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Ashburton Guardian

Location

Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand

Date

Aug 16, 1906

Page

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Inaccurate Fragments of a 1900s World Almanac

This clipping pools scattered facts from different topics including the Bay of Bengal, Atlantic cable charges, camellia blooms near Dresden, and census notes for Auckland. It mixes figures on coastlines, trade, and demographics, presenting a collage rather than a coherent event.

Atlantia Bay of Bungal France Russia Auckland Edeo Finland

Wit and Humour Fragments From A vaudeville Page

A compilation of quick witted quips and misheard exchanges from teachers, architects, dealers, travellers, and couples. The items include a boy defining a hypocrite as a smiling schoolboy and a parrot praised for speech yet merely shrieking. The humor spans social missteps and everyday absurdities with regional speech and dated phrasing.

Vicar Tracks Peach Theft By Finger Print

A Victorian vicar suspects a garden thief after finding a finger print on an unripe peach. He shows Jack a photograph enlargement claiming to trace the culprit. Jack admits the fruit was stolen and confesses, baffled by the impression left on his clothing.

Jack Gentlemas

Singers Praise Great Peppermint Cure in Song

A satirical verse extols Woods' Great Peppermint Cure as a magical healing remedy over fans in the South. The chorus mocks coughs and sneezes with a grand boastful tone about the product’s supposed wonder.

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