth influence lethality, with the death adder viewed as the slowest to bite but highly dangerous. The tiger snake and brown snake also appear in mortality discussions.
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Editus
Une Brisbane Cour
Smtenversty Nogmudlunge
Anhler
Hyer
Record shark world’s heaviest catch at 1834 lb
The record white pointer weighed 1834 pounds, measured 13 feet 0 inches, and in girth, landed at Dangerous Reef near Port Lincoln. Cowell of Balhan South Australia previously held the title, with a 4800-pound catch earlier this year. The shark fought for over an hour before being brought to the surface.
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G. i Cowell
Balhannal
S.A
F. Hat
Big Game Fishing Club
South Australia
Mark Gincain
Cowell
Lyle Bagnard
Zane
Grey
Sydney Heads
Dangerous Reef
Port Lincoln
Eri
Just a Smash Youth Car Deaths Warns New South Wales
A road safety story warns that drivers under 20 kill three times as many as those under forty. Nat, a 17 year old with a licence, drives two friends and three girls to a dance, stops for beers, then on a curve with a ditch loses control. the car crashes killing Nat and a friend. The piece urges parents to restrict unsupervised driving by youths to reduce needless highway tragedies.
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Weill
Nat
Vicki Baum Relives Lepers Experience For Grand Hotel Color
London interview with Andrew Kidd quotes Vicki Baum about living among lepers on Bali island for a year. She says immunity to disease, malaria as the only illness, and used the leper colony to gain authentic atmosphere for her novel. Baum notes Hollywood home, family, and plans for a Shanghai setting.
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Iends
Apeters
Vicki Baum
Bull
Vienna
Garbo
Bali
China
Ivasion
Shanghai
Miss Baumold
Austria
Hollywood
Richard Lert
Wolfgang
Peter
Greta
Sarbo
Marlene Dietrich
Miss Baum
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Chevrolet
Gloucester
Thursas Ixt
S$ Pam
Barito Se
Senier
J. Bennett Radio
Servion
Chapman
Chapmans
Chapman's Pharmacy
Sens
Florse-jquiey
Deen
Ct Gor Atter
Pleven Atten
Germany
Heidelberg
Beth Wilk
Gloucester Hotel
F. M. Smith
Fisk
AWA
A.W.A
Australia
Radiol
Auth
Orise
Dist
Ributor
Harvey Ivers
Church ST
Manning ST
Taree
CRADE
Copeland
Stratford IL
Upper Barrington
Rockhurst
Railine
Ward's
River I. A
Strcken
Dorothy Janda
Britain
Westminster Abbey
Guildford
Navy
Army
Air Force
M.P
House of Commons
New South Wales
Belle Ross
Miss Ross
Berlei Specialists
Mongery & Furniture Departments
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