My Lady's Perfume From a French Town and its Global Reach
A fragment describes Urstee in France as a perfume hub with hundreds of gallons per year, scent drifting through streets and the world, the process of distilling perfumes in Grasse, and the allure of varied perfumes. It mentions Loc and the street-level bustle of scent making.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Urstee
Lucena
Stega
Paukel
Drouin
Paeed Ono
Wasle Tad
Loey Ware
MCMC
Lee Deacon
Weber
Dietis Weal
Sime Adey
Howe Pytik
Ulenliul
Philosophy of a Woman Dried Fruits Recipes
The article blends comic anecdotes with culinary notes from the Victoria Dried Fruits Board. It offers tested recipes using currants, raisins, and pastry fillings, plus household humor about cooking and domestic life in a period tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vieturlan Dried Fruits Board
Victoria Dried Frat Board
Bank
Gla Pollins Street
Melbourne
Cltel
Central
Time and Timepieces Through Centuries at Clockmakers Dinner
A December celebration marked the tercentenary of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers with Astronomer Royal Sir Frank Dyson and the Prince of Wales in attendance. The piece chronicles early water clocks, John Harrison’s longitude breakthrough, and Greenwich Mean Time, noting a revival in British clockmaking and the company museum’s historic pieces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Dyson
Prince of Wales
Walter Preevolt
Salisbury
Clockseuakers
Cnir
Iefrench
Yitrogen
Geneve
Prime Meridian Cimternee
Washington
United States
Britten Navy
Greenwich
Torris Seat
Arctic
John Harrison
Foulby
Poutrivet
Hutton
Harrison
London
Lisbon
Wiz Indies
William
Jamaica
Darbadows
Worshipful Company of
John Morrison
Saw Bones and Urinary Ailments Described by Ad
An old health advertisement extols Saw-bones remedies for rheumatic pains caused by uric acid crystals. It urges kidneys and liver health to flush toxins, promoting Warner’s Late Cure and a free illustrated booklet for kidney and liver disorders. The ad ends with a quip about a camera snapshot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warners Bath
Ani
Warner
Hf. H. Warner +& Co. Laid
Little Lanadaivatrost
Melbourne
Flight of the Fortune Tellers
A fragmentary piece on superstition around birds and luck, describing beliefs about robins cuckoos rooks and ravens in England and continental Europe. It cites anecdotes of villagers priests and locals linking birds to fate, money and death, with a cited London area example.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Cottatn
Ana
Denmark
London
Thie
Thay
Eudipely
Ajood
Fragmented dialogue hints at plans and misunderstandings
A garbled exchange features phrases about homie plans, clothing costs, and travel limits. The text references credit, a tragedy figure, and a mention of Dillards in a puzzled, stylized dialogue with unusual spellings and incomplete sentences.
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Laneh
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Bestia Gt
GhnLrape
Mra
Mir
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Oime
Abe
Addie
Jenkins
Anil
Moors
Cammesretnch Road
Cummesreinach Road
Henry NU
Jasco Birtun
Rennin
Michael Chemist Michaels
Earsbeth Street
Isguilles
the Union Trustee Co. OF
Rurt Mal
Atimtnimtha Dim Truater
Wead Office
Collins Ar Meourne
Jams McEwan
James Moore & Sons Pry. Ltd
City RD. South
Melb
Victoria
Laval
E. Bartram & Son
Lit
Bourke St. Melb
G. F. Finlay HD
Cambridge
Wisconsin
BW Sc
Sydney
Techtiteat
Toms
Mortenrens
Jolimont Square
East Melb
Bryan Bros
Hom
Donald Mackinnon
Gir
Edward F. Mitchell
ECMO
Vor Evans
Eng
Mon
J. C. Latham
C.ml.g, KC
Stephen Morell
Allan Spowura
Bog
Eliab
F. A. Newman
F. Newham
M P.S
Elizabeth Street
Thome & Dean
Bradshaw and Everett College
Princes Bridge
Forbes
Harding
ANS
Australia
Elizabeth St. Melb
Petro Lantera
Fate
Ace Lit
Ws A. Ey
aSaeed
Suea
Colombo
Suez
Port Said
Malta
Aberdeen & Commonwealth Line
Bay
Dalgety & Coltd
Bourke Street
Aberdeen & Commonwealth
Collins Street
EAY
Dareie
Hep
Kruses Fluid
Magnesia
Hubby
the Producers Real Estate and Finance Company Ltd
Ryrie Street
Geelong
Ed Mach
Eengeet
Bestis’s
Feng
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