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Newspaper
Shepparton News
Location
Shepparton, Victoria, Australia
Date
Oct 17, 1918
Page
6
The son recounts a practical joke by Sir Hiram Maxim as a boy, chasing a fluttering “bat” in a dumb waiter shaft. It turns out the bow from his mother’s hat, strung on wire, created the illusion, a trick his father enjoyed solving the next day.
In time, associations of Manchurian battlefields will be preserved by monuments from the Society for the Preservation of the Memory of Manchurian Battlefields. Twenty two memorials have been erected so far, including a marker for the meeting of Generals Nogi and Stoesse on the eve of Port Arthur’s surrender.
The Boarding House Keeper notes the challenge of pleasing many guests at once. She praises Robur tea for its mild flavor and consistency, claiming No. 2 grade is ideal for boarding-house use, being reliable and economical compared with other teas.
The piece notes many renowned leaders and thinkers, including Lloyd George, Clemenceau, Haig, Wilson, Bismarck, Rhodes, Halzac, Rider Haggard, Chesterton, and others, reputed for hearty appetites. It argues brain workers thrive on meals, while chronic starvation harms sustained work, likening the brain to an engine needing fuel.
A compilation notes Nippon as Japan's name, Japan has around 4 000 islands, and scarce trees require licences to sell saplings. It claims voting rights for about £1 taxpayers and Parliament candidates must be thirty, with ministers earning roughly £200 yearly. It mentions parlour taboos, theatre dress prep, and the smallest pipes smoked by Japanese, plus various social customs.
The article outlines Victoria's share of a 40 million pound national war loan target and urges all to contribute. It stresses small savings are effective, notes Britain’s growing government securities holdings, and calls on individuals to buy bonds to support victory, warning against hesitation or doubt.
W Reynolds and Son Fry. Ltd. report Metropolitan Meat Market North Melbourne prices for veal pork and pigs. Prime veal ranges 54d to 64d per lb for large, 53d to 54d for medium, small calves 6d to 9d. Prime small porkers 7d to 9d, large 9d to 10d, medium 7d to 8d. Bacon bits 6d to 7d, medium 6d. Pigs for chopping 4d to 5d, medium 3 4d to 4d. Inferior lines at lower rates.
A Melbourne classified advert promises a money making sewing job with a weekly income of one pound. The Torchon Lace Co offers patterns and instructions to learn lace making at home without a teacher, guarantees purchase of all lace produced on their looms, and asks applicants to send payment stamps for full details, address 229 Collins Street.
Dialogues mix humor and mischief as Monty and Freddie argue about closing a window and the hazards of modern life. A later scene shows a deacon instructing Rastus to clean Judge Johnsons hen house, prompting disbelief about daytime chores. The piece ends with a reflection on education and the desire for knowledge.
An advertisement extols HEENZO as a universal remedy for asthma bronchitis colds influenza and sore throats. It describes making a home couch mixture by adding HEENZO to warm water with directions in each bottle. It claims low cost and savings versus ready-made mixtures and notes HEENZO is stocked by chemists and stores.
Girls from their teens onwards are very apt to become angelic and nervy. These conditions, if not properly attended to, servingly affect them in after-years. It is essential that girls should have their blood kept rich and pure and their nervous systems well nourished. A reliable means to this end is provided in HEAN'S TONIC NERVE NUTS, which are aptly termed a boon to growing Silis. Nerve Nuts are sold by all leading chemists and stores. Price 1/ per box, containing 12 days' supply, or six boxes for 17/3.
A collected surge of odd lines and brief vignettes from a late 19th or early 20th century newspaper page. The pieces include an anecdote about Colonel Roosevelt at a hotel hat test and a parkside exchange about Liberty, plus jokes about menu misreadings and a note on home life.
An aged promotional piece extols virtue over gold and urges Warner's Safe Cure for kidney and liver disorders. It explains poisons from inactive kidneys and liver linger in the blood and claims the remedy has sold globally for thirty five years, available in bottles and a cheaper concentrated form.
The provided text appears as garbled OCR with scattered names and phrases. It references music, a submarine theme, and several incomplete proper nouns such as Elizabeth Serena and Melbourne, yielding no coherent event or date to frame a clear summary.
For terms or any other information concerning the company, please call or write. Samuel Cook, Chief Manager. J. M. Garroll, Assist. Manager.
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