Australian tale of murder mystery and rescue unfolds
In a remote Australian setting Horace Blanchard lies gravely injured after a violent assault as Harvey, Helen, and Lanty race to help. Horace’s friend Dr Maher is hastened for aid while Horace is kept alive with brandy and warmth. The story follows the tense pursuit, the grim scene, and the desperate plan to transport Horace home for treatment as dawn approaches.
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Waranga
Wargenette
Lanty
Pitlen
Maher
Harvey
Jaymes
Helen
Porare
Slaynet
Mlanchard
Ileys
Horace
The Decoyed Chapter Ends With Boundary Trek
Hood and Jones pursue answers from a bush guide but receive little help as they ride through the night. A weary patrol along the boundary reveals no thieves, only farcical confusion, snoring horses, and a cryptic sense of pursuit before dawn.
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Hood
Jones
Faily
Dar Tefore
Joner
Pacific Ocean
Mr Jones
Sir Jones
Kerpong
Jle
Reed
Flood
Wedding Planning Confusion Sparks Frustration
Fragmentary notes show confusion over wedding plans with unclear phrases about budgets and dates. The garbled text mentions planning a cheap wedding and rising concern over arrangements. No clear names, places, or dates are identifiable.
Lucerne hay and chaff making for higher market value
Agricultural notes advise careful timing and methods for cutting lucerne hay and chaff to maximize feeding value and price. Early bloom cutting preserves leaf-rich protein, reduces leaf loss, and enables a quick second crop. improper timing or weather harms palatability. Curing through windrows and cocks, raking, and windrow methods suit large areas, while small plots may use simpler methods. The article also notes frost impacts, seasonal timing, and machinery like side-delivery rakes and windrow equipment, plus seed testing services from the Department of Agriculture in Sydney.
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Lucerne
Wvareless
America
Wageon
Department of Agriculture
Botanic Gardens
Sydney
Cowpeas in NSW Agriculture Boost and Varieties
Increasing attention centers on cowpeas as a summer growing crop valuable for wars, fodder, soil renovation and drought resistance. The piece outlines growth habit, nodules, inoculation, sowing timing, spacing, seed rates, and compares Black cowpeas with Poona, noting Black as dominant yet Poona rising in trials at Wagga agricultural college.
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New South Wales
Tris
Sige Metining Company
Long Bay Reformatory for Women Showcases Humane Reform
The Long Bay Reformatory for women is celebrated as an exemplary institution promoting reform for inebriates and first offenders. It features segregated halls, baths, hospital facilities, a tram for court intake, and a commitment to discipline tempered by mercy. Notable praise comes from the Duchess of Bedford and the Prisoners Aid Society, with emphasis on gardening, literature, and structured programs aiding rehabilitation.
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Long Hay
Long Bay Reformatory
Reformatory
Duchess of Bedford
Lady Visitors' Association
England
Liim
Long Lay
Sydney
Long Bay
Prisoners’ Aid Society
Willard
Seed pod descriptions for cultivating varieties compared
The text discusses pod length and ripening, noting Black opens evenly and requires less seed per acre. Poonata produces longer pods that do not open as evenly, with upright habit aiding inter cultivation and harvesting. It suggests fewer pickings for seed and overall better per acre productivity in certain conditions.
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Ameren
Hie
Boon
Dried yeast as a food considered for stock and humans
German breweries explore drying yeast to create concentrated food for stock and humans. Dried yeast yields about 50 percent albuminoid content, digests easily, and could replace grain in horse feed and meat in human diets. Production scales from 5 to 26 plants. cost may fall below meat value.
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Hayduck
Portable electric heater for water and air fragrance
A French inventor devised a metal cylinder attached to a wooden handle with a wire plug for electric sockets to heat water in ten seconds and boil it in under a minute. The device also deodorizes or perfumes rooms by heating incense in the cylinder, and can be used in hotels where hot water is scarce.
Advice for the Eyes from the Family Lecturer
The guide counsels shielding eyes from bright sun, keeping soap and dust away, and avoiding reading in twilight. Use steady light from the side or above, bathe hot eyes in cool water, rest them often, and hold the head away from the light when reading. Avoid glare, poor print, reading while riding, and readings during illness or weakness.
Gabor reports on German labor press in Berlin
In the London Typographical Journal June issue an article examines German trade unions in Berlin and how German labor movements differ from England. It notes ninety daily labor newspapers, eighty-two owned by labor groups, and a 170,000 circulation for Vorwarts. It adds that rival labor wings avoid self-criticism among themselves.
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London
Berlin
Germany
England
Labor Party
Vorwarts
Up To What Age Is A Man Considered Young
A St. Petersburg paper asks readers about the age of youth with witty quotations. One says a man remains young while women still view his declarations as genuine love. Another notes mothers frown at his flirtations. A correspondent laments that daughters now kiss him as they would a sacred ikon.
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St. Petersburg
Stronger Than At The Start Jokes And Dialogues Across Ages
A jumble of humorous exchanges and quips from an English traveler and Scottish elder. The man boasts age, a waiter is likened to a racing horse, and various character scenes include Mrs Peck, a clergyman, Bridget and Aunt Deborah with a tied and impecunious nephew, revealing light social humor and gentle satire.
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SY Speciat
Montague Somer
Breakreck
Ruder
Queensland
Continendt
Black Beck
Starvey
Westwood
Rick
Black Duck
Mr Hood
Warner
Westwood Ouse
Horace Wandard Vorace
Art Flatvey
Themer
Warres
Woraen
Etil
Reid
Borace
Warren
Horace Shack
Cole
Lanty Ryas
Miss Honchard
Conor
Tarver
Mary
Susan
Flames
Lnrace Blanchard
Constantiy
Pielen
Helon
Segree
Soman
Helton
Tinken
Poxtion
Platney
Mr Dear
Walt
Barry
Karrey
Bee Borden
Biarvey
Vielen
Blames
Vawnes
Agricultural and Pastoral Notes
W. G. Asuford
Agriculture
Ara Bane
Agricultural
Luceene Hay and
C. Kelly
Pishamore
Tamworth
Tie
Waren
Shane Frills
Poona
India
LONG
BAY Rifceratory
Shopwalker
GABOR
Scotland
Diana Kon
Conundrums
Bridget
Marin
Eid
Deborah
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