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Newspaper
Horsham Times
Location
Horsham, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jul 08, 1932
Page
10
A historical advice piece urges women to open a bank account and pay by cheque rather than cash. It discusses credit use, cautions about cash payments, and notes benefits of regular credit with stores and tradespeople, arguing that regular customers may receive better treatment than one-time cash buyers.
A report describes a wife purchase scheme where brides are bought with instalments, often via keepers paying in goats and sheep. If a husband defaults on payments, the wife becomes his creditor’s property. A London street encounter shows a young man reacting to engagement joy by forgetting his bicycle.
Reporter visits Stein Swiss village near Ragas fifty miles from Zurich where five hundred residents hoard metal and wealth in hidden homes. Misers, who never quarrel, protect coins and brass wares while doorknobs and railings are stolen by depredation, drawing ten soldiers with tax visits.
A fragment from a famous speech collection questions gender roles in friendship marriage and dress. It argues women gain freedom to leave unhappy marriages, critiques male dominance, and calls for parliamentary attention to husband wife relations and social equality.
The piece urges focusing on a neighbor’s good qualities rather than amplifying faults. It cautions the mind's tendency to dwell on weakness, warns against falsehoods about others, and calls for appreciation of friends as they are to ease burdens for both them and oneself.
The article traces sulfur production from Sicily to Texas as the dominant source after modern drilling and Fraser style refining increased output. It notes 1968 figures of 767 mines employing about 40,000 workers in Sicily-era sites dwindling to fewer than half, with Texas deposits concentrated in Matagorda, Wharton and surrounding counties. It explains deep-well extraction, hydraulic refining, and long supply chains for sulfur used in fuel and industrial production, highlighting Texan methods and shifts in global supply.
A scrambled excerpt presents testimonials praising Warner’s Safe Cure and Nervine for rheumatism Bright’s Disease and sleep. It also contains a sequence about postal stamps and a teacher’s remark, with disjointed dialogue and varying spellings from a late flat scene. Named entities include Mrs Minnie Cos Gordon Cheltenham 20th Jane 1930 and Warner’s remedies.
The text outlines tests for freshness in foods. It notes bright eyes and fresh red gills for fish, firm rose-grained flesh with pale fat for meat, and checks for temperature when fresh. Veal should be pale pink and fat white, poultry feet supple, skin clear, and vegetables crisp and green with no blemishes.
A fragment outlines Meenzo promoting four wonderful tonics from a chemist linked to Heenzo lore. It claims Hman’s Tonic Nerve Nuts vary blood, nourish the nerves, and restore physical vigor and nerve force in people.
A reflective piece argues that witty fame often comes from a surplus of memorable phrases rather than genuine talent. It notes how friends and acquaintances become known for clever lines, while true wit may reside in a subtle, unexaggerated memory rather than flashy quips.
The article describes informal in-floor wrestling bouts in Paris cabaret style venues where women athletes perform for spectators at tables. It notes one bout lasting under ten minutes with a rule setting and mentions rivals named Mina and Miss Holland and Miss Heysiem, plus a challenge scene inviting a man to test skill.
Fragmentary OCR text notes public men in Ma tanpe Travesien and mentions Australia, a footnote of dates and events. It includes unclear names and actions, with several garbled phrases about travel, meetings, and orders toward a possible row of dates. The readable elements suggest a political or ceremonial note but lack coherent facts.
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