Barbary Coast chat and book notices mix in essay style
A volume titled The Barbary Coast by Albert Edwards yields a long dialogue with an intelligent Arab about religion and Western perceptions. The piece also notes Paul Trent’s stories The Vow and The Foundling, praising Bentley Conscience as likely to be popular in Australia and New Zealand, with Clive Bentley described as a fine character and Ethet Carson a worthy heroine.
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Barbary Coast
Albert Edwards
Morocco
Europe
Christendom
Chase
Rome
Chris Han
Casablanca
Imigine
Paul Trent
The
Foundling
Bentley
Australia
New Zealand
Clive Bentley
Ife
Ethet Carson
Clive
Ward, Lock and Co Lad
Poddles Joins the V T C and Wears Uniforms
A humorous domestic scene follows Mr Poddles joining the Volunteer Training Corps and embracing a mock military role. Mrs Poddles admires the uniform while confusion over insignia and gear leads to comic mishaps with puttees, bandages, and a pretend field marshal stance.
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Mr. Poddies
V.T.C
Mrs. Poddies
Poddles
Mr. Poddles
Tanic
Mrs. Peddles
Arica
Mixed wartime market notes and trade terms fragment
The text is fragmented market and shipping notes with grim wartime tone, listing shipments, prices, and goods including oils woolen items, sewing twill, spares, crops, and onions. It records delays, freight costs, and shortages impacting Western Australia trade and import expectations.
Our Fleeting Years Health Plaints and Warner's Cure
Aware of widespread bodily ills, the piece argues health hinges on kidney and liver function. It endorses Warner's Safe Cure as a remedy introduced thirty five years ago, sold in 6 shillings bottles or 2 shillings 6 pence nonalcoholic form.
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Warner
Words of Comfort on a Stormy Voyage
Frightful wind and raging seas toss a ship while passengers and crew, including a clergyman, cling to resolve. The captain mocks, a monkey in the shroud pulls faces, and the cleric questions danger as the storm intensifies. The voyage tests faith and endurance.
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Davy Jones
The Lesser Evil on Holiday Night
A narrator recalls a holiday scene where a baby cries while a father tries to soothe it with a song. A neighbor, claiming the adjacent lady is unwell, asks them to let the baby cry instead. The tale laments fading honesty and the impracticality of living honestly.
Indulgent Husband Quip Sparks Quiet Parlor Talk
In a brief domestic exchange Mrs. Doll and Mrs. Spiteful discuss a husband described as indulgent. Mrs. Doll notes George echoes the remark while Mrs. Spiteful adds that he indulges a little too much at times. The dialogue captures casual gossip in a small household.
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Osuch
Mrs. Doll
George
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