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Newspaper
Carcoar Chronicle
Location
Carcoar, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Nov 01, 1901
Page
2
A rustic naturalist sketch discusses the mole or talpa as seen in daylight. It explains behaviors, burrow systems, and how gardeners trap and manage tunnels. The piece blends lore, natural history, and fascination with the animal’s blind, energetic, underground life.
A fragmentary verse exchange shows Hesnald urging a maiden to respond and react with shy answers. The dialogue hints at playful courtship and the motif that a laugh is like sunshine, lifting spirits and driving clouds away as life grows through courage and joy.
In a Victorian melodrama, Clara Lambert reads in the Sydney Morning Herald of the Strathmore, a vessel hailed near St Melena. A boat is found adrift with two men aboard, one memory lost man identified as Cecil Rawlin, and the tale draws Cecil toward his past as family anxiety deepens.
The hero travels back to Dasbar House after a six day stay at Syaeny. He had not seen Marian Marston since leaving the picturesque Witla cottage by the green lane. The narrative follows his return and lingering impressions of Waa and the distant surroundings.
A nostalgic travel piece describes collectible travel mementos such as shells cups and china pieces. It recounts tales of local souvenirs from various towns, including a lady who notes that incidents occur when traveling and that keepsakes carry memories of journeys and courteous gifts.
A narrator describes escaping to wild moorland and meeting three American girls who influence a fashion-focused day. The piece details fabrics, garments, and styling tips including muslin gowns, cretonne appliques, lamps of color, and hat trims.
A fragment from F Marion Crawford notes the Turkish beauty standard and veiling practices. The yashmak and face coverings are described as ornamental and revealing social norms, contrasting ideal beauty with pale features and questioning the mirror's truth in harems.
The tale follows Gilman the young son of a magnate who marries into leather trade, accidentally profits from selling coffin plots through Miles and Gilman, and after a heated fallout dissolves the partnership. He then pursues a coffin-based business plan, amassing wealth.
A miscellaneous reel of curios and social quirks from a distant era. Topics span a suspicious small fire in a Louisville high school, a tribal marriage practice, a Cairo women’s journal, smoking habits among Russian women, piano technique via Paderewski, and cycling tips urging power application for hill climbs with body and handlebar adjustments.
A fragmentary description of Pekin’s Forbidden City and a summer palace ten miles from the capital. It notes marble barges, luxury villas, an artificial lake, and opulent rooms. The piece contains garbled phrases and editorial comments about tasteless praise and a lavish lifestyle.
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