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Newspaper
Talbot Leader
Location
Talbot, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jan 24, 1914
Page
4
A survey of historic figures describing facial traits and appearance. Catherine of Russia, Mary Queen of Scots, Queen Elizabeth, Madame Recamier, Stace, and others receive commented looks from historical observers. The notes mention hair color, eye shape, facial structure, and perceived dispositions.
The article explains tetanus from nail wounds and the role of airless conditions in germ growth. It notes that the poison travels via motor nerves to the spinal cord and discusses the antisera antidote and its varying effectiveness over time. It adds that modern antiseptic methods reduced lockjaw frequency and that antitoxin is used both preventively and as a cure.
Quick remedies for everyday tasks including whitening rice with tea or lemon juice, cleaning piano keys with alcohol, aerating boiled water by pouring between jugs, preventing musty metal teapots with sugar, removing table stains with heat or kerosene, reviving rain-damaged silk by ironing on the wrong side, and whitening paper using stains and chloride solution with a rinse to prevent rot.
The passage reflects on sending out effort before waiting for success and notes that independence often equates to impoliteness. It contrasts conscience as a quiet inner voice with the lure of flattery, and ends with a judgment about wealth and its value.
A fragmented notice hints at a furniture firm Thistle Furni presenting a patented make and delaying final decisions on a furniture order as customers await confirmation. The readable text shows corporate terminology but lacks full details.
A large turnout joined the Talbot Methodist Sunday school for a day at Mr P. W. Salmon's paddock with wagons and a water cart supplying transport. Visitors from Red Lion and Amherst joined in games and races, tea, and a social in the schoolroom, with farewells and thanks to donors and helpers.
The final part of the Victorian Year Book for 1912 13 outlines agriculture pastoral mining and manufacturing in the state. It records Crown and private land areas alienation figures land occupation water works irrigation crop waterings mining production value of gold and minerals and factory counts and wages for 1912 with comparisons to 1911 and 1907. It notes production totals per capita and overall production value per year.
A Methodist Episcopal pastor published a humorous local notice in a newspaper listing items stolen, strayed, or mislaid as a satire. It claims families from church, lambs, silver coins, young people, and a lad on Sabbaths Breaker Lane and Husk Lane, with a promise no reward lost for help.
An advertisement advises readers who have received or given an engagement ring to watch for notices at Walla Furniture Pianos etc in Maryborough and Terang for related offerings and supplies.
Victoria police begin canvassing households to deliver and collect enrolment schedules for the October election. Householders must include every eligible member and avoid omitting their own name. If a schedule is not received by February the local police should be contacted. Citizens over 21 or naturalised residents with six months in Victoria or one month in the district qualify to be enrolled.
In Philadelphia on Tuesday, 80 year old Civil War veteran William Berwein was found guilty of murdering his wife who had begged to be killed to end her suffering after a fall. He strikes her head with a board until death. she urged him to finish. The judge imposed life imprisonment.
An article extols the liver as central to overall health noting Australia’s climate tends to disrupt it. It claims Dr Morse’s Indian Root Pill clears clogged ducts, restores digestion, relieves biliousness and stomach issues, and quickly eases headaches from liver inactivity.
Claimed universal cure for urinary disorders in both sexes with extracts from Clarke’s pills and World-Framed Blood Mix. Advertises 40 years of success, mercury-free pills, and nationwide sales through chemists and stores. Mentions blood purifier claims and numerous cures, urging readers to buy despite counterfeit imitations.
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