Gloucester Advocate in Gloucester, New South Wales

Fragments of Wartime Letters and Anecdotes From a Bygone Era

A garbled collection of vignettes mixing a domestic milking scene, a soldier’s letter from a mother, and humorous tales about President Cleveland and showbiz rehearsals. The readable parts hint at wartime mail, a mother awaiting news, and a humorous angling yarn, with other sketches about theater prep and a stubborn soldier’s question about pay.