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Newspaper
Sydney Evening News
Location
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date
May 02, 1908
Page
3
Letters from multiple readers praise Fractoids or Frootoids for headache bilious attacks indigestion constipation and nervous mood. Testimonials claim rapid relief and improved well being. Product advertised with purchase details and proprietor contact in Geelong Victoria.
The article traces how towns in eastern Oregon received their names from chance events, local lore, or notable figures. It covers Mule, Bakerton, Looking Glass, Gooseberry, and others, noting post offices and early settlers influencing nomenclature from Indian terms to inspired coincidences. It highlights Grants Pass’s link to Ulysses S. Grant and recounts names like Billsburg, Cornwallis, and Acme formed by community decisions and historical moments.
A maiden aunt questions a woman about marrying a man, noting prior acquaintance and speculation about his family and past. She argues a woman knowing the man should not marry him, while the other insists she learned little about his background in their recent meetings.
Dr Thomas Close Shaw Baye lectured to fashionably dressed women in London on The Pathology of Woman, stating women’s sensations are as quick as men and memory and emotion are strong. He notes jealousy and love as key qualities, admitting flirtation as prospecting rather than seeking multiple partners.
Fragmentary OCR text shows a debated exchange in Town Hall about work and health. The Officeholder questions why work in the fat area would ruin him, while The Citizen mentions being told about a dangerous time. The fragment ends without clear context or outcome.
A South Australian area scrapbook from near Yass records 1850s Lachlan district politics with poems, ad copy, and scandalous campaigns. It recalls Sir William Macleay and John Nagle Ryan contests, bribes, libel, and stones in a vivid, unsparing portrait of earlier electoral eras.
In March a telegraphic dispatch from Nice disclosed a Continental outfit called Fiotel Spiders led by a war man known as the Courtesse de Monze. Police caught her in a hotel raid at Nice where she displayed notable ingenuity and coolness. Her maiden name was Amelia Condamine.
A Paris correspondent reports Urania Diemangi born Cepialopia in the Tomar Isles demonstrates extraordinary memory and instant calculation before Sorbonne savants. Her powers include simultaneous addition of four columns and rapid mental arithmetic, drawing comparisons with Gladstone and other famed prodigies.
A chaotic record recounts Lachlan election events with squabbles over nominations and campaign rhetoric. It notes candidates Ryan and Nagle, local supporters and ad prints, plus a dramatic scene of election day clashes and post nomination excitement.
A fragmentary report from War eal Court in Staffordshire recounts a quotation by Swige Smith and a young woman speaking of heritage and pride. The readable bits hint at family honor and personal confession amidst historical context, framed as a quaint local scene with unclear punctuation and wording.
An elf widow was killed during a robbery attempt at her home. A man confessed to the deed after a staged police hunt. The suspect’s friend was questioned as an alleged accomplice. A blood stained garment and a family motive surfaced in the puzzling case.
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