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Newspaper
Horsham Times
Location
Horsham, Victoria, Australia
Date
May 19, 1933
Page
2
A doctor warns that self made eye exercises cannot cure refractive defects and may fatigue eye muscles. He explains that vision is fixed by eye structure and glasses relieve strain. Overworking muscles risks headaches and temporary improvements may be undone when glasses are removed.
Comalie Stanton and Heath Hosken present Alma Dare a woman who fled farm life for London and returns facing a tangle of debts a lost marriage and a strange continuation of a dead husband. Mr Beadle a lawyer, Miss Emmeline Chaytor, and the tale of a marriage, money and a new country home unfold in a salon scene at Lincoln's Inn Fields.
A new serial begins in this issue with Coralie Stanton and Heath Hosken guiding Alma Dare, an artist turned refugee in a quiet Blythe cottage. The chapter blends memory, longing, and a fresh start as Alma transitions from past heartbreak to a tranquil rural life among sea and fields.
A humorous clipped excerpt portrays Mrs Hinks and Mrs Hottie with comic misreads of speech. Observations on weddings, presents, and a shop encounter mix as neighbors comment on wit and romance in a street setting. The tone mimics a light local column with dialect and quaint gags.
A compact guide explains correct ship terminology and usage for seafaring speech. It covers pronoun usage for ships, speeds in knots, proper references for ships and officers, and avoiding common misnomers in naval and merchant service contexts.
The article traces seaweeds as sources of iodine and other varieties used for centuries to aid illness. It notes influenza cures, iodine in locket form, and inhaled vapors, with sea-water bottled in London clinics used for rheumatic patients and infants. It mentions sugar with iodine, charcoal burning, and watercress as a blood purifier and nerve tonic linking to Roman beliefs about wisdom.
The article urges making the home the best place on earth by ensuring comfort and happiness for inmates. It stresses cheerful bearing, kind disposition, and avoiding cross or crabbed talks. Words spoken in anger can cause lasting wounds you would later regret.
A chaotic dialogue depicts a birthday celebration for John on his twenty first, with a mother enumerating prizes including a liver cup and a pendant, while guests mishear and misinterpret gifts. Another vignette features a boy named James receiving pennies after returning a glove, and a prankish lunch tale ends with an insect in soup and a fall down stairs. The text then shifts to disjointed scenes of village life and workers discussing future projects near a highway.
A jammed text mixes recipe fragments for Bweet Umelette and Fruit Moulds with notes on Eye Fritters and Potato Omelette, followed by a wedding anecdote. The kitchen items include butter, eggs, sugar, prunes, blackberries, and gelatine, plus frying and moulding steps. The wedding tale ends with a parson joke about a late ceremony and the groom’s remark.
A woman declared clinically dead by surgeons after an anesthesia complication showed signs of life overnight. Doctors explained heart and muscle nourishment interruptions. she rallied, recovered to near normal, challenging initial death verdicts and underscoring resuscitation stakes.
The text discusses two kinds of instinct in humans. The first is a primal response to objects and recognizing distance in proximity. The second is a learned reaction shaped by aging, education, and personal history. It suggests race back to humanity and personal past guide behavior.
An odd confrontation unfolds at a tire corner as two men exchange acrid remarks and a sequence of engine passes prompts a tangled exchange. A bystander recalls fear and asks about a missing son while a solicitor witnesses a mourning scene amid curious interruptions.
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