Java and Singapore tour notes from Father Murphy
Father Murphy tours Java and Singapore describing teeming cities, Dutch land rules, sugar fields, wages, funeral feasts, and colonial schools. He notes Surabaya Mass, High Town church, Ursuline girls’ school, and De La Salle establishment. He observes Singapore growth, Malay-dominated business, and a British naval base plans. We depart Singapore on St Patrick’s Day.
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Father Murphy
Childers
East
Java
Victoria
Australia
Sourabaya
Captain Cook
Jock Campbell
Jock
O’collings
Melbourne
Low Town
High Town
Ursuline Nuns
Singapore
de la Salle Brothers
Straits Settlement
Lsis
America
Japan
China
India
Europe
St.Patrick’s Day
Calcutta
Ford Purchases Wayside Inn Site Stirring Old Debate
The piece reviews Henry Ford’s purchase of an 1787 Taft blacksmith shop in Uxbridge Massachusetts and argues there is no solid link to Longfellow’s The Village Blacksmith. It recounts Kent England controversy and Cambridge claims, noting Longfellow’s ties to Brattle Street and the known facts about the original smithy.
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Henry Ford
Uxbride
Mass
Japhet Taft
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Knickerbocker Magazine
Cable Dispatch
England
St. Mary Cray
Kent
Cambridge
United States
Longfellow
Brattle-street
Boston
Eliza Cook
Alice Longfellow
Torrey Hancock
Brattle
Story Streets
Dexter Pratt
Miss Longfellow
Craigie House
Yorkshire
Mr. Longfellow
Taft Forge
Ford
Mr. Ford
Wayside Inn
New England
Wood's Great Peppermint Cure for Coughs and Colds
A historical note touts Wood's Great Peppermint Cure as a universal remedy for coughs and colds, claiming it never fails. The brief promotes the product as a trusted household medicine for common ailments.
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Wood
Kalambo Falls Declared World’s Highest Waterfall
The Kalambo Falls near Abercorn in Northern Rhodesia are described as the world's highest in a graphical journal based on photographs found with the late explorer James Scott Brown. His account notes a 12,000 foot sheer drop and a later 200 foot secondary drop, with no known ascent to the base.
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Kalambo Falls
Abercorn
Rhodesia
Geographical Journal
James Scott Brown
Cape
Cairo
Scott Brown
Count Comegliano
German East Africa
Kalambo
British East Africa
Origin of Jimmy Woodser term explained in Sydney tale
A Sydney cor respondent explains that Jimmy Woodser derives from a 65 year old clash between two rival publicans on York and Market Streets. James Woods refused to serve women, driving patrons to the opposite bar run by John Ward, and the term came to label lone drinkers or barrowmen who drank alone.
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Jimmy
Woods
Johnny
Jimmy Woodsers
Yulgilbar Estate Sold to Prominent Pastoralists
The Yulgilbar station on the Upper Clarence sold as a going concern to the Yulgilbar Pastoral Company and will transfer May 15. About 5000 head of cattle 200 horses and plant included. Former owners the Ogilvie family held it for 80 to 90 years. New buyers include Baillieun of Melbourne and J Morrisey & Sons Harbon Vale. The sale, the largest on the Clarence, preserves the historic Yulgilbar Castle as a regional landmark.
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Yulgilbar
Upper Clarence
Yulgilbar Pastoral Company
Lion
E. D. S.ogilvie
Australia
Messra Baillieun
Melbourne
John Morrisey
Grafton
Village Blacksmith inspired by Cambridge forge tale
Cambridge setting links the inspiration for The Village Blacksmith to a forge near the village center. Mr Ford collects authentic New England memorabilia tied to the story and its origins in the local blacksmith’s long hours at his forge.
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Jimmy Woodser
Yulgilbar Station
Limited
Messrs
Manilla
Dodge Brothers
Graham Brothers
Gunnedah and
Bingara
Liberal
OTA
Colpsbre
Monet Tuttee
Sydney
Asomarket
Koc L.cudmore
Chas Hope
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