Lost Or Strayed A Wife By C R Barron
A long reflective tale follows Jimmy Malcomb a Queensland journalist who rises then falls in Sydney politics and love His ambitious wife Margie sacrifices pride to rescue their sinking fortunes but murders the plan when a gift of money reveals betrayals and tragedy ensues with a dramatic final reveal and social satire.
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Sydney
Jimmy Malcomb
Roslyn Gardens
Jimmy
Federal House
Valhalla
Rockhampton
Margie
James Malcomb
Kings S Cross
Nassau
Queensland Lochinvar
Keats
Simpson
Caesar
Malcomb
Babylon
Dearie
Jamie
Obedience Demanded but Not Achieved by Parent
Marion E Burns asserts she has taught her children strict obedience from childhood, demanding prompt compliance and cheerful alacrity to every command and guidance. Despite long effort, she states she has never been successful in obtaining unfailing obedience from her children.
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Marion E. Burns
Newtons Courtship Story Sparks a Bachelor Legend
A bi centenary tale recounts Isaac Newton courting a girl while smoking. He pressed the burning tobacco with her finger in his pipe, shocking her into rejection. The anecdote, if true, is offered as a playful explanation for Newton’s lifelong bachelor status.
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Isaac Newton
Newton
From DORIC Verse on a Groom’s Rise in Life
A humorous verse notes a once smart, well dressed lad now married and settled. His trousers are no longer crisply creased as before. the creases instead show on his forehead, implying worries and maturity.
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Grandma
Grandpa
Jane
Feam
Mary Clark Huntington
Doric
Wireless Echoes Across the Airwaves
A speaker recalls a lost romance heard through a distant microphone. The poem traces memory, loneliness, and a restless mind as a man sits alone with pipe and book while a voice from the past lingers. The imagery moves from dusty heat to moonlit seas and shifting sands as radio waves bind past and present.
Why marriage is condemned yet needed in society
In this essay J. H. Lockwood argues women writers condemn marriage as a means to enforce a man’s property rights on a woman, yet he contends marriage protects the individual, the state, and the race. He notes men avoid matrimony mainly due to bachelor freedom and comforts, not just cost or romance.
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J. H. Lockwood
Clever Number Trick and Tiny Jokes From An Old Page
A jumble of quirky gags and puzzles. A method to deduce three digits by asking questions is explained with examples such as three brothers one sister and two uncles. A silly exchange about red bulls and madder ends with a dating line and a note that man is never too old to yearn.
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Margi
Jimmie
Blenchard
Jove
Jon
Little Te Kupu
Te Kanawa
Waikato
Te Kupu
Te Kapiwi
Riwi
Maui
Ngatoro
Patupaiarehe
Abel
Wifey
Edwin
India
Brown
Riwh
Te Kapu
Kupu
Takarangi
Te Ponga
The
By Ida Scott Young
Wireless
By M. Forrest
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