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Newspaper
Carcoar Chronicle
Location
Carcoar, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 01, 1933
Page
3
A brief note explains the origin of foolscap paper dating to Charles II’s reign. Royal arms once stamped on sheets gave way to fool’s cap and bells as a watermark after Parliament ridiculed the royal emblem. The term Foolscap endures from that era.
A spring legend explains summer and winter through Demeter and Persephone, then shifts to a luncheon table interruption where kids and visitors share playful family moments. Donald's hunting talk ends with a hen scare, leaving the boys to fantasize about wild beasts. The text ends with a garbled arithmetic puzzle about four-digit numbers.
A woman died in a Philadelphia hospital after a long period under medical observation. The disease appeared to affect her bones and nerves, leaving her almost immobile. Doctors feared neck dislocation and supported her with braces, restricting movement to a few inches.
An observer catalogs widespread war relic forgeries seen on battlefields. Fake shells are cast hollow then cracked, aged with nitric acid and rust. Verdigris appears via copper in solution. bullets and minie balls are molded and dented. belts, spurs, canteens and harness parts are crafted by individual workers for profit.
A column notes Moorish beauty favors extreme obesity, praising women who gain hundreds of pounds as the ideal of beauty. It contrasts with Western views, describing a culture where slenderness is despised and indulgence is celebrated. The piece lampoons dieting and physical culture as wasteful.
A British colonel repairing a South African railway finds a large empty house to use as headquarters. A telegram from Bloemfontein misleads him with G T M and G T H, prompting a wry exchange about abbreviations and an ensuing board of inquiry.
The excerpt references Pope and a meditation on life free from care and fortune's buffetings. It suggests happiness is not bought but earned through inner liberty rather than external wealth or status.
A collection of curious facts ranging from inventions and climate to population notes and world shipping. Highlights include the clarinet’s fiery inventing tale, the vast and varied Someday calendar names of Persians, and Japan imagery of sleepers in railways. Also mentions silk-rearing in Italy, asparagus as oldest food, and a Danish city appointing a female constable to watch her own sex. It also notes crime patterns in London, Canada’s vast area, and early Panama Canal excavation figures. Additionally, claims about rubber trees, electric whips, and multihorse handling devices are touched on.
A French geographer reports a river that appears to flow upstream in Upper Burma Dahomey. The bed slopes gently, the river runs dry for months, and during the rainy season water moves both downstream and upstream until the channel fills.
The census recorded odd roles in Ay Hyderabad and the Central Provinces with villages listing idol temples as occupied houses. Boon grantors and subsistence providers appear as occupants while other callings include bird nest collectors, receivers of stolen goods, witches and cow poisoners. The note also mentions the bird nests trade, snakes in caves, and a revival due to speculative housing for nests. Additionally it mentions Germany horse racing betting requiring government permission, with duties used to fund breeding and prizes.
A famous Paris death involves Jimmy Gwynn, once a chemist, who faced an English friend in a duel arranged after a quarrel. Gwynn prepared a will and fired a blank cartridge. He watched his adversary fall, bloodstains on the shirt, before seconds revealed the pistol was loaded with blanks and the event was a staged illusion.
A mother in law recalls repeated visits and a quarrel with her son in law. The daughter weeps in the drawing room and reveals that George has left her. The mother asks who is the woman in the case, seeking the truth behind the estrangement.
A reflective piece urges today shaping tomorrow through self denial and virtue. It extols homes life, acts of devotion to community, and the arts as sources of joy while warning that worry undermines achievement. It advocates Training the will, relaxation, and focusing on causes over faults.
The text highlights three core virtues: civility or politeness, morality through conscientiousness, and religion via humility. It argues that schools should teach these virtues alongside the three R's to be truly worthwhile and beneficial for civilization.
An old French legend links the magpie to the robin redbreast from Jesus agony to Golgotha. The robin mourned at the cross, its breast stained red by Christ’s crown of thorns, earning a blessed fate and perpetual remembrance for its lineage while the magpie’s plumage darkened as punishment for its wailing.
A column recounts distracted husbands at social meals through anecdotes from Isabel Gordon Curtie in the New York Tribune. Couples share comic missteps from shells to charlotte cases, with wives noting brimming patience and occasional exasperation at clever, absentminded husbands.
Chinese belief links nail shape and color to character. Tapered nails signify intellect, thick nails denote sturdiness, broken nails imply illness, greenish nails loyalty, white nails ease, half moon nails health, end-plank nails sincerity, and rough, pumice-like nails pronounced stupidity.
A discussion of Chinese women describes oppression and resilience under dire conditions. It covers literacy, foot binding, arranged marriages, lack of property, and severe social controls. It notes women’s limited education, status, and the extreme penalties for defiance, including death by self action and costly funerals for widowers.
A reflective meditation on patience and progress urging one step forward at a time. It contrasts anxious overplanning with steady action, likening a lantern bearer to moving ahead without seeing every path. The message emphasizes focus on present steps and consistent effort.
A collage of quips and scenes from a historical page includes jokes about powder, pet phrases, proposals, and weddings. Characters, professors, maids, and lurid puns mingle in light dialogue, revealing social foibles and everyday concerns of the era through witty exchanges and dialogue fragments.
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