Nineteen Patients in Local Hospital and Community Notes
Nineteen patients including three typhoid cases remain at the local Hospital at week’s end. An old aboriginal known as Tommy died at the Mission Dam and was buried in the Church of England cemetery section per his wishes. Empire Day events planned for 244th May include a three day Show. Fire destroyed various structures related to trash and wreckage at Dreraron. Mr. Carson, formerly editor of the Dispatch, now edits Lingnat. Mr. T R Baird of Dundullimal was injured after a horse collision, suffering a fractured collar bone and broken rib.
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Tommy
Mission Dam
Acee
North Dubbo
Oxen
Iotresa
Dreraron
Rose
Carson
The
Dispaton
T. R. Baird
Dundullimal
Turmoil in Trangie and Local Racing Plans
Mr Beverage of Mullah loses four bullocks to poisoned rabbit water. Wheat trucking is blocked as local carriers falter and Darling Island shipments pause. Turf Club to hold two day races on March 11 and 12 with a £50 double. Jarvis sells a bullock waggon and twelve bullocks for about £150. Mrs Beauchamp mothered 13 children, estimating nearly two hundred descendants. Epidemic fears return as several children fall ill with one case dangerously ill.
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Mr. Beverage
Mullah
Darling Island
Turf Club
Jarvis
Dandaloo
Parkes notes year end debt and local appointments
The Parkes Hospital closes its financial year with a debit of £574 15s 6d. Government subsidy of £762 will leave a bank balance about £183. A B Balcombe is re elected president of the Parkes P A and H Association with G W Seaborn as secretary for a seventh year. A E McIntosh named vice president and chaired the People’s Institute meeting, earning praise for fairness. Also, Lachlan River Booligal faces water shortage as heat reaches 115 degrees. Archdeacon Neild plans to depart Parkes soon.
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Balcombe
Parkes P. A. and
H. Association
G. W. Seaborn
A. E. McIntosh
People’s Institute
Lachlan
Booligal
Archdeacon Neild
Parkes
Careful German death checks and spiteful Africa tale
A letter describes German morgue practices with bells and a watcher to confirm death before burial. An Africa tale recalls a stationmaster joke where officials insist on proof of death, even jokingly burying a rationmaster after two blows with a fish-plate to ensure he was dead.
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Lucy
Herap
Germany
Africa
Endorsement Promotes Clemente Tonic Cure Story
A Sydney reporter relays Mrs. Alice Gimbert of St Peters sharing a long illness and weight loss claim cured by Clemente Tonic. She describes severe dyspepsia, chest and nerve pains, and nearly death before recovery with new appetite and sleep. A statutory declaration confirms her testimonial and permission to publish.
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Alice Gimbert
May-street
St. Peters
Dubbo
Sydney
Kelso
Emda
Clements
Teath
Clements Tome
Heather
Giwbeert
Mapatreet
Petete
Lee Cvgog
Dentists Open New Surgery and Lab in Parkes District
C. and V. Richards AVING secured the premises beside Metcalfe's Hotel in Clarinda Street Parkes and equipped a modern dental surgery and laboratory. One dentist will visit patients unable to attend in person, with visiting days announced for the district.
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AVING
Metcalfe
Clarinda-St
Parkes
Farmer and Lun Downer Nearing Truth About Work
A farmer refuses lodging and food to a lun downer who boasted of long-free days. The dialogue contrasts the farmer’s mortgage-laden toil with the lun downer’s claim of twenty five years without work, prompting the landowner to step aside and leave the farmer to reflect.
Causes of Appendicitis Theories Multiply Across Obvious and Odd Beliefs
Medical journals note countless explanations for appendicitis from enamelware shards to decayed teeth and toothbrush suspicion. Critics say rising diagnoses reflect better recognition rather than new causes while linking alcohol use and narcotics to broader morbid conditions.
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Washington
Clove Remedy Cited Against Mosquitoes Amid Local Notes
A collection of brief items notes clove use to repel mosquitoes, theater and election chatter, a bush fire arrest in Germanton, a sudden death during English elections, Orange Band contest results, typhoid cases in Cobar Hospital, and a school district rabies stench delaying duties. It also mentions deaths, a triple foal birth, and various local notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Germanton
Orange Band
Orange
Forbes
Parkes Bande
Cobar
Bustcade
Mudgee
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Trangie
Lewisham
Niles
Belors Me
J. M. Burnet
J.P
Wniw Finders
C. & V. Richards
Peak Hill
McLean’s Hotel
Grison Buos
Labor
Dacey
McGarry
Peak Hill Express
C. W. Barnett
F. McAtumney
General Commission
Tomingley
R. J. Edwards
London
Laugashira Fire Insurance Coy
Idea
Piison Distributors
Eoersby
Insectibane
Rocke, Tompsitt & Co
Western Queen Flour Mills
Dalton Street
McGee & Co
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