The Winning Sequence at Miss Braddon's Court Suburb
In a 1901 tale from The Carcoar Chronicle, Colonel Challoner plays high stakes with Mrs Fermor in a crowded drawing room, while a dramatic letter from Fermor to Challoner's lodgings triggers a fatal chain. The story ends with Challoner's mysterious death and Fermor's later madness, a scandalous social scene in a fashionable suburb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Challoner
Coleone
Mra Fermor
Columt
Chalionex
Hwe
Permor
Golly
Chew
Shu
Jove
Rota
Seiple
Colonel Challoner
Deven
Ham
Sarah
Colynal
Jones
Petersham
Lomax Ireharne
Elevator Boy Confesses Feigned Brother Act Ends in Shame
A male elevator operator recounts his deceitful scheme to woo a widowly tenant nicknamed Sister Eva. He fabricates affairs with other men to influence her, faces discovery, is assaulted by the real sister Eva, and is fired from the building. He ends by quitting the elevator work, deeming family matters and elevators a poor mix.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abso
Cory
Tin Sister
Tamper
Johnson
Eva
Mr. Saunders
Kvn
Lupoh
Wury Sen
Langeh
Bam
Mr. Saundera
Ladies' Column on English Law Against Foreigner Marriages
WO Cumming Macdonald argues in the Daily Express that over a thousand Boglieh girls are deceived into stake marriages with foreigners yearly. He urges Parliament to require foreign suitors to present official proof of legalizing marriages, to protect English women from deserted spouses and ruined lives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumming Macdonald
Daily Expensa
Maya
Hia Sera
Paria
Leo
Paris
Tham
England
Scotland
Ireland
Prospects of South Africa as a farming nation
A Special Correspondent writes on South Africa's agricultural future, arguing climate and vast lands offer unmatched potential beyond Cape Colony. He warns most farms are overvalued, urges northerly investment, and describes growing maize and forage for Johannesburg markets while noting water, irrigation, and adapting methods as key challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Aprica
Moother Place
South Africa
Meany
Seranat
Best York
Elire Jonte
Vines
Capetown
Africa
Sluwart
Transvaal
Rhodcaia
Balawiyo
Emmy
Asme
Europe
England
Daland
Natal
Scotto
Egypt
Johannenburg
Malmenburg
Cures
Oudsthorn
Basuteland
Johannesburg
Bechuanaland
Cape Colony
Johbannasburg
Unclear regional mining enterprise referenced in disputed district
The text mentions Kalir and a firm Monsis Lewis and Marks linked to mining of gold, coal, and diamonds in a district. It references South Africa and Transvaal context, with profit motives and cultivation themes, but the fragmentary wording obscures precise events or dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalir
Wenivewawlinis
Monsis, Lewis and Marks
Main
Afria
Nores
Transvaal
Farm and Poultry Cautions and Housing Advice
The article surveys humane and unsafe gear for driving horses, preferring simple bridles and bits and criticizing harsh devices. It then covers poultry quality, breeding, capon production, and proper poultry housing, feeding, and disease prevention, with anecdotal humor about farm life.
Weathering hardships for wild life in damp seasons
The article surveys how heavy rain and prolonged wet weather harm wild animals and birds across regions from India to Britain. It notes decreased young in many species, altered breeding timing, and broader ecological stress while comparing tropical and temperate climates and citing local observations from England and Ireland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkaye
Curiou
India
England
Romeerty
Universal
Cho Lodi
Manchester
Leeland
Scotland
Southland
Norfolk
Ireland
Oast
Marina
Humour in a Fragmented Page of Quips and Quarrels
A rail of dated gags and sketches unfolds with theatre banter about dispirited actors and theater managers a doctor patient exchange about dieting and bills two girls discussing parents a spoof on Shylock a teacher scolding a boisterous class and a comically misheard conversation among shop staff and a professor. The piece presents humorous wordplay and social foibles in a collage style.
Fragmented Varieties of War Time Inventions and Oddities
A jumble of wartime and science notes covers coal, quarry blasts, timing by water clocks, cannon balls, and a Berlin myth about a cuirass against Humbert murder. It notes bread making, wind safety for children, cloths cooled with baking soda, and a fatal case of a man who hanged himself after his fifth marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Humbert
Rome
Onherk
China
Count von Waldersee
Victor Emmanuel
Klasing
Odes
Parle
Meflw
Wiley
America
Repoe
Chnodicus
Also Mentioned on This Page
HE Carcoar Chronicle
Dy Miss
Braddon
Blackie
Colonel Challonae
Carmine
Tn Arts
Lurthel
Richmond
Sammis
Mina Murdock
Amy
Samumis
Traveller
Dia Delwer
Xorma
Freddy
Binks
Blake
Pat
Mantoll
Patiens
Min Marvou
Willie
Shylock
Johnny Smith
Minh
Geo Whit
Johnny
Jagya
Jagga
Proot Donuiva
P—Hull-Boy
Hacauay
Peter
Cuma
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