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Newspaper
Toodyay Herald
Location
Toodyay, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Nov 07, 1925
Page
4
In Christmas week at the Rouseabout Inn in a remote colony Joe Rafferty and his wife run a boozy hostelry where drunken shearers crowd the place. A weary traveler meets the seductive yet dangerous mistress and witnesses brutal exploitation and a looming, unsettled fate.
A historical note charts London’s growth from a mud hut village to a stone city. It cites early brick and Essex clay, then stone from across England, including Portland and Bath’s Combe Down quarries. It mentions St Paul’s Cathedral, Westminster Abbey restoration, and Buckingham Palace refacing with white Portland stone. It ends noting decay from London’s rain and a Port of London landmark on Tower Hill.
The piece humorously recounts a bout of influenza and a quarrel with a partner over illness, medicine, and doctor ads. It riffs on influenza cures, quackery, and the urge for a doctor's degree, ending with a cheeky promise to prescribe a strong dose if ever needed.
An old note describes adding sliced apples to stews and soups. It details the use of Portland stone in building the War Office and Kingsway. Granite from Dartmoor and quarries near Hay Tor, Lowley Merivaile, and Tavistock–Princetown supplied London with stone from over a dozen counties.
A jeweled map in the Louvre is described as the costliest single map in the world. It portrays France with Jasper ground, towns as precious stones, rivers as platinum, and English counties mapped in blazing gems. Made in Resa as a gift during the Franco Russian alliance, the piece is valued at about a quarter of a million pounds.
The article traces wedding custom origins from rice to confetti and notes traditions in East and Europe. It describes rice symbolism for prosperity, Romans scattering corn, Poles tossing wheat or beans, Italians using nuts, and Germans tossing cakes and buns to celebrating brides.
A historical piece traces jazz origins to military bands and plantation rhythms. It notes bands spurred work pace, then links rag time to cotton pickers whose lilting beats shaped early jazz presented by Negro choirs.
Reports from Toronto reveal Miss Bessie Baty, overseer of nurses at Kei Kwong Hospital in Kwangtung, China, helped a native doctor administer anesthesia and then performed the amputation after bandits blocked communication to Dr. McDonald. The procedure succeeded and the patient is recovering.
In an odd tale a Japanese girl Kotoko Shimidzu sails with her father, is swept to sea and drifts to Canada, returning decades later after a long voyage at sea and a distant homeland.
Inquest into the death of Mrs. Yanetia May Tugwell 55 of Chelsea finds eucalyptus responsible for heart failure. Coroner Dr HR Oswald notes the room held two empty eucalyptus bottles and the air smelled of eucalyptus. Pathologist Dr RM Bronte says eucalyptus is a family remedy and not poison.
Sir Oliver Lodge preached on Miracle and Prayer at St Benet’s Church Stepney London using a fable of two frogs in cream to argue miracles can happen. He noted faith and persistence can turn hopeless situations into outcomes and drew a parallel to animals recognizing possibilities beyond known laws.
France mourns Clement Ader, an early aviation pioneer who built an autonomous flying machine called an avion. He inspired French aviation long before Santos Dumont and the Wright brothers and was later honored with the Legion of Honour.
The first French crossword puzzle book has just been published and sales are said to have reached ten million. In the seventeenth century Billings Market in London was leased for £5 a year and last year traders paid £36,500 in rents.
A miner Bentjamin Kennedy saved a Japanese girl on a passing vessel and adopted her. Mrs Kotoko Kennedy later arrived at Yokohma as the girl grew up and married her adopted father’s son. She shared deep emotion at the gathering of many old acquaintances she barely knew from twelve years in Japan. She then returned to Akite prefecture to visit her former home.
Archaeologists uncover two well preserved Viking age graves in Sogne Norway. The female burial includes bronze clad ornaments arms rings and a conical chrome case with Celtic styling. Finds also include cooking utensils weaving tools and knives suggesting a well furnished domestic context and possible Irish art influences.
Captain Scotts old ship the Discovery sails on a new Antarctic voyage to gather facts on whale populations. The Arctic has almost exterminated whales and officials fear a repeat if Antarctic whaling continues. The Discovery, rare and valuable, seeks skilled sailors to overhaul and guide the mission.
Dr R D McClure of the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit visits England to study nutrition and vitamins. He describes the hospital as the world’s supreme institution with 100 full time staff, private rooms, uniform fees, and Ford’s personal interest in turning it into a health centre.
The London Royal Society showcases progress with wireless signals reaching twenty yards through water and a katharometer recording a fly’s respiration. Exhibits include artificial larynx, tensile tester, an electrophonic stethoscope for 600 listeners, and long distance photographs over 3000 miles of telephone wires. London County Council plans housing for 200,000. annual rent roll stands at £58000. Royal yachtsmen include King George and monarchs of Spain Italy Denmark and Persia.
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