Racing Without Shoes A Story From Tom Chesher
In a tale from the old days near Cowra Australian horseman Tom Chesher recalls a race where a barefoot finish surprised him. After removing heavy shoes, a horse won easily, prompting Chesher to explain why racing plates replaced shoes, and how today owners would face scrutiny if racing in heavy footwear led to a loss.
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Thomas Chesher
Cowra
Blue Mountains
Bhooless
Chesher
Tom
Tom Chesher
Dowrs
Angry Father Sparks Onfield Row in 4m Old-Time League
A tense moment at the Sydney Cricket Ground erupts when a parent confronts a coach after a pass misses his son, a fast wing three quarter noted for scoring. The aggrieved father defends his son with a fierce retort, saying the parent earns more in a week than the coach has in a life.
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Telm
Agai
Raleigh San
Bel Pen
N.S.W
Weldom
Sydney Cricket Ground
Beious
Ford
Fergham Young Contemplates Move to Cipa Victoris
An altered historical note recalls Brigham Young’s possible relocation amid religious pressure in Salt Lake City during 1873. The piece muses on population plans for Gippstone and imagined Mormon settlement, suggesting the move might have sparked broader emigration among the Mormon community.
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Fergham Young
Solomon
Cipa Victoris
Salt Lake City
Tambo Vi Iving
Brigham Young
Utah
Gippstone Imagines
Editor’s Diet: Town Sends Food To Hollow Editor
In Wollongong New South Wales Mercury readers describe how editors, when looking hollow, receive gift baskets and meat and produce from locals. One week a turkey is sent for Sunday while others bring butter parmips and turnips. Next week plans include wood, a pig, and cream.
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Newa
Aye
Wollongong
N.S.W
Mercury
Ons
Hair-sewing device promises bald head cure
Dr James Thompson of New York debuts an electric hair sewing machine at the New York Bald Head Club annual dinner. The device, boasting 100 hairs attached per hour, allegedly affixes hair to eight members during the post dinner demonstration.
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James Thompson
New York
Bald Head Club
Chronic Chest Complaints Woods Great Peppermint Care
The fragment mentions Clara in tears soon after marriage, with phrases about chronic chest complaints and a product or remedy described as Woods Great Peppermint Care. It suggests a domestic scene where health or distress is linked to a remedy.
Doan's Backache Kidney Pills Backed by Testimony
A Perth advertisement quotes Mrs. M. W. Hodgson praising Doan's Backache Kidney Pills for her husband’s kidney trouble and backache. It claims rapid relief within days and lasting cure, with bottles priced at 2/9 and available from Foster-McClellan Co. at 313 Murray Street.
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Dean
M. W. Hodgson
M. W. Hodgson, Late «F Morrell
West Northam
Minna Vale
Foster-McClellan Co
Murray Street
Perth
Doan
Electrical marvel lets tiny current power vast effects
Two Swedish researchers Alfred Johnsen and Rand Rahbek demonstrate a minute electrical current can bind agate to metal, magnifying waves to drive distant violin strings or even speak through a stringless instrument. The method promises wireless telephony and telegraphy advances, enabling recording and Morse signaling over long ranges.
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Alfred Johnsen
Rand Rahbek
London
Institution of Electrical Engineers
Mesars
Johnson and
Kahbek
Electrical Institution
Ten year old travels 5000 miles alone to join mother
A ten year old boy travels unaccompanied from Malmo Sweden to Edmonton Alberta covering 5000 miles and arriving unable to speak English. A label on his clothing reads Please look after me Thank you. The journey embodies a remarkable survival story and child welfare concerns.
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Malmo
Sweden
Edmonton
Alberta
Education films in WA reveal Burke and Wills journey on screen
A Western Australian educational film by United Theatres and Films Ltd showcases the Burke and Wills Expedition. Shot along the actual route, it dramatizes hardships in the Never Never Country and contrasts with historical records. The film aims to educate public school children across country towns and Perth, emphasizing Australian history and adventure.
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Hina
Tuyke
Majeaty
Thonrie Perth
United Theatres and Films Ltd
West
Australia
Burke
Wills
King
Grey
Shearing Dispute Reported Across Western Stations
The Secretary of the Pastoralists Association, Mr J H Noble, states reports on shearing in Port Hedland Ashburton Francey and Morchison districts. Several stations have either cut out or operate under 1920 rates and conditions including Boodura Pippingarra Macon Downs Indes Warralaug Florence Yarraloln Minderoo Sherlock Yinkey Mahivouah Mooloa Downs Yainuethacra Clifton Downs Bidgoria Jimbadimba Wandagee Berringarra Austin Downs.
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Pastoralisti’ Association
J. H. Noble
Port Hedland
Ashburton
France
Morchison
Enteut
Boodura
Pippingarra
Macon
Downs
Indes
Warralaug
Florence
Yarraloln
Minderoo
Sherlock
Yinkey
Mahi
Wonders of Science Lecture Demonstrates Heart and Lung
A London Royal Institution display showed a beating heart and breathing lung from a dead animal during Professor H. H. Starling of University College London lecture on The Law of the Heart. Blood was pumped into the heart and air intermittently into the lung as rubber tubes acted as blood vessels.
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Royal Tnatitation
Hondon
HH. Starling
Disndon University College
Mystery of Kitchener Death Tied to Berlin Claim
A Berlin sourced patch alleges the German Admiralty linked Lord Kitchener’s 1916 death to a submarine operation off the coast. It claims W 75 under Lieut Commander Kurt Witton fired on a ship near Hampel and Pony, then mine damage altered the fate, suggesting confusion over the battle of Huarlunih and casting doubt on Kitchener’s whereabouts amid broader wartime movements.
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Philadelpia “Patslie Ledger
X. Patch
Berlin
Lord Kitchener
Kurt Witton
Tees Wines
Kime An
Huarlunih
Wea
George Weavell
Kitehon
Woods Great Peppermint Cup Used in Outfit Costs
Fragmented text describes moose hunting, extinction fears, and fashion costs tied to Woods Great Peppermint Cue. Mentions Canadian big game, hunt limits, and economic impact on apparel pricing. Sparse readable names and places appear within a garbled historical article segment.
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Canada
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THE
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Goomalling
Dowerin Mail
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Westock
Army Boots
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West Ile
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Mary
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