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Newspaper
Horsham Times
Location
Horsham, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jun 12, 1925
Page
2
A host treats a Scottish steward in London with a lavish dinner at a grand hotel. The steward steers into misread notes about drawing materials and corkscrews, while miscommunications with a mistress and a servant yield a string of humorous exchanges and mistaken identities.
Fragmented diary style notices recount a jailed thief muttering gratitude to being caught while planning to sail to Hong Kong, a talkative painter boasting of skill, a Scotsman annoyed by chatter, and a village storekeeper lamenting slow trade in a clipped, humorous Victorian newspaper tone.
A lively scene unfolds as Johnny asks a rich suitor to marry the old man’s daughter. The exchange reveals money as the town’s dominant draw and the daughter’s value hinges on fortune rather than affection.
A blurred tale describes a husband sneaking upstairs at one o'clock as his wife serenades him with song. His plan to slip into bed unseen collapses amid creaking piano and neighborly tensions. A shopkeeper seeks an assistant and a country girl enters a draper's, where a clerk asks if anyone is serving her.
A Scottish clergyman in a smoking compartment encounters a talkative passenger. He lectures a youthful trespasser on cruelty after capturing a bird, then offers tea and a colored-plates book to deter theft. An idle lecturer ridicules marital woes in a public talk.
A flood of letters from all classes thanks the Propriospora for Warners Safe Sana a tonic sold by chemists and storekeepers. The notice lists ailments including rheumatism nontalgie and bladder troubles and mentions an 8/ and 3/4 price for Dolley and cheaper condensed forms.
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