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Newspaper
Carcoar Chronicle
Location
Carcoar, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Sep 13, 1901
Page
4
A fragmented tale recounts Nell Mullet and Miss Stuart at Whitehall with Kit Elton and Rochester contending for Nell Gwyn’s favor. The King mocks rivalries, Nobles scheme, and a late dramatic abduction scare ends with Rochester’s exposure and the Tower awaiting judgment.
A narrator notes that education matters less than perseverance for illiterates who build wealth. Stories span a contractor who rose from carting to public works, a cloth mill owner in the West Riding, a woolcomber who calculates mentally yet cannot sign a cheque, and other self-made figures who start as boots, shopkeepers, or laborers and progress to wealth while lacking formal schooling. The piece reflects on social mobility and the paradox of wealth without literacy.
Practical instructions cover jewelry cleaning with hot soap and ammonia, pillow feather handling, room ventilation, a children beverage from orange and agar, washing leather gloves with borax soap, a Chinese rice pudding variation, keeping hands soft with wax and cocoa butter, knife blade paste from brick dust, glass to metal adhesion for mirrors, and pistol frame cleaning with cyanide of potassium solution.
A reflective piece quotes Bishop Hall on virtue and self-critique, warning that easy criticism harms moral growth. It discusses the need for inner discipline and infallible authority guiding happiness, while noting social temptations and the perils of loose judgments.
A historical look at waxwork making, detailing two main roles the living-model sculptor and the designer who uses photographs. It explains head modeling, coloring, and assembling life like figures with real hair, teeth, and tailored costumes, plus the craft process from portrait study to final wax head molding.
A chaotic report describes motorists forming traps on suburban roads to speed through police checks. A chosen driver leads a pursed cavalcade at high speed, with others following, while officers struggle to intervene. The piece also notes historical notes on the Chancellor of the Exchequer and a recipe for rustproofing iron pipes using coal tar and wood, reflecting a mix of crime intrigue and practical tips.
Advice on cauliflower cultivation stresses thorough tillage and ample manure, stressing soil composition over climate for success. It describes seed bed management and careful pricking out of seedlings, then shifts to broom corn, recommending locally grown seed, acclimated to climate, and outlining farm-scale broom production as a profitable, hands-on youth training activity.
A rural school teacher quotes Hamlet and a schoolboy in Malacca in a collage of remarks about marriage, social roles, and English habits. The piece satirizes classes and professions, noting widows, governors, and policemen as common marriage prospects.
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