Hay Stacking Sparks Town Debate on Fire Risk
Town meeting discusses hay stacks in streets and near buildings amid fears of fire. Proponents cite mills, bakers, hotels and shops benefiting from hay trade and employment. Opponents warn of danger and potential ratepayer objections, urging orderly limits and a possible adjournment for further talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oswadil
Srat
Ehcve
Thia
Thial
Marehgaia
Miocethar
Bir
Dso
J. B
Orerer
Vigilance and the Gladstone Vigilance Committees
A letter from a reader urges renewed public meetings of the Gladstone Vigilance Committees after recent low attendance. The writer recalls the old committees’ work, asks for steady participation, and asks local leaders to call an early meeting to discuss town safety and vigilance efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladstone
Ely
Market Reports yield varied hides and skins prices
Mears Luxmore and Coombs of Gilbert Place list weekly market rates in Australian notes. Rabbit skins fetch 9/4 to 6d per pound while Kangaroo skins range 2/6 to 3 shillings per pound for median weights. dam aged skins at lower rates. Goat skins command 5s to 20s per dog with horn values mid of 3 shillings per hundred. Tallow and bees wax recorded with port Adelaide shipping orders and horsehair prices noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jugeroo Island Tvmt
Kéngeroo Skinu
Port Adelaide
If Eating Were a Crime
An elderly woman recalls severe stomach pain and inability to walk, crediting Mrs Hoyos Syrup from 1889 for restoring her health. She details months of weakness, a turning point after half a bottle, and eventual recovery enabling return to work and family. A neighbor, Mr John Hickey, affirms her long-known character and truthfulness.
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Suigel
Bo l
Sergo
John Boyos
Manat Keira
Parading
Wollongong
John Hickey
John Hickey, Place, Writes That He Bee Known Mra Hoyos
Tena
Addu
Srarguns
Town Council Minutes Mention Budget and Meetings
Minutes recount the council’s approval of budgets and motions. The mayor, speakers, and key officials are noted, with decisions to rescind some motions and set meeting dates on the first and third Mondays each month. Tax rates, public works committees, and ratepayer notices are addressed along with council leave for illness.
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Mnevia
Cre Budge
Builder
Sargent
Dre Ler
Adame
Hornet
Cru
Lee
Adams
Han
Catt
Nericea
Budge
Bargent
Horner
Los
Countiue
Ors
Fitange Covamittrs
Abseking Bey
Parminnion
Revievexame
Mc. Drableby
Binder
Gow Hose
Clark
Clert
Whooping Cough Helped By Chamberlains Cough Remedy
An editor from World-Herald Fair Haven Wash reports his child suffered whooping cough and threatened pneumonia but Chamberlains Cough Remedy prevented severe croup attacks. The product is sold by W H Dowble as sole agent in Gladstone.
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San
Chamberlain
H. J. Strick Faden
World-Herald
Fair Haven Wash
USA
W. HT. Dowble
Gladstone
Facks and Roomers A Fractured Ledger of Deaths Fire Storms and Protests
Fragmented notices recount storms in New South Wales, plague near Sydney and several deaths valued at vast sums. Names of officials, mayors and physicians recur among chaotic references to fires, strikes, inspections, and political tensions.
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Kalgoorli
Port Pit
Connell
A. C. Thomas
F.C
Inave
Abeamon
Mosat Gaim
Great Northern Bicycle tule with unclear sport nominations
Fragmentary OCR notes list names and events with garbled dates and places. The text references a voyage or bicycle context, mentions December 30, 1909, and several proper nouns including Morgan and Sewers, but factual details are unrecoverable. The readable items provide no coherent event or outcome to summarize.
Pain Balm Brought Quick Relief for Wife’s Back Pain
German reader in Naw Lebanan cites Dayton Volkeeitung advert for Chamberlain s Pain Balm. After a few days of use his wife recovered from eight weeks of back pain, regaining ability to perform household tasks. W H Deebie, Gladstone, sole agent, promotes the liniment.
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George Schaub
Naw Lebanan
Dayton Volkeeitung
Alma
Ita
Tenew Chamberlain
W. H. Deebie
Gladstone
Whispering galleries and strange echoes in cathedrals worldwide
A historical note describes whispering galleries in Sicily and other cathedrals, where quiet confessions or hushed sounds travel long distances. It mentions St Paul’s and Florence cathedrals, water pipe acoustics, and odd sonic phenomena observed in sacred spaces, with cautions about sensational claims.
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Girgentic
Sicily
St. Paul's
London
Tan
Paria
Cucahrocke Peatio
Wight
Cacook
Bar Romapheta
Vlnder and Sons Rucalyp ti Ex saga Amsterdam Rehitation
Fragmented OCR describes medical scrutiny of a plant extract named Slnder and Sons Rucalyp ti Ex, with references to the Medical Division of the Paehe and Melbourne communications. It details tests and cautions about crude extracts and supposed benefits against diseases, with list-like observations on purity and renaming.
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Slnder & Sons
Saga
Amsterdam
Paehe
Melbourne
Prussiarte
Bord
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Court OF Appeal
F. Read
West Ward
BP. T. Jeffery
Adelaide
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Suscone
G. G. Coltion
Nonnt Gambier
Wwdgst
James Ayuaw
Twumanis
Pryzibilla
John Byers
Golden Grove
Opleuiap
Chin
Burry
Bre
Raymond
Abwacon
Jarane
Balaklavs
Gladatope
Buzurilla
Domiaies Pea
Thebarton
Gladstons
Fattom
Malbourne
Roberta
Laure
Oteeon
Philip Watts
Fli.s
Naval Architek
Armstrong and Dry
Edward Quintiven
Salist
Poe
Joseph Gand
Stoval
Inquisitivs
Great Northern
Seaneatilba
Baur Nosraers Baroware
Morgan
Firma Hanomar
Harmiile
Aeti
Ewan Hawpros
G Livesay
Parrington W. Pearce
Whitahorn
J.P. Hailey
T. Johnon
Shearer BP
Walker HB
Blesing Dinning W.& Pring
Smumetany Hindrcar
Curiosities of Sonn
Ieee
Sal
Igven
Bryan Lark
Londen
Ib Gomes
Kipling
Avai
Enor
Uly
Chriaver
of the Bank of
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Monvest Patments
Te Messas
Gordon
Futusl Buildings
Amd
Ae Ee
Mnul
Bank of New
Morocco
Voles Library
Tatiana
Aelaide
Oas
Eling
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