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Newspaper
Bacchus Marsh Express
Location
Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jan 19, 1918
Page
4
A collection of dessert and cleaning recipes including Lemon Sponge with gelatine and eggs, Raspberry Pudding with butter sugar jam and raspberry, Coffee Jelly with coffee gelatine and cream, and Boiled Soap made from soap soda and washing soda dissolved in hot water.
A verbose historical anecdote recounts Lord Salisbury sending an emissary to press demands on the United States. The diplomat confronts President with threats of action, the President refuses, and a cafe scene unfolds with Count Botho von Felsing and Ernst Gronschild. A banker’s insult leads to a duel scare and a costly misunderstanding with a thousand marks exchange. A sharp typist helps capture a thief, and a couple quarrels over vows and loyalty end with a comic miscommunication.
A fragmented notice lists telephone exchange hours from 9 pm to 6 pm on Saturdays and miscellaneous names including Dugdale John Rosehill and Lidgett Henry with references to Clifton Vale and Hillel. The text is garbled but reflects an old telecommunication directory entry.
Long roll of local servicemen and their related families named as serving King and Empire in the Great War. Includes numerous individuals with initials and surnames, some marked wounded or killed, plus a concluding note urging corrections and quoting a royal wartime motto.
Resident notice from W J Brockie announces entry for the modern painless dentist at all branches at Merrimy House Grant Street Bacchus Marsh with daily hours from 7:30 am to 8 pm. The Dental Board of Victoria stationery available and obtainable in Melbourne.
A Melton State School ceremony unveiled the Bell of Honor listing former pupils and alumni. The long roll includes J Neal, J McPherson, T Lang, Horace Lang, Willian Black, J O Callaghan, K Neal, George Tyler, Gordon Wilson, H Collina, and many others noted as killed or wounded. The display commemorates service and sacrifice of past students with extensive names.
Readers encouraged to send corrections or omissions to the public notice. The note calls for input from affected parties and outlines how to submit updates to ensure the record reflects complete information.
R L Wynne announces All Business will be home in the Store due to high delivery costs. The Wagon will depart for Melton Railway Station every Monday and Friday taking cream and other goods.
A collection of humorous vignettes from social life and public places. Jokes about divorce, domestic antics, church settings, a Liverpool political talk, tram passengers, insomnia remedies, and a dreamlike wandering tale. Names of people and places are fragmented yet hint at everyday misadventures and social foibles.
A wartime exhortation urges men to recognize their debt of honour to those who died in battles. The text emphasizes duty, pride, and following the trail of honour blazed by the dead, invoking national sacrifice and the impact of war on Australian sentiment.
Local telephone exchange details list names such as J F Cochrane Arthur J Holden and F C T Holden connected to Mt Cotterill and Mt Atkinson East Holden. The record notes party lines marked 1X 1Y and 1d with names and locations on Mt Cotterill rd and nearby areas.
The article argues that German control of Pacific islands and naval bases endangers Australia and Britain. It stresses Britain's need for recruits, notes Russian front shifts, and warns that only a strong European coalition can counter German gains, or Australia’s future remains unsafe.
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