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Newspaper
Bathurst Daily Argus
Location
Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jan 02, 1909
Page
2
A rustic poem by Joe Cone describes Rastus playing the fiddle in the kitchen. The verses evoke farm life and family warmth as music drives away dull care and turns supper time into a cozy, hopeful evening.
Dr Matt, a beacon to Bethel, plans to bring Grandma Silvers to Ingleside for a restorative visit and to suggest adopting a grandmother for Joey. The sermon inspires communities, as Mrs Wainright and others glimpse a potential new family link through care and shared faith.
A garbled passage references a bill collector and a sudden death affecting a person. The text notes a request to tell someone to speak to another about the death and a possible desire for a moment of conversation with corpses.
A reflective essay explores the fragility of culture through vanished books, sculptures, paintings, and libraries. It notes historic losses from Tacitus to the Library of Alexandria, chronicling fires, wars, neglect, and the caprice of collectors, while highlighting enduring questions about posterity and value.
An amateur reminiscence praises flight across many forms of lovomotion. It recounts a French Army dirigible ascent with Mr Wabur Wright, describing engine roar and lifting off, the speed of forty miles per hour, and how the balloon banks smoothly through curves to prevent skidding.
An early report describes Prince Serge de Bolotoff’s three plane aeroplane, powered by a 100 hp engine, with self righting design and water resistant buoyant compartments. The craft aims to cross the Channel, reaching speeds up to eighty mph in wind-assisted conditions.
A young man asks Millie if she told her mother about the engagement. Millie jokes that her mother knew six months before. A rude stranger comments on a local man’s vanity. A teacher asks a boy to distinguish a lake from an ocean and Edward answers with a pun about lakes being nicer to swallow when you fall in.
A cryptic quotation shows a new convict discussing forging signatures for a week of practice to sift official papers. The fragment hints at planned deception and a suggestion to aid fake documents.
A man seeks a photo to show him as he is without retouching. The photographer replies the request is out of place and suggests the police station for a Bertillon style portrait. The exchange hints at identity documentation practice rather than portraiture.
An owner confronts a man trespassing at Mish-pond over a no fishing sign. The angler asserts edible fish nearby and shows a basketful, challenging the board’s prohibition.
The dialogue presents artist D'Auber confidently offering his canvases for self-set prices. A student reacts with surprise and envy, while D'Auber patronizingly steps through the claim of artistic greatness and the student’s wish to be in his place.
A young wife explains she crafted a dish from a tookery book and teases about the binding. Her husband reacts with amused astonishment as she reveals the homemade item named Mary.
In a curiosity filled scene Theophrastus Esculapius Stubbe hosts callers about his “Universal Life Everlasting Golden Bitters” agency scheme. A melancholy undertaker seeks a sales role, prompting a quip filled exchange on business and benevolence.
A local physician struggles to remember names while preparing a patient recount. To salvage dignity he asks a visitor to spell her name. She quips, revealing her name as Bal.
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