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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Sep 02, 1905
Page
2
The Edglandian Royal Agricultural Society discusses Contagious Foot Rot of Sheep with Professor Sir Georgy IV detailing symptoms, pathology, and a summary of experiments. It emphasizes spontaneous recovery, care, and prevention through early detection and disciplined hygiene practices.
A retired captain devised a steam-free system to raise and peel sails from a dock using winches at the foot of Lachmant. The device operates on three yard areas including lower yard, upper yard, and upper topmast to control sail furling and unfurling with a cycle of operations.
Fragmentary OCR passage describes threads, sleeves, and a yardage device. Mentions weights, a writer of courtier bearing, and phrases about wind and hauling. No clear event, person, or place identified.
Henry Sturmey, veteran typist and motorist, addresses the Society of Motor Manufacturers at the Genii Hotel about road etiquette. He rails against pedestrians as the biggest nuisance, urges a clear road code for walkers, and criticizes learners on main roads. He also argues for trained riders, slower speeds on dusty roads, and abolition of the fixed speed limit.
A sixteen year old girl Ellen Mary Brown in Purley loved a seventeen year old choir boy. Opposed by his family she cut her throat. A heartfelt letter to her family preceded the act. A verdict of death by own action during temporary insanity was given.
Two youths George White and Ralph Wert face trial for burglary in Bath on June 13 after a curiously courteous theft scene at Mr Maggs North Parade. White entered a sick man’s room, offered a drink, and, after shaking the patient’s hand with a remorseful farewell, departed. Goods valued at £3145 were stolen.
An emancipated American girl visits Europe for the first time and goes to London to be presented at court. She treats the ceremony as an amusing, unique incident rather than a grand rite, unlike the British tone expected. The piece notes her lack of polish but enjoyment of the moment at the royal court.
Fragmentary OCR text hints at a local mystery about a child in the Twentieth Century era. Names are garbled and details unclear, suggesting a reporting snippet on a missing or found child with limited readable context.
The text discusses parental influence on children, noting that gentleness and steady discipline shape a child’s character. It critiques indulgent behavior, urging restraint, proper etiquette, and temperance in late hours, entertainment, and social activities to foster wholesome development.
In a memory told with childlike speech Rufy admits bravery yet hints at fear of a single thing his grandmother warns him about. Polly probes what Rufy fears while mother calmly nudges him to learn his fear himself before night chores.
The annual report by Miss Adelaide Mary Anderson notes foreign firms in London dressmaking with few foreign workers in retail. It highlights many staged labor processes, extensive home work criticized for idle men, and the pea-picking industry in Lincolnshire with women and children toiling while men lounge and drink.
The report cites sickness among cigar makers linked to the practice of hitting off the hands and peeling the ridge line of leaf with older workers recommending it as habitual. Employers say they cannot prevent the habit, claiming it is entrenched among the experienced and followed by younger workers.
The Kaiser traveled from Fate to Hamburg by Mercedes, about 129 miles in roughly three and a half hours. He aimed to outpace the royal train at sixty miles per hour, enjoyed the Heath scenery, but a tyre burst near Celle forced a crash stop. he continued to Hamburg in a following car.
A Vienna report via the Daily Mail recounts how Major von Wissman, once governor of German East Africa, lost imperial favor after a private 30 minute face to face with the Kaiser in Berlin. The Kaiser reportedly questioned him about German colonisation and dismissed him, leading to his fall from grace and eventual suicide.
The Times of India quotes a Bombay piece contrasting modern gambling with earlier English society. It recalls General Scott winning 1.2 million at whim and Lord Stayer dale netting 1.1 million in a single hazard coup, noting even larger sums would seem modest by today’s standards.
Canadians have blown the lumber boom that blocks the St John River which separates Dominion territory from Maine. Officials fear the move could trigger an armed conflict between Canadian and American lumbermen as tensions rise on the border.
A fragment describes a young lawyer in a tense scene with a neatly marked card. On a return, a poor youth lies beneath, awaiting a response, with the phrase wet for hidden beneath.
A garbled OCR fragment shows a courtroom exchange about family relations and marriage. The text references a son and a discussion of bloodlines, with unclear speaker identities and missing surrounding context.
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