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Newspaper
Goomalling Dowerin Mail
Location
Goomalling, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Aug 05, 1921
Page
4
Tom Chesher of Cowra pioneered racing without shoes after a shoeless test horse won by a length. He argued that a horse’s heel has a spring and that heavy shoes impede its natural motion, a practice that led to the adoption of racing plates.
An old-time International League footballer recalls a Sydney match at the Sydney Cricket Ground where a fan yelled feed to his son. The father, unaware of football slang, bristled and retorted with a heated display, defending the player’s earning power and passion for the game.
The article recalls Brigham Young weighing a 1873 plan to move to Gippsland Victoria due to Salt Lake City persecution. He reportedly had 187 children, many over sixteen, asking for 20 acres per child. The plan was never pursued and his family stayed in Utah.
A humorous Wollongong Mercury item jokes about editors and rural shortages. The piece mocks local editors by describing a mock supply run including parsnips, turnips, chaff, wood, a pig, and cream, suggesting publishing effort is valued.
Dr James Thompson of New York showcases a device claimed to sew hair onto bald heads at the New York Bald Head Club annual dinner. The machine reportedly deposits one hair per minute, and eight members receive a strand each during the event.
A fragmented excerpt references Woods' Great Peppermint Cure and a dramatic line about Clara's marriage. The readable text recalls a domestic scene with a motherly figure addressing Clara amid tears and curiosity about recent events. Named entities include Clara and Woods.
Testimony from Mrs. M. W. Hodgson of Morrell Street West Northam recounts a husband cured of kidney trouble with Doan's Backache Kidney Pills after persistent backache. The ad claims the pills end back pain and prevent further kidney complaints and lists price as 2/9 per bottle from Foster-McClellan Co. in Perth.
Two Swedish scientists Alfred Johnsen and Knud Rahbek spark interest with a tiny device that uses a weak current through agate and metal to create a strong magnetic-like attraction. The Institute of Electrical Engineers call it the most important advance in a decade, with wireless telegraphy implications. The strip vibrates with incoming waves, amplifying signals to drive a violin without strings in another room. Voice, telephony, and recording could be transformed, possibly across vast distances.
Robert Hockridge aged 10 leaves Liverpool aboard the Empresa bound for Edmonton to join his mother. Unaccompanied, he travels from Malmö Sweden to Canada, bearing a label reading Please look after me. He cannot speak English and will cover about 5000 miles.
An educational film titled Romance of the Burke and Wills Expedition of 1860 will screen in Perth and then in major WA country towns under United Theatres and Films Ltd. The film, shot along the actual route, highlights hardships and noble pioneer deeds to educate Australian history for public school children.
Reports received by the Pastoralists' Association indicate shearing in Port Hedland Ashburton Gascoyne and Murchison districts. Stations reportedly cut out or subject to 1920 rates include Boodarie Coongan Pippingarra Muccai Corunna Downs Indee Warralong Mount Florence Yi Manderoo Shel Locked Yanney Muhroonah Mooloo Downs Yinnetharra Clifton Downs Jimbo Jimba Wandagee Austin Downs and others.
At the Royal Institution in London Prof E H Starking demonstrated a living heart and breathing lung on screen using a dead animal. Blood was pumped into the heart and air forced into the lung via rubber tubes, illustrating the heart and lung functions for a scientific audience.
The Public Ledger cites Berlin evidence that on May 29 1916 the German submarine W 75 laid 34 mines near the Hampshire wreck site. Four days later a minesweeper was sunk by a mine, but Admiral Jellicoe may have missed the warning amid Jutland confusion.
An assortment of phrases references cures and ailments with Woods Great Peppermint Cure for influenza colds. The text also mentions a political claim by a county candidate and a maid and mistress dialogue, interspersed with notes on moose in Canada and old fashion apparel prices.
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