Do You Wish the World Were Better
Fragmented prose verses urge cleaner thoughts, wiser living, and daily acts of kindness. It exhorts readers to plant seeds of goodness, shaping a kinder world through small, steady deeds.
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Newspaper
Traralgon Record
Location
Traralgon, Victoria, Australia
Date
Oct 30, 1903
Page
6
Fragmented prose verses urge cleaner thoughts, wiser living, and daily acts of kindness. It exhorts readers to plant seeds of goodness, shaping a kinder world through small, steady deeds.
Extracts praise Steel Star Windmills from testimonials shown in a front parlour. Mentions a pagoda like structure, a governing device that never fails, and windmill performance with smooth operation, high water output, and resilience when others failed. Names John Danks and Son indicate the supplier.
A readable recipe fragment describes Steamed Mutton Casserole with neck meat carrots and mint, then Vegetable Marrow Soup and various baked sweets. Included are methods for Flame Ine buns, Queen Cakes, Lemon Water Custard Pudding, Ragout of Chicken, Rice Buns, and Hock Cakes with old fashioned measurements and steps.
A garbled classroom excerpt shows a school inspector and arithmetic question about fractions. The text references twelfths, a pie, and a puzzled student, with stray phrases about chickens and a Street world. The readable portion centers on a math exercise and incomplete dialogue.
Agricultural note outlines methods for raising pigs from birth to ten weeks and beyond. It recommends divided pens for piglets and sow, careful feeding to avoid overeating, toilet their troughs daily, multiple feeds daily, plenty of water and charcoal, then a diet shift to crushed wheat and barley at nine to ten months. It stresses shelter from rain and heat and maintaining cleanliness for optimal growth.
At the Taker man ISA Agricultural Society meeting farmers discussed profitable pig farming. Mr C E Dannie outlined 98 acres and minimal capital, with paddocks and ring fences, wire netting and varied fencing costs, plus sheds, straw stacks, and irrigation. He advised twelve to fifteen breeding sows, grain storage, a boiler, water in each paddock, lucerne if possible, and varied grain preparation for fattening pigs.
A garbled OCR passage notes prices for coffee and groceries, mentions country esteem and general goods, and includes social commentary about women’s behavior and possessions. Scattered phrases hint at a marine city scene and a comparison of prices, but most specifics are unreadable.
A historical note discusses horse breeding, stressing careful sire and dam selection, soundness over flashy traits, and avoiding traits that lead to deterioration. It argues that size and substance should reflect balanced, non fattening build, with emphasis on firm, elastic musculature and overall conformation.
A garbled collection of maxims on virtue, fortune, and conduct, fragments touch on doing well with little, the danger of deception, and the value of temperance and punctuality. It hints at moral lessons and everyday conduct with references to honesty, charity, and self discipline.
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