Cattle Lands of Australia Stretch Across a Wide Frontier
National Geographic outlines vast Australian cattle properties measuring in square miles with stations of 1 200 square miles housing up to 25 000 head. Runs extend 125 miles by horseback to back lines, with mustering camps and gates instead of branding. Rail routes link Queensland Western Australia and Northern Territory stock to Port, London markets, while scientists work on chilling beef for export. Milk cattle dominate coastal dairy belts in New South Wales Victoria and Queensland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Geographic Society
Washington, D. C
WNU Service
Queensland
Northern Territory
Western Australia
Australia
Massachusetts
Connecticut
New York
San Francisco
Maine
Queensland-Northern Territory
Geographic
Gulf Country
Beyond
Tablelands
Longreach
Winton
Charleville
Townsville
Brisbane
South Australia
New South Wales
Cockburn
Adelaide
Kimberley
Wyndham
London
Commonwealth
High Seas
Victoria
Four Chicago youths die in Canadian prairie crime spree
A dramatic account follows four Chicago youths who travel to Saskatchewan to commit robberies. Mounted police confrontations end with three gang members killed at the MacDonald homestead and the fourth captured after a manhunt. The remaining outlaw dies in a subsequent pursuit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Canada
Dominion
Saskatchewan
Prairie Country
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Smiths
Joneses
Browns
MacDonald
Hector MacDonald
Mounted
Monkey steals baby in Kalawila and is shot
A monkey climbed to a roof in Kalawila Ceylon and rocked a baby to sleep. It was lured away from the infant and shot. The baby was rescued unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalawila
Ceylon
Pretty Frocks and Household Hints Pattern Sale
A vintage patterns feature offers easy sew designs for a Woman’s Dress and Little Girl’s Dress with simple darts and ricrac trim. It promotes Success in Sewing, a home dressmaking guide, and lists fabric and trim requirements. The piece also shares practical tips on sugar, wash stands, paint odors, privacy, cookies, rice, napkins, ice cubes, brushes, and shoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
W. Wacker Dr
Chicago
Time to Hold On Quote by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Notable quote by Harriet Beecher Stowe urges perseverance in adversity. The speaker emphasizes that when circumstances seem overwhelming the turning point arrives if one endures. The line reflects 19th century moral exhortation and resilience themes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Need for discretion amid great ability warned by Gambetta
The quote cautions that even strong talent without discretion tends to end in tragedy. It attributes the warning to Gambetta and frames discretion as essential to temper power.
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Darwin
Pemenes
Argentina
England
Mcdonald’s Farm
Captain G. Elliott - Nightingale
WNU
Dimity
Progressive
Granee Old Line Legal Reserve Company
Bankers Union Life Insurance Coo
Grant St
Denver
Colo
Annapolis
West Point Coast Guard Academy
Igh
A. W. Bryan
USN
Mad
Marble Products, Inc
Little Rock Box
Ark
Rousseau
Una
Ina
Mrs. Gray
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