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Newspaper
Kerang New Times
Location
Kerang, Victoria, Australia
Date
Aug 21, 1908
Page
6
In a tense excerpt Mrs. Marston confides to Doctor Turner that she hid her maternity to protect her daughter from exposure and scandal. The physician promises discretion as the two reflect on the child’s fate, adoption, and the silence surrounding her past.
Geoffrey grows restless as travel talk stirs him to propose a trip to Europe. Uncle August laughs at the idea and jokes about taking Mrs. Huntress and Aunt Alice along, hinting at family tension and a pending continuation.
A Bristol family druggist tends a wrecked man who claims his eye power subdued animals. He recounts trying to hypnotize a brindle bulldog in a strange yard, then collapsing after the dog proved impervious and attacked the man amid spectators.
A man undergoes a dental gas operation and dreams a lengthy sequence of events, only to wake and find the steward is his dentist. The night’s adventures lasted exactly forty two seconds, tying dream duration to a real clock time.
A Birkenhead charity worker recalls a strange note found in a donated garment pocket. The writer mocks a generous donor and jokes about using old clothes as gun cases, asking for another “pair to Kyare” to hang by the fireplace.
A reflective piece argues against excessive caution in money and health. It uses a birch tree metaphor to show balance, noting conservatories can kill seedlings while harsh exposure helps growth. It contrasts overprotective, indoors living with those who face the elements and stay healthier.
Edison recounts a Cincinnati telegraphist story where a crowd learns Lincoln’s assassination only after a messenger reveals it. The operator’s mind had processed the news mechanically, missing its significance until a foreman reads the paper aloud.
A Birmingham jeweller once outwitted a thief posing as a high paying customer. After a planing mix up, the swindler fled with a cheque while the jeweller prepared a parcel. He recovered by swapping three scale weights for the precious goods and presented the weight parcel at the Grand Hotel, exposing the fraud.
The piece explains how human weight varies by day and hour due to meals, activity, and even mental strain. It cites experiments tracking weight changes from breakfast to dinner, overnight losses, and examples of athletes losing pounds during long exertion or swimming feats.
A mosaic of comic vignettes and soldier reminiscences unfolds from a Sunday school sermon about the body to tales of a seafaring bakehouse, a front line diary, a doggy anecdote, and a Texas old man, ending with a witty marital exchange. The pieces blend humor with wartime bravado and domestic squabbling.
A traveller just back from South Africa recounts being harassed by mosquitoes so fiercely he hid in an old iron gate. He used a hammer from his pocket to pin the insects to the gate, fending them off until they died from exhaustion. He escaped with the safety of the gate and his life intact.
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