Australian Tale Continues as Horace Recovers Amid Conflict
In this Australian chapter, Horace lingers between illness and memory while family ties deepen. Harvey confronts landowner Mr Blanchard over open roads, facing threats to rights and property as selectors rally to secure carting routes. The scene blends personal recovery with civic pressure over land use and road access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parvey
Blanchard
Cates Cale
Bill Orox
Sandy Macmillan
Delanebawi
Bill
Weetwood
Oto
Stein
Sanchard
Comatter
Tleley
Tigbert
Horace
Rome
Torello
Harvey
Florace
Haynes
Olf
Fragmented tale of a family in peril and medical distress
The text depicts a troubled household facing severe illness and financial strain after a fire or accident. A narrator follows Mary Hayate and Helen as they endure strain, hospital visits, and recovery hopes while relatives confront mounting bills and a tense, uncertain future. The fragmented narrative hints at hardship, illness, and community strain within the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melure
Fom
Zewlnd
Prom Lisitté Nate
Ube Erey
Hayate
Sony
Ard
Balgagem
Rome
Lietweiblatchard
Servier
Helen Vail
Helen
Schoolmaster Riddles with Potatoes for Eight Kids
A schoolmaster presents a riddle about sharing potatoes among five children. The problem asks what a mother should say to ensure each child receives an equal portion, prompting the humorous response about mashing and dividing the spuds.
Maize farming and hay handling for coastal farms in Australia
Agricultural notes discuss maize culture in Australia versus the United States, promoting maize for soil renewal and stock feeding. It covers farming practices, rotation, soil fertility restoration, and the rising role of bacon factories. Hay stacking, curing, storage, and baling guidance follow, with emphasis on preventing spontaneous combustion and ensuring marketable bales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Coonamble
America
United States
Lucerne hay storage advice in sheds for NSW conditions
The guidance urges storing lucerne hay in sheds to reduce weather loss. Sheds should be inexpensive and roomy for baling under cover. Hay must be kept off ground on a straddle to avoid mould and allow ventilation, preventing heating. In New South Wales stacking is discussed.
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Northwest
New South Wales
Orchard thrips control notes warn against late sprays
As thrips become active, fruit growers are advised to avoid winter lime sulfur and use a stronger mix of one gallon concentrate to 28 gallons water. Apply before buds burst, follow with Drecscliphor spray, then tobacco wash as buds swell, repeating if thrips persist. Add soft soap to improve wetting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jas
Don
Tuning Fork Tests Emerge In Medical Practice
Dr James Cantlie a noted explorer and experimentalist claims the tuning fork offers precise organ density gauging when applied against the body and may surpass early X ray results in cases like broken ribs He seeks to classify sounds from liver ailments and believes this method will aid physicians in tropical medicine and general diagnosis
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Cantlie
China
Cantlie
Model of Cologne Cathedral Completed in Rochdale Workshop
William Pollit, a Rochdale laborer, spent twenty four years building a wood model of Cologne Cathedral covering thirty two square feet. No nails were used. 24,001 pieces form the west front spires. The interior is illuminated by electricity and a phonograph with electric motor imitates the choir, plus a system to mimic cathedral bells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cologne
William Pollit
Rochdale
Largest cannon in the world fires at Krupp Meppem range
The massive artillery piece now undergoing firing trials at the Krupp range in Meppem is claimed to be the world’s largest. Its barrel from breech to muzzle measures about 60 feet and it can hurl a shell beyond fifteen miles. Reported cost of the weapon is around £20,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meppem
Stockings at £13 10s Pair From Paris Latest novelties
The article notes new Paris produced hosiery price at £13 10s per pair. It describes fine white silk inset at the instep with Venice lace, plus other designs lacking color rings near the knee. Bathing hosiery is a separate trend, described as a block stocking slit at the sides and laced with bright cords to match bathing gowns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Can You Draw a Union Jack False Perceptions?
The piece discusses the common belief that many people can draw the Union Jack. It suggests an experiment using a mirror or reflection to create a sketch without viewing the actual paper, promising humorous and striking results.
Trained Lion Attacks Trainer in Chicago Circus Cage
A trainer named Dietriehs entered a six lion cage in darkness and was killed and partially devoured. Lions roared through the night, another escaped into the streets before being driven back. Disinfectant sprayed to drive the predators from the corpse. No further injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Hans
Dietriehs
Tobacco wash for fruit trees advised with cautions
The article explains making a tobacco wash by steeping tobacco in water overnight then mixing with soft soap and hot water for application on open blooms. It notes alternatives with nicotine preparations and warns against adding distillate oil until tested by the department due to potential danger to users and trees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
New South Wales
Hair Planting Offers Novel Baldness Cure
Dr Havas of St Stephen Hospital Budapest outlines a new baldness treatment using implanted hair grafts. A fine gold wire loop threads a hair through tiny skin pricks to anchor it, yielding about 200 hairs per square centimeter. A full bald head may require up to 59 000 hairs, with 400 to 500 implanted per hour and results described as natural looking though non growing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havas
St. Stephen Hospital
Budapest
Szekely
Buckely
Fattening snakes and the snake ranch trade in the Southwest
The Daily Colonist notes the snake ranching boom across Arizona Texas and Northern Mexico and highlights the Armstrong ranch near Brownsville Texas where ten acres house thousand-strong pens. Snakes are fattened for market supplying museum men circus folk chemists and physicians with venom and specimens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arizona
Texas
Mexico
Saya
Vancouver Island
United States
Armstrong Ranch
Brownsville
Cooling Water Without Ice Method
A historic tip describes cooling water without ice by using a slender glass test tube half filled with nitrate of ammonia satle, capped, shaken to dissolve, then placed in water and agitated. The nitrate salt chills the water rapidly, presented as a cooler method than adding ice.
Vermanganate of potash for cleaning lines and tubs
Vermanganate of potash salts thrown in sinks and bathtubs will deodorise stagnant water and destroy vermin in piping. It is harmless and any amount will work until used up. It does not colour porcelain fixtures but should not be splashed on walls.
Where Was the Flea in Sunday School Tale
A Sunday School superintendent shows a slide on the flight into Egypt asking where the flea is, prompting amused questions. A joke about laundry women asks why they are most forgiving, noting they await more curses to forgive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egypt
Hill
Fies
Difference Between a Baby and Boots
A wordplay riddle noting that one refers to what was and the other is what were, playing on tense and usage for items like boots. The line suggests a humorous contrast between past and present forms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ealu
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Montague Somer
Celestia Vendetta
Bresakeeck
Boundary Rider
Queensland
Reon
Ter Maher
Westwood
Wartanga
Mia Haynes
P Bratchard
New Zealand
Dick Haynes
Mr Planchard
Bedad
Bungagem
Tuck
Trai 2
Cnen
Hull
Trion
S Manehard
Theathesiule
Wetwowl
Mr. Blanchard
Sowe
Lanty
Verada
Miss Blanchard
Mr Blanchard
Tralgon
Mag Entate
Crie Harvey
Jani Grabber
People
Marvey
Hayres
Westwoo
Harry
Westwearl
Agricultural and Pastoral Notes
W. G. Aginford
Agricultural
Department of Agriculture
Sydney
Baling Hay
Lucerne Hay
LIONS
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