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Newspaper
Horsham Times
Location
Horsham, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jul 31, 1925
Page
6
A rural scene unfolds around Gwendoline and Henry Garth in a long dialogue filled with affection and plans. Henry reveals his father's world tour and a codicil granting Alandcroft to Henry, promising Gwen future schooling and care. The two siblings discuss governesses, marriage, and companionship as they await their parents' return, with wistful, moral undertones.
Fragmentary report describes a party where a girl and her sweetheart were seated on a sofa. An electric shock and chaotic chatter interrupted the scene as music played and guests reacted with alarm. Names and exact details are unclear due to damaged text.
A UK court scene features Mr Justice A and Mr Justice B debating a French term with a witty exchange about dye and meaning. The second tale recalls a House of Commons exchange where a member misattributes beri beri to Winston Churchill, prompting a correction about swollen feet.
A humorous fragment describes Mrs Johnson hosting a bridge party with a maid who wears a gown and earns her wages. A bus rides stops, a very stout woman sits beside a small man, obscuring him except for the crown of his hat. He quips about weight and the woman retorts strong but humorous lines.
A humorous pastiche tale centers on Mrs Suilft's single romance with a cleaner she meets in Walworth. She recounts their brief courtship, shared walks, and a planned meet by the Elephant, interrupted by a forgotten partner and a Punch and Judy show. She concludes with plans to meet someplace stable like the National Gallery or Albert Memorial, before returning to domestic duties.
Two young lawyers, rivals in an argument, sparred with lengthy orations. In closing the second speaker laments their shared upbring, schooling, and birth date, noting they were born on the same day. The judge probes the remark as the courtroom listens.
A bachelor found two new eggs with shell inscriptions. One egg bore a message claiming a farmer daughter aged seventeen with golden hair and brown eyes, describing herself and an unnamed mother, creating a puzzling note about marriage and offspring. The odd writing prompts curious questions about its origin and meaning.
A fragmented kitchen scene is described with garbled phrases about a couple left alone and a mistress questioning a cook. The lines suggest an early morning entry to a kitchen and unresolved tension, with a cook and a mistress present. The readable parts hint at a domestic incident but lack clear actions or outcomes.
A five year study from Bt Andrews Institute of Clinical Research founded by Sir James Mackenzie argues that infants raised amid noise or unrest fail to thrive despite good diet. It claims that silence aids growth and suggests broader noise reduction in cities, advocating quieter machines and transport.
A terse customer questions how hats shape the visitor’s look as an assistant vows not to reveal her hat size. The teen tries on several shapes while the staff praise the silhouette and hair, another helper remarking on height. The scene ends with modest smiles and a sale implied.
A son in a touring company writes to his father boasting of success and asking for 25 to pay a landlady. The father replies with a witty reversal praying for the money back, and the son chases the postman to reclaim the letter. The twist ends with the father’s prayer seemingly answered.
Australia faces high public debt per head and a small farming base. The article argues that expanding secondary industries will create a home market for primary products, reduce debt burden, and boost prosperity, citing Germany Japan and global trends as evidence, with a call for protection and industrial growth.
A British warship Danae hosted a public birth in Auckland New Zealand as a baby named Pane was born aboard. Officers presented a Legend of Danae edition and a shield bearing the ship’s coat of arms. A separate note recalls a baby born on a London Tube train, with names Thelma Ursula Beasi initially, and mentions a German baby girl born at sea in the Atlantic during wartime.
A child describes a frightening dream about a fierce bear and a looming danger. The mother responds with calm, linking the nightmare to the fate of the apple pie she baked and the unsettled night they shared. The scene captures a domestic moment of fear, reassurance, and small domestic stakes.
A man in fog leaves an office and boards what he thinks is a tram. He sits in a corner waiting for movement as time passes. He asks a passerby for the tram time, only to be told this is not a tram but a cabman's shelter.
A mining worker faces a low gallery roof blocking a pony wagon. The foreman orders him to remove a root, causing a lighthearted misfire. Guests arrive late to a party as a husband seeks his wife, while a singer and a kind gentleman react with gentle humor in a parlour scene.
OCR text portrays a confused urban scene with stray phrases about a route to New York, a hospital or tunnel, a person named Raw, and a mention of a location at 246 Carved streets South Seiten in Victoria County. The passage is garbled, offering limited coherent facts or entities.
An old advertisement touts Formeites as a quick weight reduction aid claiming it normalizes body shape and improves heartburn and dyspepsia. It emphasizes wide availability through common medicines channels and warns of possible eye, neural, and other side effects, implying consumer risk without detailed medical backing.
A Geelong chemist promotes a herbal extract from the Harvester book author Gene Btratten Porter. The product claims quick cures for indigestion stomach and liver troubles. Priced at 3 shillings or 4 shillings 6p by post, available through chemists and country storekeepers.
A bride unfamiliar with cooking attempts to please her husband by mastering Welah rabbit. After many failures her efforts collapse. On a morning as he leaves their furnished flat, the husband is halted by the caretaker who asks him to tell his wife to stop throwing Mnolewm out of the wie.
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