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Newspaper
Wallaroo Times And Mining Journal
Location
Wallaroo, South Australia, Australia
Date
Oct 27, 1869
Page
6
A poet contemplates dull monotony and storms as a prelude to peace. He contrasts bleak life with a revelatory sunset and declares faith and love as the cure. The verse climaxes with praise of Earth and divine rest, urging joy through nature and spiritual strength.
Impounding notice lists several horses including a dark brown mare with SY branding, a black colt, another black horse with white near forefeet, a branded BN mare, a bay mare with collar mark, a blue roan mare with EL over BE over F, a dark brown colt, and more with various brands. If unclaimed, they will be sold November 15, 1869 at noon.
The London Dialectical Society held twenty meetings to investigate Spirit Rapping with a mediator present. A large gas lit room, a heavy movable table, and a monitored circle described varied tapping noises and gestures as the phenomenon began, followed by contingent, distinct sounds noted at each session.
The article documents incessant table rappings observed by a committee. Raps occur from various locations, are heard simultaneously, and resist motor or mechanical explanation. Conditions include a medium, multiple hands on the table, focused attention, light levels, and music. Opinions split between spiritualist and natural explanations, with the committee awaiting further analysis on the mechanism.
A Manning River News correspondent reports a local incident where honey beer, poured into a pig trough, made the pigs intoxicated and boisterous. Some pigs became jolly, others quarrelsome, and one old sow reeled and slept after tipping into drunkenness.
A fragment from a late 19th or early 20th century report describes a scene at Atlantic City where crabs allegedly drunk on whisky perform antics as patrons observe. The text also covers a Melbourne sailor’s court appearance and a Clerkenwell Prison disturbance linked to a revolver incident, with the prisoner released on recognizances pending further inquiry.
Melbourne Dear Sir. Four letters argue that lozenges for sore throats and throat affections are daily recommended by authorities. They claim lemon lozenges have shown good in almost every winter and are better adapted to this climate than other remedies seen. Signed Daniel Br. Long to Mr Thomas Keating.
A historical ad promotes Keating's Children's Worm Tablet a vegetable remedy for intestinal threadworms. It claims safe mild administration suitable for children, sold in various tin and bottle sizes, with a caution to observe the trademark and buy from listed druggists and stores in Australia and New Zealand.
For sale by tender the house and land at Wallaroo, occupied by the Rev. A Mishie. Tenders received by the undersigned subject to mortgage to Building Boyisty, or other terms. J. B Austin, Owner of the “Gawurx Taree,” Ganlex.
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