Death in Paris Resurrects Bauer Murder Theories
Detectives active in 1907 Melbourne once suspected a single desperado did Bernard Bauer’s fatal attack. A Paris death of a famed Australian criminal renews belief he hid the crime and diamonds. A Tasmanian letter corroborates a French connection but no new clue emerged. The 1907 murder left Bauer dead in his Collins Street office with diamonds missing and no traceable culprit.
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Paris
Bauer
Sydney
Melbourne
Bernard Bauer
Austra- Ma
Commonwealth
Blatery
Australia
Chambers
Collins Street
Hauer
Mr. Bauer
Tea travellers praise Robur for consistent wholesome flavor
A speaker declares they will not waste time on visitors, insisting Robur tea is good wholesome, always the same, with a pleasant flavor. They express confidence and a firm stance on personal boundaries.
No Slacker. Mrs Pardee Seeks Four Husbands Frontline
Englishwoman pursues multiple marriages as four husbands go to the front and are lost, prompting Pardee to question if the account notes resumed recruitment.
Reliable Home Made Remedies For Colds And Nerve Health
Advertised tonics and mixtures claim to cure asthma bronchitis colds influenza and sore throats by destroying throat germs and toning the system. The HEENZO cough mixture and BEAN'S TONIC NERVE are promoted, with prices and local availability noted.
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Hean
Desperate Criminal Linked to Melbourne Diamond Murder
The 6 carat diamond on the table beside Bauer becomes central as investigators propose the killer fled on a mailboat to London then Paris. Inspector Campbell voices belief the Parisian contact knew the crime, while noting the desperado, once seen near throttling a man in Haymarket over 15 years ago, remains dead and the Bauer mystery unresolved in Melbourne crime records.
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Kmg
Bauer
Ao Ucales
Melbourne
London
Paris
Campbell
Sydney
Haymarket
Biturine offers rust protection for iron tanks
An advertisement touts Biturine as a rustproofing interior coating for galvanised iron water tanks. It promises doubled life when applied new, low cost, with full usage directions, including small hole repairs. The copy notes Biturine is produced in Australia and exported to America and the East.
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Australia
America
Indigestion Sufferers Recommend Warner's Safe Cure
A Tasmanian ex detective reports relief after ten years of dyspepsia using Warner's Safe Cure. A Victorian woman credits the medicine with curing years of indigestion headaches and insomnia after poor results from other treatments. Sold by chemists and stores in original five shilling and two shilling sixpence forms.
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George Franklin
Bathurst St
Hobart
Tas
Melbourne
Warner
Dora McDonald
McCrackener
Kensington
Vic
Warner's
Chamista
Storekespera
The Bittersweet Tales From The Village Page
A churchgoer Mrs Thompson misses Sunday service claiming mail delay while neighbors share she has been "doing her bit" by attending to epistles. A Blacksmith's War Garden recounts a small village plot of peas carrots and meddling hens. A Salvation Army padre helps a waiting fiancée discover her soldier fiancé is married, ending in tragedy as she faints.
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T.ml.c.a
Blackburn
Booth Rue
Returned Sol- Association
Australis
Vy.mlc.a
Salvation Army
Auckland
Welington
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Bosh
DaLceTya Co
Trp
Saral Agents Gov Victoria C
Uafrcmonis
Lee
Millon
Queen Sturne
Hyland
Hyland & Sons Pty, Ltd
Sennite
Robyur
Som
Insppector Campbell
Walker
Criminal Investigator Department
Croolk
Tasmania
Haner
Paria
Raver
Ingaol
Pardee
Union Manufacturing & Adesot
Spencer Street
Geno All
Postel Addrea
Stone .& CO
Queen S&t
Donald Mackinnon
MLA
Stewart McArthur
Faz
KC Hou
ROBT
G. McCutcheon
Tucomen
Joel Fox
C. J. Martin
the Union Trustee Co. of Australia Limited
Collins
Brisbane
Samuel Cooke
Jd. M. Carroll
Lawrence
Costanse
R. B. Lawrence Dyer
Northcote
Giria
Bean
CE. Hall
Mckillop ST
War Office
Gunner Brown
Woolwich
Brown
Henece
Ime
Tampot
Canada
Quebec
Heaven
Hades
Danse Brothers
Canada Cycle & Motor CO
Delco
Idalgety &Co
Bourke ST
Madge
Fiji Islands
Plabe
J. Bartram & Son Pty. Ltd
Bourke Street
Wm. Haughton & Co
Little Collins
Figom
Coffey Bros
Richmond
Maize Products Pty. Ltd
Footscray
Victoria
Absteel
Elena Starch
APOS
Felton, Grimwade & Co
Ais Im
Viking” Separators
Gale
H.francis
Ivan
Meath
Renee Nim
Langwill Bros. & Davies
Sturt St
South Melbourne
Carriere
Agoes
Tate
Cho
W. Reynolds & Son Pty. Ltd
Wholasaia Meat Saleem
Metropolitan Meat Market
North Melbourne
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