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Newspaper
Coffs Harbour Advocate
Location
Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 25, 1909
Page
2
A rambling wedding chronicle told in dialect recounts Emily Dodds and her bridegroom in a village ceremony. The narrator Miss Brown reflects on guests, mishaps, and a lively scene with relatives, the cake, and curious reactions as the couple proceed to marriage despite comic delays.
In a Whisky Commission hearing official teetotaler Mr F P A Godsell, a four generation wine and spirit merchant, testified that only a reliable test is the expert palate. He claimed he can detect adulteration and origin by taste and nose, even blindfolded, and that analysts cannot match his palate for brandy quality. His evidence followed a valuation of wine stocks showing close agreement with another examiner.
In a reverie on experience and affection the author argues that loving a dog reshapes humanity, blurring lines between cruelty and kindness. He recalls childhood pets, rejects harsh treatment, and asserts the dog’s bond precedes evolution, claiming civilization itself is older than reasoned science and that dogs and humans share primal kinship.
Mitt Fry, famed cricketer, warned at St George's School Harpenden against long marathon events in school sports. He criticized two to three mile races as excessive, calling modern marathon events ridiculous and exhausting. He urged sports to favor more moderate, mass-friendly events to shape sturdier students.
A dancer is badly burned when a Snow Maiden costume catches fire during a St Patrick’s Day celebration at East Ham Town Hall. Lily Lewington, a local resident, suffers severe facial and body burns as flames engulf her outfit before attendants extinguish the blaze. A lighted watch or ember is suspected as the ignition source.
Fragmentary text argues for military drill over drudgery work, claiming discipline improves employment prospects. It mentions poor learning and calls for military training as better for men who do nothing. The source shows damaged phrases and unclear names or dates.
A Cham bers' Journal note describes a large display of objects illustrating daily life in ancient Greece and Rome. The exhibit includes dolls houses, toys, theater tokens, writing tables, dice, knuckle bones, a winged Athenian urn, ritual objects, and a coin placed with the dead for passage. It cites archaeological finds near Verne and discusses beliefs about Charon, burial customs, and the persistence of ancient practices in rural France and Burgundy.
A man arrives at Margiebons Police Court seeking order to reclaim his furniture after being allegedly barred from his home. The magistrate dismisses the request for police protection, citing limited remedies, and the case ends with the door opened for entry.
The General Federation of Trade Unions reports on a plan to train ex soldiers for skilled trades. It notes unions may exclude those with partial army training and suggests probation to prevent bitterness. The report warns against hostile reception that could make ex soldiers a source of conflict in labor disputes.
Florence Kooner, once an assistant in a Birmingham stationer's shop, sued ex-lover Prank Saunders for damages after a six year romance ended. Saunders, a warehouseman, faced a court verdict of damages for the broken engagement, with testimonies about love and heartbreak and an eventual separation.
Fragmentary OCR text reviews Cuba cigar exports and British, American, and Indian tobacco imports. It cites England 79 million cigars, America 47 million, and Cuba’s 24 million pounds of tobacco exports with a 1907 board of trade note. The passage is garbled and incomplete.
Prince Henry of Prussia gave a lecture at the Marine Academy in Berlin recounting the first public description of a Zeppelin airship voyage. He detailed the October 27 trip, crew movements, helm handling, and the practical limits for dirigibles as a regular means of communication or war, noting current engine, wind, and atmospheric constraints.
An inquest at Holloway Prison records the death of Eien Charlotte Bell a 30 year old resident of Templeton Road Tottenham. She died while on remand for attempting self harm by spirits of salt. The witness Mrs Bell describes arguments with her daughter and the accused Ernest Day as the motive for her supposed poisoning. The testimony recounts night watchfulness, a plan to marry, and the moment of discovery with the poison in her hand.
A garbled account reports a jury verdict about a young man who intended to marry Moll and had given an allowance. the foreman suggested Coroner involvement while other jurors argued he acted within his limited means.
A reflection on Munsterberg and a French account of a legendary money theft illusion. It recounts a sorcerer who claims to reveal guilty people by magic, showing how a bag’s contents change or stay the same, exposing the fallacy and influencing opinions on police courts and justice.
A man and his wife, after a drunken altercation, allowed a stranger couple to take their infant. The man pursued the child to Henley-in-Arden, but telegrams failed and searches continued. The baby was later located with a plasterer at Burgess Hill and recovered by his father.
A detective linked Joseph Fierihollo of Pimiles Denbigh street to stealing offertory money from St Mark's Church Bomiton Terrace in London. The case traces his prior prison release in 1907, expulsion to Milan, return to England, and alleged conspiracies aboard ships leading to hard labor terms totaling six years.
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