How Camel Was Persuaded in Australia 1806 to 1884
A fragmented reminiscence notes camels first arriving from India in 1806 for general service, later mass imports by Afghan traders in 1884, and today about 10 000 camels in inland Australia. It records mixed attitudes toward camels, anecdotes of care and stubbornness, and a tale of an enamel driver and a billy can illustrating camel stubbornness.
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India
Australia
Norman Tanean
Inbar
Commonwealth
Art Austre i
Jerry
Tasker
Terry
Mwe
Billy
Billy EU
Ship of Mystery Repair Ships in the Fleet
A British war correspondent notes repair ships accompany distant fleets, housing huge workshops and skilled artificers. These ships rapidly repair battleships with complex machinery, a capability the German fleet reportedly cannot match or access aboard their own vessels.
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Siites
Miyal
Boehe
Hig
Ex-Czars Express Stopped By Hidden Ring Folly
An old newspaper tale recounts a dramatic journey from Petrograd to Moscow halted by a supposed Vatican relic ring. The ex-exit reportedly carried a fragment of the true cross as this superstition provoked a halt and a messenger was sent to retrieve the ring.
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Russia
Troi Petrograd
Mostow
Exczit
Vatican
Moscow
Pay Shoeworkers More in Leather Trades Strike Demands
Female machine operators in the Birmingham and Watnull leather trades win an increase. The 15 years plus workers receive a 10 percent bonus on their earnings. Operators 18 and over with more than a year’s experience gain per hour rates for hot wax and dry finishing. The 15 to 18 age group keeps current rates with a floor of higher pay after one year. Overtime pay rises to one and a half times the base rate.
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Birmingham
Watnull
Truth by Striving Not By Knowledge Victory
The fragment hints at a slogan about winning truth through striving and strength. It mentions becoming someone named Eee Vipin Dhas through action rather than mere knowledge. The text mixes misspellings and unclear origin, limiting precise facts or events.
Blue Light as Anesthetic Power Noted by Surgeon
The Journal of Surgery editor quotes Dr J C Titus at a Boston Physio-Therapeutic Society talk praising blue light for anesthesia. He describes cobalt blue glass rods forming a mat placed on the body with white light from a tungsten lamp, achieving insensitivity in about twenty minutes lasting thirty minutes or more.
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Journal of Surgery
Boston Physio-Therapeutic Society
J. C. Titus
Finsen
Lince
Indiana County Treasurer and commissioners report
A long fiscal excerpt details county revenues and expenditures for Indiana County, listing appropriations for agriculture law library and other departments, bond and tax figures, and a final audit certification by county officials. It also includes a note about a watchmaker adding colorized hour hands to show multiple time zones for travelers.
Life’s Story and the Diary We Write
A reflection on how life resembles a diary with entries of success and failure. It cites Barrie on the vow to write a true life story, noting that every hour and day leaves an entry in the record we keep of our lives. The essay urges continued honesty in self‑recording.
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Sincera J
Barrie
Charleston News and Courier
Dutch engineer Vermuyden and Canvey Island reclamation
Westminster Gazette recounts Canvey Island’s reclamation by Dutch engineer Cornelius Vermuyden in the early seventeenth century. He built seawalls that transformed the marsh into land, bringing workers from Scotland and other regions, though their names have since faded from Canvey. The piece notes the island’s rising prominence amid plans for a great wharf.
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British
Canvey Island
England
Sland
Cornelius Vermuyden
Charles I
Walla
Aftermath of a Great Ball and Big Bill
The piece recalls a grand ball where Mrs. Noovo and her husband entertained guests. When the total reached $10,000 Mr. Noovo winced and quipped that ten thousand dollars is a pile of money. She replies that they love to enter society, while the old man muses that they may be getting swallowed by society rather than the other way around.
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Lharper
Penny Challenge Stumps a Clever Village Hel Master
In the Midlands a local master offered a penny to the first boy who could ask a question he could not answer. Many tried, but a single query baffled him: if he stood neck deep in soft wad and threw a stone at his head would he duck. The scene sparked ideas and amusement among the crowd.
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Midlands
Corsican Patriot Paoli's Bold Struggles and Legacy
A. W. Macy recounts Pasquale Paoli, Corsican leader who led reforms, aided commerce, and resisted Genoa and France. After defeat in 1769 he fled to England, returned during the Revolution, later died in 1806, with his ashes honored in Corsica. Lamartine praised his enduring stature.
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A. W. Macy
Napoleon
Corsica
Pasquale de Paoli
Coraler
Paell
Lsland
France
Paoli
Cor Aicane
England
Pasil
Coratoa
Lamartine
Treasurers Sale Armagh Prank Masters Armstron
A long list of property parcels, buyers, and lots across towns including Blairsville Centre Indiana and Brushvalle is recorded for a treasurer sale. Names appear repeatedly with coal, lot numbers, and values as part of a consolidated public sale document from the Indiana treasurer's office dated 1928.
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Indiana County
Treasurer’s
Indiana
Cloek
P. AL
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