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Newspaper
Guyra Argus
Location
Guyra, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 15, 1916
Page
2
Seton Cross presents a chapter in a serialized tale set in modern London. This installment continues the investigation and atmospheric intrigue as clues surface and new characters emerge, propelling the mystery forward with period-appropriate suspense.
In a London courtroom the case widens as detective Smallpiece presents a confession purportedly by Peter Holgate found with ink stained fingers beside his death in the Clapham Road house once owned by David McEwan. Prosecutors clash with counsel over admissibility while observers await further clarification of who informed authorities and why.
The magistrate proclaims Wheeler innocent, citing his own clear statement and Holgate’s confession, praising his skill in untangling a famed crime spree. The judge notes the risks of error in a case woven by human limits against clever malice.
The narrator recalls a youth folly selling his father's watch to buy drink after a street encounter with a companion. A humorous yet stark tale follows of attempting payment, paying with a pound, and reclaiming the watch, ending with a moral note and reflections on past acts. The piece then shifts to describe military camp life with tents, drill, and orderly routines, plus notes about drums of transport and camp enchantment at night.
Reverend Dr. Ewing writes from an Eastern Mediterranean setting to Edinburgh, praising dawn and sunset over desert hills. Descriptions span violet pink saffron and pearl skies, shifting light, and the awe of landscape. He notes deceptive distances, heat, shadows, and the vast canvas of a desert camp under blazing sun and rising palm shadows.
A New Yorker proposes burying pancake shaped electromagnets along a ship to deflect torpedoes but experts doubt feasibility. They question magnet alignment, field strength, and the effect on large hulls plus the risk of attracting mines. The piece criticizes sensational invention coverage during wartime.
A reflective musing on weathering age and the shifting role of time. The narrator notes clothes guard against cold, food sustains health, and a home supports progress toward personal ideals. The piece ends with time no longer mastering us but becoming a kindred companion.
A digest of German press content mocks London life during wartime. It notes German writers exaggerate and some faked items, praises London’s scale and calm, and reports on leather shortages prompting a German boot made of waterproof fabric and wooden soles with replaceable wooden heels.
The Pennsylvania System reports carrying over 61 million passengers in two years without a single passenger fatality across 2.4 million trains. Freight movements were proportionally high. The note questions whether such a record could be achieved under government ownership.
A fragmentary reminiscence on a youth’s vanished joy and a marching drums’ echo. It recalls a boy’s childhood army of children marching through a sunlit street, the empty bed and mother’s withered greeting signaling loss, with the drum’s call lingering as memory.
A set of short fables and anecdotes, including a visitor's shilling wish, a dramatic play idea cursed to one fate, an unjust king's lesson on tyranny, a pompous traveler and a hat, a sympathetic crab and jellyfish dialogue, Mr Hometerry and Mr Booster’s warnings, a jealous skylark boasting of freedom and high songs, and a robin and thrush exchange on appeal.
Springfield Republican denounces Heins Potthot and German demand to starve prisoners and occupied populations to force a peace, arguing such tactics are unthinkable for a civilized nation and asking if Germany’s actions mirror Armenian or Prussian notions of civilization.
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