Sam Spasms the Wizard and the Ring Mystery
In a shipboard tale aboard the Barrabotta, Sam Spasms the crew’s gifted second-sighter reveals a missing ring, faces accusation, and confesses amid a voyage’s crisis. Joe Bankkx, Tom Carlin, and Captain Simpkins drive the climactic pursuit and ultimate return of the treasure.
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Sam
Ben Adams
Ben
Redcliffe Highway
Willy Enuf
Simpkins
Sam Spasma
Lumont
Honcet Mao
Marcy
Sam Beasms
Tom Carlin
Wallybeller
Joe Bankkx
Joe
Wistons
Anya Sam
Bam
Paulmy
Gould
Tatlantic Hoenan
Agin
Tom Curlin
Anya Joe
Mail Arrangements For Perth Fremantle And Rail Lines
Courtesy of Post master Mr John Norman provides mail closing and arrival times for Perth Fremantle goldfields and Eastern and Great Southern Railways. Closures occur Monday to Thursday 2 90 pm Fridays 5 15 pm Saturdays 10 pm. Arrivals Tuesdays Wednesdays Fridays 10 15 pm Thursdays Saturdays Sundays 7 20 am.
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John Norman
Perth
Fremantle
Goldfields
Eastern
Great Southern
Denmark
Denmark Line
King and
Kalgan
Robinson Estate
Albany
Ongerup
Salt River
Trains Schedule Albany Perth Evening Departures
Trains leave Albany for Perth on day and Sunday at 6 30 p m. Trains arrive Albany from Perth on Thursday Saturday and Sunday at 7 99 p m and on Tuesday Wednesday and Friday at 10 15 p m.
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Albany
Perth
Albany to Denmark train schedule and odd dialogue snippet
Timetables show Traine leaves Albany for Denmark on Monday and Friday at 6 10 a m and alternate Saturdays at 1 15 pm. Denmark to Albany departures on Monday and Friday at 9 96 pm with 2 96 pm arrival. alternate Saturdays leave Denmark 6 5 pm arriving Albany 8 36 pm. A country girl boards an omnibus and the conductor pressures for fare with comic misreadings and a joke about conscription and professions, ending with a humorous street conversation about Egyptian law and a plumber’s view.
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Albany
Denmark
Jack
Advertising policy notice for classified ads
Public notice from the advertising office states advertisers must specify the number of insertions in writing or the existing run will continue. Ads must reach the office by 9 am Monday and Thursday to ensure publication.
Special Notice on Standing Advertisements Deadlines
Special notice states all changes for standing advertisements must be in the office by Friday and Tuesday at 12 noon. The rule will be strictly adhered to.
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Priday
Notice to Correspondents Readers urged to send local news
The paper asks readers to submit items of general interest including social notes and land and stock news. Communications should include the sender’s name for good faith and be written clearly on the paper. The editor will not publish anonymous notes and will censor private matters.
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Alzm
The Poet Caplan and a World War I Officer
A memoir fragment describes a wartime gathering in a canteen with Poilus and officers. The narrator forms a deep bond with Captain Harselot, a rough yet passionate lover of poetry who shields his tenderness behind bravado and leads troops in danger. The tale shifts to faith, war’s misery, and a farewell as Harselot dies five hours after a poignant exchange.
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Poilus
Harselot
Cafard
Alfred de Musset
Alfred de Musse
Pere Harselot
Maga
Pitilosa
Bafora Bo
The Question of the Ages on Science and God
A reflective essay ponders whether science will unlock all mysteries. It contrasts Socrates, death, and immortality with the edge of knowledge, asking if God and the unseen realm guide humanity toward a nobler future.
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Socrates
You
Egypt
Moses
Pompeii
Darkname
Adenes
Lemeh
Riumphant
Ben
Wartime anecdotes and miscellany from the front lines
Readers encounter a collage of soldier quirks from mustache care to violin playing. A high explosive ends a playful mime on the parapet as rivals scramble and quarrel over positions. Odd bits include Russians in Australia and Korea Japan tensions amid missionary reports. An exchange about a baby and leave ends with a strained military joke.
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Bapa
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Barraboota
Boots
Wallace Bruce Stewart Spasman
Tom
Joe Banke
Bom Snaama
Psalmy
Ofis
Mant
Jonah
South’ American
Eanekly
Sam Spaama
Melbourne
Australey
National Library of Australia
Perth and District
Special Telegraphic Service
Advertising Fates
Cluba
Frederick Street
Caplan
God
Jsbe
Mansy
Australia
Thesy
Ruseia
Pilern
Pekin
Korea
Tommy
D.C
Prietor
P. W
Tha
Westen
Nla.gov
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