Rabbit destruction by disease questioned as futile
A writer argues against using taxpayer funds to pursue a disease to wipe out rabbits. He cites Darwinian and historical precedents from Australia and England, noting natural immunity and persistence of species despite severe epidemics. He urges expert biological input and warns that extinction is unlikely.
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Wells
Darwin
Metchnikoff
Coursn
Danyer
Australia
Sydney
New South Wales
England
Fiji
Flour to Stop Bleeding by School Girl Heroic Act
A Minnesota girl Misa Jennie Bartmann and her father were alone when his axe cut an artery. She used a tourniquet but failed, so she placed the injured foot in a twelve gallon flour jar and pressed flour around the wound. The bleeding stopped. a doctor later called it life saving. The tale notes flour has halted serious bleeding in other cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Misa Jennie Bartmann
Minnesota
Bartmann
Bartican
Senate Quip Escalates Tension In Historic Debates
A heated exchange on the Senate floor features sharp bars as attacks fly. One senator calls opponents hogs, while another vows to deal with gentlemen, signaling rising tempers during the session.
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Senate
Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets Advert
The note extols Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets as life enhancers and claims they wake sluggish organs. It also mentions gifts and watches offered by a Sydney firm and recounts a rabbit poison accident in Gundagai with severe hand burns from phosphorus.
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Qchamberlain
Chamberlain
Gibson Bros
Peak Hill Lees
Tomingley
Sydney
Violet Perfume Coy
Dep. R
Pitt Street
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Tixbe
Tsates
Gordon
Edward Burford
Peak Hill
Plymouth Rocks
HAWES
Alliance Assurance Co., (Limited
London
Gordon Nixon
Arch. D. Stobo
H. N. Gibson
F.mcatamney Wholesale & Retail
Butcher
Insectibane
Sort PromisTorse
Rocke, Tompeitt & Co
Dr. Antravi
M.L.A
Couri
Gundagai
Ernest Potter
Delacy
Delacy's
Stephens’ Dixpensary
Murrat Life
Brrriso Emprire
Owen Harra-Minnon
F. P. Carr
Australian Mutual Provident Society
Sale Street
Orange
McPhail
Mingelo
Era
Federation
Challenger
Sir Robert
Rereers
Ceatanes
Hoskinson
Peration
Parkes
George Stanford
Sertane
Coradgery Roa
Rench
Andrew Towns
Richmond
Childe Harold Simp
Maud
Beall
Quinn Bros
Stk
Mara
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