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Newspaper
Peak Hill Express
Location
Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Mar 29, 1907
Page
10
An American farmer tested post preservation methods over years. Untreated posts warped and decayed, lime wash helped little, tar kept sound, and petroleum treatments proved most effective. He recommends drying posts then applying cheap kerosene and whitewash to the portion below ground in multiple coats to resist worms and decay.
A Russian scientist challenges the view that women are inherently inferior to men physically or mentally. He notes primitve women were as hardy as men, cites female endurance and courage, and argues mental limits arise from lack of opportunity rather than innate ability.
A forecast of a new Turkish or Italian comet by Professor Matteuci from Mount Vesuvius Observatory has not appeared in the Australian skies. Melbourne observer Mr Baracchi says he has no news of any comet and that if a comet were coming the press and public would know.
A fragment presents a jury instruction referencing the sovereign and the prisoner. It mocks jurors to deliver a verdict aligned with defense counsel guidance, urging them to leave common sense outside the jury room.
The narrative recounts Lord Kitchener sustaining injuries from a mine blast in Chatham which cost him his right eye and required pince-nez. A bullet fractured his jaw at Buukim, and a leg fracture followed his arrival in India. His most perilous episode involved a surveying party at Safed in Galilee under attack by fanatical Muslims.
The text lists multiple biblical references to the number 40, noting occurrences such as forty days during Noah's flood, Moses on the Mount, Elijah’s journey, Jonah’s prophecy to Nineveh, and Jesus fasting forty days after Resurrection, highlighting its symbolic regularity.
A humorous dialogue at St Peter’s gate contrasts paying for entrance with reputation and news. A candidate bribes, then claims to send written notes of news, while St Peter questions whether gossip in the editor’s busy hour should grant entry.
The editor seeks to keep connected with the district to keep the public informed and to highlight issues. The paper invites movements that benefit settlers and the community and offers open columns to ventilate grievances.
A historical note describes using one pint of sand to the stomach of a horse with linseed oil as a laxative. After twelve hours the horse is tied and rolled by two men on each side to move sand loose, allowing it to be carried off with the oil.
At Windsor Police Court George Weiland a butcher faced charges for keeping his shop open after six. He pleaded not guilty and said the ventilation justified the action. The Bench ruled it lawful to keep the shop open and dismissed the case, in line with public interest and health guidance.
A 19th century medicine advert extols Dr Sheldons New Discovery for Coughs Colds and Consumption as a safe effective remedy for children and for crow and whooping cough. It claims rapid relief with no after effects and notes Gibson as a seller.
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