Export Turkeys and Meat Prices Barter Notice
Export buyers report high market prices for porkers calves and veal in Melbourne with consignments mainly from country dealers. Stone and Co invite country customers to Melbourne Metropolitan Meat Market while detailing top per pound rates and weight categories for prime stock. Cautionary notices and assorted advertisements follow including poison wheat and children’s items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
Stone and Co
Metropolitan
Melbourne
Viceroy's Early Call Ends With Sentry Refusal
Lord Minto, visiting Simla as Viceroy of India, tried to see the Commander-In-Chief before work. A sentry barred the door claiming no visitor, prompting the Viceroy to declare his rank. The sentry retorted with humor about “we get all sorts of ’em here,” recounting a tale of Queen Victoria’s grandfather to which he dismissed the Viceroy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lanelts
Lort Minto
le Hai
India
Simla
Lord Minio
Isself
Victoria
Vega model promotion and sales pitch to department
An OCR fragment markets a new model Vega described as a Swedish separator skimmer with up to date pricing and quick returns. It emphasizes large sales volumes, small profit margins, and affordability, inviting inquiry to the department for details and orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ani
Galway
Carriers meet all trains and weekly account sales
Sales daily and highest prices realized. Beef sent to any part of the country. Correspondence invited for account sales every Tuesday.
Prices from Reynolds and Son on week ending July 8
Prices for Prime bodies and forequarters, lambs, veal, pork, bacon pigs, and chippings listed. Figures show per hundredweight and per ton equivalents with varied ranges. The notice ends with a critique of books and learning, noting many buyers and sellers misunderstand them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs. Reynolds and Son
Wwek
Edlum
Bravery and Sacrifice at Birkenhead Heroic Sailor
In Glenalmond Chapel Perthabire a marble slab recalls Alexander Cumine Runsell later an officer in the 74th Highlanders. At Birkenhead he chose to stay with his doomed shipmates guiding a boat crew to safety before perishing. His actions inspired awe and a final blessing from those aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenalmond School
Perthabire
Phere
Alexander Cumine Runsell
74Th Highlanders
Birkenhead
Pan & Rock
Runnell
Russell
Origin of the term dead heads traced to Detroit tollgate tale
A 19th century Detroit anecdote explains dead heads as the privileged few who rode toll free on a cemetery road due to a gatekeeper joke. Dr Price remarks tolls should be waived for doctors but Gatekeeper quips that too many dead heads already pass for free. The story popularized the term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Detroit
Michigan
Lis
com.Dany
Price
Bath mayor proposes vivisection option for murderers
Dr Preston King, mayor of Bath, urged at a local anti vivisection meeting that criminals who have murdered could opt for a humane form of vivisection instead of hanging. He argued condemned men might study diseases in humans, potentially saving lives and offering a path to salvation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Preston King
Machinery Fire Threatens Workers’ Safety Widespread
A brief notice notes that toil under dangerous conditions harms workers and warns that fires, not only revolutions, threaten the machinery and lives of laborers amid mounting concerns about industrial safety.
Man Credits Warner's Safe Cure for Kidney Recovery
A Bamawin Vic resident recounts a dramatic recovery from Bright's disease after using Warner's Safe Cure, claiming hospital doctors gave weeks to live before his health gradually improved over three months. The account promotes the remedy for kidney and liver ailments and related disorders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bamawin
Vic
Willem John Youll
Harveystown
Eaglehewk
Youill
Bright
Tera
Das
Warner
Feta
Sy Olefe's Schnapps and Odd Snippets
A collage of folksy quips and anecdotes unfolds with a gag about a hammering neighbor, a mistaken coffin for a fowl bone, and playful lines about elephants and mothers. The piece closes with a wry summer winter comfort saying that half the world doesn’t know what the other half is doing.
Working Woman Finds Tea and Rest After Day
A tired speaker describes a long daily routine of washing and ironing then coming home to heat tea. The narrator, calling themselves Robot No. 1 Grade, argues women can spend more on themselves after hard work and notes some women drink cheap tea while the best cup is worth a hundred.
Suspicion Arises After Theft At Local Restaurant
A patron suddenly rises and chases a man who left with a gold headed umbrella in a restaurant. The proprietor urges help to stop the thief and bring him to a police officer, while another patron joins the pursuit. The incident ends as a lingering mystery with no resolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justinishel
Fragmentary OCR Voice Sparks Incomplete Sentences
Excerpt shows a narrator describing emotional reaction with quotes from a listener. Phrases reveal tears and rage but lack full context or names. The text appears as partial dialogue without clear event, date, or location.
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David Hyland & Bons
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Bendigo
Pitt
Joba
Rernot
Rennor
Ro Eter
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Francis BT
Australia
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Serrie Morin
Willow
Streatham
Baltable
Councae
B_TENKING
Lands Purchase Board
Bulab
Wsit
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Webson
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North Melbourne
Robert Schulte
Perri
Sy Olefe
Bell
Wile
Robur
Wesherieiman
Ren
Perpetual Trustees’ Association Ltd
Wolf. Hyndman
Eta
Col Templeton
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Joan Thomson
Harry B Henty
Baa
Uineglen
Arthur Grenbry Outhwaite
J.P. Bend
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Iivine Fallent
Alston’s
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Joel Fox
CT. Martin
Remons
Peop
Cas
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Hie Excellancy
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Collins Street
Murdock’s Liquid Food
Homoeopathic Hospital
Duerdin and Bainsbury
Felton, Grimwade and CO
Rocke
Ind CO
Ford Ween
Peple
Tarrant Motors
Scarlett & Co
Aglbourne
Coffey Bros
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