03 Nov 1906
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Newspaper
Brighton Southern Cross
Location
Brighton, Victoria, Australia
Date
Nov 03, 1906
Page
1
A humorous fragment debates what defines a gentleman citing manners honesty and restraint. A narrator recalls a bizarre prairie tale where a tarantula crawled under a saddle blanket, prompting fear and a formal inquest after the event proves deadly for the spider.
In a street near St John’s College Untord, laborers digging in the roadway uncovered about fifty large bones. A geology professor, famed for valuing ancient remains, estimated them as ancient elephant remains rather than giants. The find suggests a long forgotten exhibit from Wombwell’s era.
An uneven mix of wartime casualty notes and nautical safety guidance appears in fragmented prose. It describes Fair Coay's duel, a Frenchman, gruesome wound details, a surgeon guiding a Brussels-bound escort, and stray anecdotes about social behavior aboard ships and rough seas. Practical cautions warn about caring for sailors, burns, and damp clothing while offering curt rules for handling women at sea.
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