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Newspaper
Manilla Express
Location
Manilla, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Mar 27, 1915
Page
7
Isobel Calder confesses a painful past and a plan to protect her from two ruthless men. Hume Findlay vows to help by funding her brother’s exile and to secure Isobel’s safety, while uncovering Calder’s scheme to gain control of her fortune.
In a tense morning scene Calder and Hume confront a dangerous plan as Findlay and Styles pursue a day of sport. Hume reveals he has destroyed a will and offers money to clear Calder and himself, demanding Isobel be protected away from Calder’s persuasion while warning of a dangerous truth about Isobel’s guardian.
In a tense confrontation Calder, Hume Findlay, and Isobel scheme over Isobel's fate. A planned betrayal collapses as Earling and Grant kill Cuather, and Calder dies beneath a fatal shot, leaving Hume to solace Isobel and seal a future marriage. The lovers seek to banish painful memories.
The article explains winter butter making problems from under ripened cream to sluggish churns. It advises ripening cream at 20 to 24 hours, stirring twice daily, avoiding offensive smells, and not overfilling churns. It notes causes include cows nearing lactation, over or under chilling, and suggests remedies like adding temperate water or small salt, with caution on temperatures around 56 degrees.
The text notes assurance that there will be no difficulty in obtaining the cream. It indicates smooth access or supply arrangements without further context or details.
Lime benefits soil as plant food and sour land cure. It liberates locked nitrogen, decomposes silicates to release minerals, and improves heavy clay structure. Lime protects crops from fertilizer acidity and enhances use of phosphates and sulphates. dosing varies with purpose and land condition.
Practical advice for small fowl keepers on selecting fast growing chooks for table use. It describes killing promptly, checking readiness by cartilage tests, and watching for finishing fat on the back and breast. Emphasizes urgency to preserve flesh flavor and notes fat layers visible under feathers.
The most practical silage is from corn, with other plants like paspalum and cowpeas also usable. Lucerne is better as hay, so avoid using it in silos. Silage suits dairy cows, hogs, sheep, and even brood mares, improving condition and meat quality, while high protein content supports fat production.
A New York company has installed a storm detector akin to a wireless receiving device. It rings a bell as storms approach, increasing in frequency the nearer the thunderstorm. The system offers warning to prepare extra power for anticipated demand surges.
A historical note concludes linen is the best material for covering wings among tested options. Linen, once stretched tightly over frames, endured exposure and weather better than linen substitutes, though earlier choices like silk and aluminum films failed to bond or resist sun and rain.
The article describes a smooth coating for linen that boosts strength by at least six percent, aiding fast flight. The coating also enhances durability under varying weather, while the vest remains compact despite the advantages gained.
The Panama Canal has accelerated transcontinental freight flow since opening on August 15. More than 60 ships carrying 6,000 to 12,000 tons each have moved freight to the Pacific Coast, with shipments from Ohio and Alabama routed via New York and the canal. Notable moves include 15.10 tons of wrought iron pipe from Youngstown to San Francisco. The inland rate drops to six cents per hundredweight by rail, while sending via New York to the canal costs 48 cents. Canned corn from the Tuckinec canneries and cast iron pipes also travel the canal route toward the Pacific Ocean.
French engineer Ch Roux tests a steel body air powered boat on the Seine for 25 passengers with a 60 horsepower four cylinder engine driving a wooden four blade propeller at 800 rpm. The 26 ft craft drafts 10 inches and weighs 4.5 tons full loaded. Trials prove promising for colonial use on the Mekong River with plans for a 60 ft craft to carry 1 ton and operate in French colonies.
The article describes using Japanese hashikiragu fiber from mulberry trees to make waterproof, tear resistant double sheets. Rear Admiral Yokoyama proposes collapsible lifeboats for submarines from paper tubes that inflate into seaworthy crafts. The fiber also yields waterproof fabric for umbrellas, raincoats, tarpaulins and cord for ropes.
Germany has adopted innovative war technologies including armoured car destroyers quick firing guns on motor cycles canal gunboats and unseen telescopic antennae. A Heiss stereo telescope is praised as a remarkable instrument for hidden observation. Germans equip artillery with hidden aerial dropping devices and use wireless and chalk signaling methods for long range communication.
A garbled OCR passage surveys notions of philosophy, courage, anger, and fear with scattered phrases from Napoleon, Hume, Spinoza, Carlyle, and others. It references minds, arms, valor, and a Krupp shell concept, all jumbled and incomplete.
Grand Duke Michael sent 73000 gloves for front line hoops. 550 barristers join the forces, eight are KCs. Two new torpedo boat destroyers named Botha and Tipperary. Paris to Warsaw via wireless. Swiss mail aids belligerents, with 104545 letters to prisoners. A Belgian soldier earns a medal for capturing General Von Low. Rousseau recalls ambush at Zelk and capture of Von Bulow, with 165000 francs found.
War effects extend to dress in Wane with khaki shirts and flag socks popular among young men, Union Jack handkerchiefs in vogue, and regimental color ties selling in hundreds. Officers’ knobbed sticks and aircraft, Zeppelins, and shell motifs appear in women’s veils, each worn as a single small emblem on a roll.
The German army sought a French surgeon to attend a wounded imperial prince near Koernay during the Marne fighting. Dr Vernon declined high fees until the paymaster offered 7000 in gold bearing Emperor William’s image, per the war levy demanded by the German paymaster.
A historical account describes severe naval punishments from sailing days. Courts martial condemned captains for carelessness near Gravesend and Deptford with halters and broken swords. Keelhauling and dipping sailors for three mornings were common penalties, and thieves faced branding and pitch poured on them.
The twenty year old Jean Jacques Rein eau is being treated in Ostend hospital after being shot in the left breast. He wears the Milk Cross and two ribbons including the Belgian Legion of Honour, with King Albert having promised further recognition.
Article describes massive British Admiralty floating dry docks, capable of lifting 32 000 tons and handling battleships like HMS Lion. It explains construction, operation, and scale, noting docks are the only East Coast harbor large enough for ships of Lion’s size and detailing ballast, pontoons, and pump-driven buoyancy.
The Kaiser’s ally Steinhauer, a Prussian Army officer andust head of German espionage, sat with royalty at Buckingham Palace in 1911. He allegedly ran a vast spy network influencing England and France, sending letters from supposed British sources to sow German aims. Britain’s Secret Intelligence Department countered by allowing his activity to continue and intercepting his letters to thwart information flow.
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