Building a Good Herd Through Cow Testing
Dairy Supervisor J Kyle urges use of Babcock tests and individual milk records to pick profitable cows. He warns against crossbreeding and mongrel bulls, stresses choosing a purebred sire with proven dairy merit, and promotes careful record keeping to raise herd value and milk fat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Securite
Select Your Bull for the Breeding Herd
The article urges farmers to purchase a pure-bred bull as a foundation for improving stock, noting many cannot start with a herd of pure-bred cows. It stresses selection at a reasonable cost and emphasizes the aim of acquiring a superior sire to elevate breeding quality.
Diphtheria Prevention Through Cough Remedy Advice
Diphtheria is linked to colds in children and appears when the cold weakens the system. Keep sick children home, treat with Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, and it supposedly cleans throat culture beds to lower infection risk. Sold by W Grant Morton, Bacchus Marsh, and A Comben & Co in Werribee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
W. Grant Morton
Bacchus Hare
A. Comben & Co
Werribee
Surgeon Dentist of Geaview at Fitzroy seeks patients
A surgeon dentist listed as located at 73 Victoria Parade Fitzroy may be consulted at the ABC Tea Rooms Ryan’s Corner Bacchus Marsh on Mondays and Thursdays from 9.30 to 5.30. Intending patients are requested to leave notices at the rooms.
Empire's Call List of Enlistees and missing names
The article catalogs numerous individuals from Bacchus Marsh district and surrounding areas who have enlisted or are recorded as wounded killed or missing in action. It lists dozens of names with family ties and notes from various locations including Bacchus Marsh Coimadai Modern Vale Rowsley Parwan and Blackwood plus an Australian Navy contingent and a note for corrections or omissions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Waterhouse
Maurics Whelan
Harry Watson
Charles G. West
Norman
B. West
C. D. Williams
F. D. Ward
Thos. Warke
He Warker
Harold Cashmore
John Cashmore
Archie Cashmore
W Dukelow
Stanley Witham
Thomas Dodemside
Beggs
Firth
R. Edols
H. Howard
Arthur Cashmore
H. T. Jacobs
H. Gardner
J. Turnbull
P. Miller
F. Cashmore
L. Bird
Syd. Bird
Frank Dodemaide
Sydney
Victor McDougall
William Alexand Kalang
I East
G. T. Davis
J. B. Fullerton
Coimadai
James Johansen
Wm. Bennett
Archie Clark
Percy Oswin
Alaxan Missen
Fyrniong
Gordon Graham
Ard Mechan
A. D. Hollyhoke
R. Main
Leslie Myers
Gilbert Cowan
David Craig
Archie Campbell
Ernest Maltby
J. H. Smallman
Oliver Albert Robertson
Parwan
Frank A. Moors
David Miller Crowe
J. Cardell
William Dixon
Edward Orton
Duncan Alexander Ross
Robert Hogg
Rowsley
Isaac Brunt
Thomas Booth
Leslie Davis
Sydney Dubout
Vere Dubout
Bert Davison
Norman Davison
Alan Davison
One Family
Albert Hine
William Kerr
Collie’s Bridge
Robert Kerr
Norman Smith
Ernest Smith
Thos. Simmons
Charles West
Norman West
W. ©. Booth
Blackwood
Jim Byrne
J. Whatmough
L. Stephens
Alex
Arm
Melton Roll of Honor at Melton State School
Roll of Honor unveiled at Melton State School lists old pupils and war casualties among names such as James Bourke, Henry Robinson, John O Callaghan, and Wm Whiteside marked killed. Readers urged to submit omissions or corrections and pledge to fight for a worthy purpose with prayers for safe return.
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Arthur Baker
William Black
Sydney Best
James Bourke
George Close
Geo. Hogg
W. Dodemaide
Owen Jurd
John Minne
A. Lechmund
L. Norton
Jas. Hornbuckle
Wm. Kelly
Clive Kelly
Donald Matheson
Geo. Morris
Snowden
Wm. Stone
Peter Moore
A. G. Tedcastle
W. T. Moore
Wm. Whiteside
T. Lovell
J.C. Fowler
McCorkell
Robin Wynne
Frank Hede
Robert Pratt
Fred K. Coburn
P. Nolan
Aug. Nolan
T. Nolan
J. Nolan
Chas. Clark
Campbell MacDonald
P. V. Butler
A. Butler
David Pratt
John Wallace
A. P. Misson
Evan Cameron
Neil Cameron
G. Smith
Melton State School
J. Minns
Jas
Soe Mikio
T cm Lang
H. W. Dodemaide
W. Whiteside
F. Coburn
C. Mouladale
R. Pratt
D. Pratt
Skinner
Norman Lang
T O'Cellaghan
O'Callaghan
J. O'Callaghan
W. Black
Willian Riddell
John Field
W. D. Keating
Uncanny twin sympathy linked to illnesses and fates
A report to the Chertsey Board of Guardians details multiple cases of twin connections where one twin's ailment or death mirrors the other. From deafness after a sister’s death to simultaneous illnesses, hair loss, and fatal outcomes, the article cites 35 cases and notes Darwin’s Paris Vienna twins with shared rheumatic ophthalmia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chertsey Board of Guardians
Scientife
Bright
Darwin
Paris
Vienna
Birmingham
London
Rockefeller's costly bid to expand estate by buying nearby properties
John D. Rockefeller pursues aggressive urban and rural land purchases to extend his properties. For eight months he spends about 40,000 pounds monthly to outbid business buyers near his Fifth Street and Sixth Avenue area and Pocantico Hills. He has finally acquired two small farms that blocked his estate's growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Rockefeller
Fiflfourth Street
Sixth Avenue
Rockefeller Home
Pocantico Hills
Hudson
Farm of Death: Mystery at Palm Farm Near Herrin Illinois
Central News reports a mysterious pattern at Palm Farm, dubbed the Farm of Death, where residents develop identical fatal symptoms after exposure to a sulfurous fog each dawn. Internal fever, cramps, and violent agony precede deaths like that of farmer Ackerman, causing the farm to be shunned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palm Farm
Herrin
Llineis
Central News
New York
Ackerman
Seeing Heart Beats Device Records Heart Movements
A London Hospital Medical College device by H S Soutar records heart and chest muscle activity from a patient a hundred yards away with hands in warm salt water. Electric current from hands powers a capillary thread suspended between poles, a magnet detects motion, and a recording apparatus captures a permanent trace without distress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Hospital Medical College
H. S. Soutar
Advertising man in a tram hears changing fortunes
A Cleveland advertising man recalls quitting the field and moving to rag and old clothes before laughing off a fellow passenger who once worked as a sandwich man. The dialogue shifts to reflections on time and regret, ending with a stray remark on a woman's fault and charm.
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Cleveland
Printed notice from Rome Cumr on Cae treet Basch for Camp
Local printed notice appears to be an OCR fragment noting a publication location in Rome Cumr and a street name Cae treet Basch for Camp. The text is incomplete and lacks clear actions or dates.
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Cxmugro
Rome Cumr
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Victoria
Alex. Mes
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W.T. Edrs
Paul Pincus
LDS
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Univ. of Melb
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Univ
Amiloe
Lond
B.oe
M.W
M.vime
Little
Collins Street
Melb
W.A
Water Act
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RT. Hiorth
Ate C. E. Wynne
Bacchus Marsh
The
State Insurance Company
A. J. Manly
Chambers
Main Street
Addrees
IBA
Hobbs
Ge Workrocas
Us Mail
Commares
Pmastical
Melbourne
Magfeetion
Bacchus Marah
W. Allan
Frank Adama
Wm. Brennan
Jas. Bushby
Issac Brunt
Raymond Boyd
Patrick Barry
Fred. Brighton
J. B. Barnett
J. Boyd
R. K. Barry
Percy Barry Clement I. Barry
Patrick Il Barry
Alfred Barrett
T. Booth
W. C. Booth
F.H. Crook
Webb Crook
C. Crook
W. Finnon
Arthur Gladman
B.T. Grant
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Arthur Hine
Thomas Hawkins
Jack” Hammond
W. T. Horder
A. W. T. Hine
Con. Hanrahan
Charles Jones
James Kennelly
A.J. Knight
Grant McDonald
H. Moore
Chas. A. Moore
Marah
Thos. Manly
Ken. Moore
John Main
Albert Martin
W. Murcott
T. Murphy
S. Minnett
H. Moffatt
P. Moffatt
W. McKenzie
Jas. McGregor
Jno
McPherson
C. E. McKenzie
John McGregor
F. L. Nance
J. P. Nolan
Thos
O'Leary
James O'Leary
Harrie Oliver
Thomas Oliver
W. Platt
Fk. Pigott
Thos. Phillips
Ted. Phillips
Hugh Price
H. Platt
W. B. Ryan
Ain Ruswell
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Ryan
Francis Ramee
T. H. Skenne
Stanley Short
John Simmons
EB. A. Smith
W. H. Symington
Frederick Norman Bimpeon
Alfred G. Slack
Neil Simpson
Colin Todd
Robt
Taylor
W. Todd
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W. J. Tregoning
James Taylor
Mackenzie Dyers
Alfred
J. Usher
James Usher
Mark Usher
Packington Vallence
J. H. Vinning
Condon
M. R. Cuthbertson
Wm. Val- Jenes
Roy Burbidge
Lawrence Roland Burbidge
George Gibson Paterson
E. A Purrow
Chas
Wallace
Don. Turnour
Jack” Turnour
Keppel Turnour
Sen
James Turnour
Arthur
Tom
Turnour
Jack” Moore
Colin Thomas
Geo. Thomas
Cyril C. Brittlebank
Andrew Brittlebank
James Kirkwood
Harold Jones
Frank Finding
Choa Clarke
Frederick George McNuff
J. Connelly
H. G. McFarlans
H. Emmett
H. Smit
Gordon T. Smith
Gerald A. Little
BR. Carter
Hugh Bottle
James Wilson
Jack Wilson
W. Blake
Lineday
Robi. Hansall
Jack Brown
Ben
Gould
Cumming
James B. McNulty
Oliver
Ernest Oliver
Robert Oliver
Neil McLachlan
Albert Samuel’ Tilley
Robert Gad Davison
Cockerill
Tyrrell
H.m.as
Warrego
Joseph Tyrrell
Wm. Tyrrell
Athol Stuart
Clive B. Hopkins
Henry Arthur Ellis
W.H. Cox
Oswald M. G. Cox
John A. Low
Charles A. Low
Percy Trigg
W. Cockerill
W. F. W. Shields
T. Rawlinson
Edward Blake
Mel Smith
J. Gardiner Smith
John Milton Clews
Ross Grant
Pois Tances
Athol
Patrick Cosgrove
J. B. Fagg
Lao. P. Little
Arthur Pattinson
William Johnson
W. Bourke
John McLachlan
Robi
James Richards
A. Clanay
BE. W. Chenu
Edward Oliver
Hm.as. Encounter
Wm. Scott
Melton Roll OF Honor
Dil King
Rockefeller
Charmlan
Bank
Fuetralia
Tran General Banking
Australia
Tidworth
Ballybury Plain
Melee
Credit Lala
Sfert
Savings Bank Department
Eastate
International Savings
C. Medling
GEO. Dickie & Sons
Chas. Medling
Cash Grocer
Taylors Cash Store
Taylor's Cash Store
Main
Church Streets
Simon Bros. Brochus Marsh
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