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Newspaper
Carcoar Chronicle
Location
Carcoar, New South Wales, Australia
Date
May 24, 1901
Page
4
A fragmentary poem fragment contemplates the barbs of angry speech and the hush of daisies in a sunlit field. Imagery blends wariness of gossip with a delicate scene of clover beds and soft laughter, as the speaker imagines a gentle witness to human malice.
In a continued chapter, a narrator recounts a volatile morning after a violent confrontation with her husband, Mr Barnes. A letter from Duncan Rothwell hints at an eerie connection to Potney and Putney, while Mrs Barnes confides in a stranger about her fears. She reveals her husband’s erratic dreams, a locked bureau, and a belief he would harm her, stating she has lived in fear since their marriage and questioning her fate.
In a tense narrative, a terrified narrator recalls a wife’s account of a macabre box containing a human hand and fingers. A husband’s nightly, disturbing obsession culminates in a chilling ceremony where parts are joined and a wedding ring appears to fuse with the scene. The frightened witness fears a hidden terror within the house as the tale nears a dramatic, unresolved turn.
A cliff rescue story from a mountain drift ends with a survivor aided after a fall. A Turkish crackdown on fires prompts insurance cancellations, while a Berlin dustling system debate spawns claims of drunken regimental honor. In Uganda taxes paid, pygmies vow not to return, and a Hungarian duel tragedy emerges from courtship missteps and a photographer’s puzzled surprise.
A medical discussion links madness susceptibility to profession and breathing, noting high insanity rates among artists and lawyers, lower rates among laborers and mechanists. It extols singing and deep breathing for lung fitness, emotional balance, and health, urging thorough vocal training and respiratory exercise as beneficial. It warns early tuberculosis treatment relies on proper respiration.
A report discusses tokelau like skin eruptions and strange facial patterns from eating fruits in contact with caterpillar hairs. It notes stomatite cracique caused by irritants from caterpillars, affecting children who bite or handle affected fruits. It describes spreading, symptoms, and age groups in a remote medical observation.
The article traces quackery from medieval beliefs to modern times, noting the wizardlike rites of early healers and the Lancet’s critique of quick-diagnosis quacks. It argues prevention elevates legitimate medicine and cites plague, enteric fever, diphtheria, and scarlet fever as ongoing urban health dangers.
An article argues that exposure to cold does not cause colds and that those least suited to cold should avoid it. It cites experiments where only part of the body is exposed while the rest is warmed, suggesting in unventilated rooms fires may trigger illness more than open air. It notes Nansen’s Arctic expedition members faced cold but did not suffer colds until returning home.
A British Medical Journal note warns against biting the moustache as dangerous. A patient with a quick nervous temperament chewed his moustache and developed internal inflammation tied to chalky matter from the hair.
Lord Gwydye of Stoke Park Ipswich claims to have witnessed three coronations from boyhood days. Born 1810, he recalls attending George IV William IV and Victoria era ceremonies, including viewing the throne chair. The article notes the ancient throne’s ornate state and disputed origins and powers.
An American professor attends a Kaiser palace reception where royal robes dazzle. A friend quotes, monarchy should stay until the end, sparking discussion with Kaiser. Paris Vienna notes recall Prince Edward and a deadly tomb blast at Restaurant Foyot injuring Leurant Tailbade, with no culprit found.
The Grand Duke Constantine of Russia translated Hamlet into Russian and played the title role in a notable opera at the Hormit theatre. The event drew praise from a cultivated audience in St. Petersburg. He married in 1884 to Olga Lapouktrine, a Lutheran princess, with five sons and a daughter. Their eldest, Princess Indiana, is eleven and among the few Primocases of the Romanoff line.
A fragmentary remarks on eighteenth century wit and court life. It notes the allure of wit, royal flattery, and the sharp portraits of high society from Louis XIV’s era, including a witty exchange with ambassador Basompiarre and the monarch's insistence on outward dignity.
A fragmentary reminiscence recalls courtly intrigues and moral posturing at Versailles, where kings and queens were guarded by flattery, wit, and church doyens. Anecdotes about Madame de Font, Abbe Gobelin, and Madame de Coulanges illustrate the era’s luxury, hypocrisy, and the eventual reckoning at the guillotine.
Remarkable interest in Teala's new light sold as artificial sunlight. The device uses a Teva oscillator and a glass tube lamp to emit bright, noon-like illumination with minimal heat and long-lasting filaments. Tesla notes a retained efficiency and extended lamp life, with workers earning twenty to thirty dollars weekly in photo retouching.
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