Deadly duel with the boomerang in Aboriginal murder trial
A Port Augusta assizes report details the murder case of Jimmy Wonyila against Billy Lee, both Aborigines. The duel like fight used double boomerangs, witnesses spoke in pidgin English, and jurist etiquette required alternating blows. The dead man’s wife referred to him as the dead man.
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Port Augusta
London Feld
Jimmy Wonyila
Billy Lee
Low
Anther
Creek
N. W. Thomas
She Had the Last Word From Lippincott’s
Two Germantown youths once engaged quarrelled then pretended amity. A man calls on the girl's father. she denies recognition yet asks who called as he departs, sparking a moment of awkward politeness and pride.
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Lippincott's
Germantown
Lesson of the Olympic Games
The article argues internationalist spirit at the Stadium fuels rivalries that threaten national pride. It urges a focus on the games' value over winning and notes shared joy in sport despite medals.
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England
America
Olympia
Father's usefulness in the family circle
From Harper's Magazine, the piece argues fathers influence both mother and daughter in modern education. It asserts sons heed paternal counsel more than maternal, while fathers help balance maternal hopes with daughters' growing independence to preserve harmony and natural propriety in family life.
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Harper's Magazine
The Seagulls of Auchmithie Return Home
In Auchmithie a gull that lived with a fisherman year round while not breeding returned to his old home after the man moved three and a half miles away. The bird walked back to resume familiar household routines on a recent Sunday.
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Auchmithie
The
London Spectator
Gull
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