Duke of Norfolk to Have Golden Book Pages Printed in Platinum
The Duke of Norfolk plans an imperishable display of family history by photographing and printing the Benefactors of St. Alban’s Abbey in platinum on gold pages. Sir Everard Digby has devised a method to create golden pages that resist time, with royal coats of arms minted in gold and platinum.
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Duke of Norfolk
Hobe
England
London ‘Daily Mail
St. Alban's Abbey
British Museum
Migaret
Edward 1
St. Alban’s Abbey
Everard Digby
London
Digby
Norfolk
Prince of Wales
Memory of Nature and Wireless Messages Across Time
A Marconi official speaks on future wireless ability to receive messages now sent, suggesting a universal memory or astral record beyond ordinary perception. The prose riffs on spiritualists and a century hence detecting voices from the grave, amid debates on science, religion, and society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marconi
eThia
Edward Harponty
Sanders
Road rights and public nuisance in New South Wales law
A historical discussion explains road rights and remedies against obstructing or misusing roads. It covers common law, statutory reforms, and the 1919 Local Government Act provisions on recovering road-repair costs from unreasonable weight or traffic, plus case examples of traction engines and quarry loads. The piece notes practical limits and the need to align carriage methods with road suitability. Also mentions a Dungog Brethren Carnival horse show win.
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W. G. McGrath
Emu Plains
Serensyl
McGrath
Equity
New South Wales
Equity Court
Vomneil
Pwrson
Whan
Port
England
Rudd
Carta
Coal Company
Remeil
Comet
Amlso
Joshus
Weight loss ad claims dramatic fat reduction
An advertisement extols a drastic weight loss method claiming a wife shed 4 stone 4 pounds of fat. It asserts a man’s weight drop from 17 stone to 11 stone and promises further benefits from a certain product. The text blends medical rhetoric with sales language.
The Garden Old and the Men
Garden traditions spirit a guide to old fashioned flowers and hardy perennials. It praises double nasturtiums goldens gleam, Chaubaud carnations, and a range of perennials while offering practical tips on sowing, protection, and soil, with seasonal advises for peppers, lettuce, and pumpkins.
For the Children Sake Special Offer for Fisno
A promotional notice urging every home to own a Fisno appliance presents a limited time offer. The message frames the product as essential for households and invites readers to act quickly for the deal.
Remarkably cheap rebuilt pianos offered with small deposits
Advertises reconstructed pianos for sale starting at £60 with deposits from £4. Claims each instrument is good, sturdy, and reliable, promising long years of satisfaction. Encourages writing to Way for a full list of available pianos.
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Way
Plant bargains and assorted greenery offered by seller
Advertisement from a local seller touting plant sets and regonia foliage. Set A features eight forms without pots at 5 shillings per tree, Set B adds four more items and eight regonias for 4 pounds 16 and six pence. Includes double-tush variants in purple mauve and white and four ferns at 4 shillings 6 pence. Orders use simple codes A or B and expect prompt understanding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eulalia Saci Peerina
Heleboras
Nieves
Trees Plants Farm and Gaeta Hand Office Ledger
The fragment lists a shop name SHEPHERD & SOW Lid with addresses and references to mining phrases. It mentions digging for gold and diamonds, fossicking, and finding minerals, including a note about Torwolda Cold and Woods' Great Pepper mint Cure.
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Shepherd & Sow
Gaeta
Parier
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Fenter
Mee Pe
Conmal
Tooths Lager
Pitt, Sun and Wadgery
The
New England North and North- West Producers’ Company, Limited
Nenco
Newcastle
Dor
P.O. Newcastle
C. Wilshire & Co
Nenca
Commonwealth Savings Bank of Australia
Commonwealth
Schute Bell
Manilla Newspaper Co
Goldsbrough Mort
Goldsbrough House
Macquarie Place
Sydney
Barclay Rabbit
A.C. Veness & Son
Igoldsbro
Selesten
Radium
Vpize-Monvey
Kruschen
Krapehen
Kitchin Garden
Jess
Smpkins
Wqunhew
Paling’s
George Street
Bydney
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