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Newspaper
Toodyay Herald
Location
Toodyay, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Feb 14, 1925
Page
3
A discussion on how wireless gramophones and records bring orchestral music to distant listeners, expanding access beyond city halls. It traces the orchestra’s history from Monteverdi and Haydn to modern composers, praising the instrument’s evolving blend and the listener’s growing understanding and appreciation.
A London writer argues speech is brain driven not organ limited. He notes many animals possess vocal organs yet lack higher nervous connections and mentality to use them. The piece summarizes V Negus views on larynx evolution from lungs as a simple valve to a tool governed by the brain.
An evocative aphorism asserts that unions may strike repeatedly in the same spot until the place disappears, challenging the idea that nature safeguards against repeated disruption.
A Long Sutton postman on his round dreamed of catching bees and awoke to find a live swarm at a pillar-bow. Reports mention a trio of Paris lightning calculators and a claim that he learned by watching a disk of the gue meter at work.
Dr David Todd of Amherst College discusses the near approach of Mars and the potential for earth Mars radio communication. He cites a 5 million mile Earth Mars distance and proposes using a dirigible at 10 000 feet or higher with Shenandoah to receive signals.
An editorial compares the human body to a self repairing machine, arguing that doctors face vastly more complex diagnosis challenges than engineers. It cites the body as a heat engine and chemical laboratory with self repair, noting the limits of medical science and the need for fair treatment of physicians.
The piece describes handwriting quality with traits like clarity of mind and legibility, then notes uniform and regular bars, absence of wall Ye, and basic letter shapes. It contrasts vanity, loopy curves, and irregular word formation with indecipherable slants and large pen movements indicating misregulated imagination.
A wise young man responds to a widow who asks his guess of her age. He pauses then says he has several ideas but hesitates whether she seems younger by looks or older by brains. The exchange ends with a playful compliment.
Practical home hints cover insect control with paraffin in laundry, softening putty with soap for broken panes, using a towel to prevent china breakage, mixing paraffin with black lead to polish stoves, ammonia for oil stains, turpentine for grease stains, and cleaning floors with soda before refinishing. Potatoes cook faster in hot water before baking. White blotting paper protects furniture finishes. Curtain care suggests tacking edges and stretching to avoid ironing.
Senator Marconi announced at the Marconi Company meeting that a new beam wireless telegraphy system could transform worldwide communications. He described directional transmission, reduced costs, and improved secrecy, citing successful England to Australia reception and potential links to Canada, South Africa, India, and Australia.
The article discusses how deafness often worsens from disuse and the elderly face added challenges. It highlights that lip reading and facial cues mask true disability, explains how chronic catarrh and age affect hearing, and stresses using mechanical aids like wireless devices and headphones to improve hearing and engagement.
Instructions describe Almond Pudding, Apricot Charlotte, Croquants of Peaches, and a Charlotte Russe recipe. Steps include melting butter with almonds and sugar, baking in pastry, preparing apricot layers with jelly and whipped cream, and forming a brittle sugar syrup for moulding peaches and berries in a mould.
A collage of humorous vignettes and quips featuring talking points on work time pay, dancing and golf, marital banter, home life, and odd anecdotes. Names and places are sparse. fragments hint at a late 19th or early 20th century humor column style.
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