Pogizy 1H THE BOB OLD DAYS
A.M. Johnson recalls old days when songs and fiddles filled social gatherings. He contrasts past warmth with modern restless discontent and a longing for simple pleasures as cars and crowds replace communal music.
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Newspaper
Manilla Express
Location
Manilla, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 15, 1912
Page
7
Tony Greaser's Fortune on a Utah Train
A young Copper Dip resident Tony Greaser flees by night aboard a westbound Utah express after a daylight hold up. He helps a wounded man, stashes loot with a band of thieves, and is sent toward Lost Canyon with a dangerous ride looming as the story continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utah Express
Copper Dip
Numi 3
Trafic
D.N. &40
Sto
Tony Greaser
Salt Lake City
Tony
Coppe
Dip
Tony Reer
Angel Coppie
Tonys
Green
Hart
Salt Lake
Whitten
Utah
Jengat
Tom
Selo
Coyote
Lost’ Canyon
Comig
Fragmented dialogue in a crowded street scene
A physician admonishes Mr Marks to always accept others views and jokes with his wife Maria about propriety. The pair notice a woman across the street performing exaggerated gestures, prompting humorous remarks about physical culture and mischief.
Household tips from a bygone era on care for house and taps
This short, quirky guide offers practical household advice including damp boot care, cabbage cooking smells, brass polishing with methyl spirits and polishing powders, stain removal, shoe repair, child-safe needlework, and a simple method to secure taps with a cloth and cork to prevent leaks and drips.
Sun Bathing Promotes Body Renewal and Vitality
Sun bathing increases vitality and renews the body. Some can sun bathe in private rooms or gardens with curtains to filter light. With the right setup a porch or sunlit area enhances health. The sun’s rays energize organs and help replace worn particles, a tonic many would seek if known.
A Contented Home And The Pursuit Of Happiness
A reflective piece on contentment in marriage stressing harmony over wealth. It argues many wealthy couples lack true contentment while hardworking spouses often are content, claiming happiness comes from aligning ambitions with natural station and focusing on love and sympathy rather than envy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teres
Mile
Adria
Tonvur
Bakewell Puddings and Descriptive Clues in a Colonial Recipe
The fragment describes a Bakewell pudding method with butter, sugar, ground rice, jam, and a baked crust. It includes dubious terms like threepenny bits, soda, and a brittle assembly, then shifts to notes about whipping eggs, sugar, and salt, and mentions cream and pine flavoring in a confused sequence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Balin
Savoy Sardine Pudding and Fish Fritters From Old Cookery Clem edition
A fragmented recipe page describes adapting sardines into a Savoy sardine pudding with vanilla and chocolate touches, plus a fish fritter batter using sardines, eggs, oil, and olive oil. It includes steps to bake in a water bath, fold in flavors, and serve with whipped cream, plus notes on avoiding curdling and ensuring smooth sauce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savoy
Auranga Chimoti
Coal Tar Chemistry Spurs Industrial Progress and Dye Trade
Scientific Notes praise coal tar as a turning point in industry and commerce. It describes distillation yielding gas, liquor, acids, and coke, and cites its wide uses from waterproof coatings to perfumes and medicines. The piece credits early pioneers like Perkins and outlines the surge in synthetic dyes and byproducts transforming gas works into wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jared Staut
Merry Perkin
Fleon
Perkins
Shen
Ise
Ziench
Messie Perkins Wl Sons
Pul- Tar
Paryde
Aver
Hank Wis
Mrsaqqin
Coal tar gives rise to many medicines and fragrances
The article traces coal tar derivatives to 1830 quinine shortages and notes discoveries by Dewar and others including quinoline antipyrin and thallium, highlighting that seventeen medicines and fragrant extracts such as vanilla and camphor derive from coal tar, with Sir William Perkin’s distillations prominent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Magneta Greche
Liebermann
Sunea
Dewar
William Perri
Remarkable electric heart device tested in London hospital
A London report describes an experimental electrical apparatus in Middlesex Hospital's new electro-therapeutic department. A high power battery and induction coil drive a metronome linked device that stimulates the heart or limbs by rapid current interruptions. Early results claim steadier heartbeats and relief from breathlessness in heart patients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Middlesex
London
Daily Mail
Striking Chur? Columbia University Mail
A garbled misformed passage mentions a strike at Columbia University over moustache shaving orders, a judge involvement, an inventor at a fair, and various oblique references to prices, auctions, and teachers in New York. The text is largely indecipherable with many errors and nonsensical phrases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chur
Columbia University
Erratic Planets Spark Debate About Minor Bodies
A fragment discusses irregularities of minor planets between Mars and Jupiter. It notes several hundred objects follow normal orbits, but one called Eros crosses Mars and nears Earth's orbit. Mention appears of other bodies linked to mythic names Achilles, Hector, Patroclin and Nestor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mars
Jupiter
Achilles
Hector
Patrocina
Nestor
Smuggling Dogs Targeted by Austrian Customs Officials
Fragmentary report describes dogs used by Austrian customs to detect contraband and deter smugglers. Text notes the dogs aiding revenue officers in markets and by crossing borders, with references to pursuit and danger faced by the animals and staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wien
Jane
Fragmentary note hints at contraband filings and timing
A garbled excerpt mentions a day, a poemish line, and references to contraband filings. The readable bits point to a legal or social notice about contraband matters and an associated deadline or filing event, but key specifics are missing.
Diamond studded shoes era sparks wealth fad
Two American makers promote diamond studded footwear priced at 2500 with hummingbird feather fabrics. Each pair allegedly took months to craft and required many birds, with wearers locking the shoes in vaults when not in use. The piece notes the craze faded among leaders and public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isla
Anthony
Crete
Aaronuy Yiosa
Greatest Canale Foreseeable Global Freight Impacts
The piece ranks the world’s most influential waterways with the Panama Canal as a pivotal future artery. It notes Erie Welland St Lawrence and other systems handling vast yearly tonnage, predicting Panama’s opening could dramatically lift traffic beyond 1909 levels, reaching tens of millions of tons. It contrasts canal freight with Suez and Manchester outputs, underscoring transformative economic effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Solv
Suez Canal
Bite Canal
Manchester Ship Canal
Erie Canal
Welland
St Lauwrencé
Pak
Panama Canale
Lope Park Stereé
Odds and Ends Nonsensical Dialogue Fragment
A jumble of clipped lines and garbled dialogue captures a decipherable scene of fragmented conversations. Characters reference canvassers, sales, a nurse, a doctor’s bill, and a stray mix of domestic and social talk, all framed as a mosaic of misheard exchanges.
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Avery Halr
Ara
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Prishner
Sawyer
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Ane
Ng Tin
Walter
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