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Newspaper
Laura Standard
Location
Laura, Queensland, Australia
Date
Feb 06, 1914
Page
4
Advertises Hearne's remedy for bronchitis cough croup asthma hoarseness and throat irritation with claims of complete cure and prevention of consumption if used early. Proclaims quick relief after one or two doses and urges purchase from chemists and medicine vendors.
The readable text lists numbers and words in a scrambled puzzle style with references to Wordle like play. It appears as a garbled OCR fragment mentioning insertions counts and oats. No clear event or person identified.
A hen visiting the nest without laying signals an oviduct obstruction. Small accumulations of congealed eggs may pass with warmed castor oil and salad oil, a dessert spoonful for four hens, plus steam from hot water to loosen the passage.
An advertisement touts Hollis Healing Oil as the best remedy for horse and cattle wounds including cuts barbed wire tears bruises or sores. It promises soothing pain rapid healing and urges every horse owner to keep a supply for emergencies citing superior results.
A shepherd searched for his child on the Grampians when the boy disappeared. His dog searched with him and, the next dawn, led to the boy found alive, guarding a cake the dog had carried. The faithful hound preserved the child’s life.
A testimonial describes a Bootmaker Charles Harman using Dean's Oilment to treat piles. He claims complete relief after two pots and a later note confirms a lasting cure two years later. The ad urges readers to obtain Dean's Oilment from chemists and stores for 21p and a postal order.
A shepherd discovers a dog near a Nab mowmbad in a wild, rocky area. The dog guards a human skeleton buried under a shade, recalling a legend of a tourist who disappeared six months earlier after an ascent. The scene hints at lingering mystery and the peril of remote mountaineering.
An admiring supporter jokes about the mayor's never ending workload after his election for a twelfth term in his native city. The piece references children's pens made from bamboo and rabbit hair and notes Japanese children handling tasks well as a new machinery advances to roll iron into ultra thin sheets.
confinement increases egg production as hens save energy for laying rather than roaming. Runs tame fowls through domestication, aids pure breeding for egg-focused aims, and allows easier observation of laying and selection for breeding stock.
Observation notes that fiction and poetry are not in demand among Chinese readers who prefer science. Translations of Shakespeare fail to attract interest, while western economic thinkers like Mill and Smith influence thought. the student shows interest in science over literary works.
The world population stands at about 1 480 000 000. Railways’ goods engines can haul up to 740 tons. Standard gold is eleven parts fine and one part alloy. A six foot high fireproof paper chimney is shown at Breslau. Belgium prisons allow smoking as a good conduct reward. Royal entertainment costs Britain about £2 000 000 annually. German engine drivers earn a gold medal and pay for ten years safe service. Astronomical observations were made in China about 252 B.C.
Digest of curious statistics and observations about roads in Egypt and Britain, language change, European capitals, currency usage, public ovens in Japanese cities, Japan’s postal rates, sight distance in sunlight, storks in Egypt, millionaire hideaway on Jekyll Island, and Norway’s area and population compared with the UK and Iceland.
Mr J Balkeld of Borwood is noted for immediate growth in Christ March 19ub. The report mentions health or development in a brief unusual text fragment from the Borwood area.
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