Port Adelaide Football Club Social Celebrates Success
The Port Adelaide Football Club held its annual social at the Royal Alma Hotel on December 1. Mayor A O R Tapp praised the club’s progress as players and supporters gathered, photos were presented to members, and last season’s trophies were awarded amid sportsmanship and strong district pride.
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Port Adiiside
Royal Arma
Port Ade
F. F. Ward
Port Adelaide
AO. R. Tapp
Ead
McArthur
Sturt
Australia
Port Adeleideane
Mayor Bi Part Wan
Napoleon's First Empress in Forester Biography
A brisk, entertaining biography of Empress Josephine traces her rise from Martinique poverty to influence in France. It notes her marriage to Napoleon Bonaparte, their political and personal tensions, and the papal wedding required before he could be crowned emperor amid wartime turmoil.
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Josephine
Martinique
Fife
Marquis de Beauharns
France
Barras
Napoleon
Napoeon
Ister
Hin
Revival of carol singing in churches sparks renewed Christmas dances
The article traces carols from ancient circular dances to modern church revivals, noting early sacred and secular blends, prohibitions by church authorities, and the shift from minstrels to theater. It highlights the Nativity focus of carols, Latin roots, and famous examples like Good King Wenceslas and Love Came Down at Christmas, reflecting changing religious and cultural expressions.
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Church of England
Bannockburn
Scotland
Avignon
Paris
England
Carol J
Dickens
Christian Rossetti
Wenceslas
Catherine
Freedom of Trade and Federalism in Australia
A discussion of Section 92 of the Australian Constitution and its aim of absolute freedom of trade across states. It warns against Tasmanian preference to local manufacturers and potential retaliatory moves by other states, noting historical fears of revived interstate barriers and a mockery of federation. The piece cites U.S. parallels and stresses maintaining uniform duties to prevent economic war and preserve national union.
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Commonwealth
John Quick
Robert Garran
Queensland
Tasmania
Hobart
Launces
Cit
United States of America
Americas
United States
Victoria
New South Wales
Australia
Western Australia
Commonwealth Promises Relief Amid State Financial Tensions
mpania and Western Australia face financial strain while the Commonwealth Government pledges relief. Any move by either state that could upset the federal split may trigger a demand to withhold promised concessions.
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Mpania
Western Australia
Household Hints From Mintz Yor Your Home
A collection of practical home tips covers window cleaning with starch solution, turning worn broom ends into a hearth brush, lemon juice for skin whitening, a custard powder batter alternative for frying, and careful handling of hot water. Also includes advice on kettle cleaning, meat freshness, tile cleaning, and mildew removal with lemon juice, turpentine, and soap.
Fortunes in Pickle and the Thellusson Act
The will of the late Lord Leverhulme preserved a vast fortune, estimated at £1,200,000, to last up to a hundred years. The Thellusson Act of George I protects against perpetual trusts, limiting accumulation to twenty one years and a lifetime for someone living at the testator’s death. It explains why modern trusts rarely extend across generations and notes that when needed, lawyers advise naming a beneficiary or heir to receive funds at a designated time.
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Lord Leverhulme
George Ite
Thellusson
Garden notes on asparagus and sweet corn cultivation
The article advises gardeners to stop cutting asparagus to protect root stocks and to promote foliation, warns of possible crop loss if neglected, and explains corn care. It covers planting in trenches, weed control, soil preparation, manures, spacing, irrigation, cultivation, and harvest timing for sweet corn.
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Noanecenmmry
Fragmentary Notice Mentions Leverhulme Trust and Royal Lineage
A fragmented passage discusses a trust tied to Lord Leverhulme with a twenty one year duration after the deaths of executors' children and Queen Victoria's descendants. It names the Queen's living descendants, including Majer Gerald Lascelles, son of Princess Mary and Vincooet Lascelles, with an unclear birth date.
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Lord Leverholme
Queen Victoria
Majer Gerald
David Lascelles
Mary
Vincooet ‘Lascelles
Siamese cat worth a fair price for rodent control
A truncated notice notes Siamese cats as valuable vermin destroyers priced from about £36 each. The fragment hints at a vendor or seller describing the cats as effective pest control, though the text is garbled and lacks complete details.
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Steratarr
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Snhual
Napo-leon
Elba
Europe
Mr. Forester
Josephine Amone
Josephis
Seftaly
Ministry of Agriculture
Bedichem
Jesus
God
Foureur
E. J) Woodroffe’s
Semaphore Road
Farah
Ening
A. C Fraser
Exeter
Draper
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