Prisoner Rescue In Poitiers Battle Of 1856 Armor Deception
In the Battle of Poitiers in 1856 a Scottish prisoner dressed as a lord wore his master’s armor to mislead English captors. Sir Archibald Douglas was taunted as a base knave, then beaten by Sir William Ramsay who posed as his master’s servant. Ramsay later freed Douglas after a ransom was paid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poitiers
Archhbald Douglas
Wiliam Douglas
William Ramsay
Colluthie
Sir Archibald
Rascal
Sir William
Douglas
Perma
Rameau
Ramsay
William
Archibald
The Limits of Sport
Advice warns against excessive time in sports and recreation. It urges choosing healthful short activities that refresh without becoming occupations, comparing overindulgence to a garment all fringe and meat of no substance.
Practical Household Tricks From An 19th Century Page
Useful hints cover magnifying needle readings and spools to skin care lotions for hands. Remedies include vinegar for toothache and rheumatism salt in water. Hoarseness relief with lemon juice sugar and glycerine. Perfume a room with sandalwood oil. Cracks in floors filled with flour alum and water paste. Linoleum laid over warped boards with sawdust or sand filler.
A Day in the Country Policing Tale
A young country policeman on his first London beat is unsettled by a street arab smoking on the curb. The arab jokes about taking a day off in the country and mocks the officer's inexperience. The scene ends with the constable's stunned reaction and a comic twist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Sam Weller
Miss Murphy Bacchus Marsh Confectionery and Fancy Goods
Miss Murphy of Bacchus Marsh operates a shop selling best confectionery fancy goods toys and fancy work material kept in stock. The business presents a compact trade item in a local market listing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edison
Columbia
Ages of Adversity and Lessons from Suffering
A reflective piece argues that adversity deepens character and patience. It suggests that troubles reveal virtue, shaping kindness and tolerance. The author notes how the sight of an invalid friend or a cheerful poor acquaintance tests and strengthens our understanding of others.
The Childhood of Animals
Mitchell explains in London that animal childhood varies with life length size and development. Longer youth accompanies large educated species while small mammals have brief childhood. birds mature in one to four years. elephants reach adulthood at 20 to 27 years. some reptiles grow all their lives and mayflies and cicadas have very short adult periods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell
London Royal Institution
£25,000 For Five Shilling Repaid After Eight Years
A chemist, Joseph Clair, lent five shillings to a stranger eight years ago in a charity gesture. The man vanished but later sent gifts and now claims that Ralph Waters, a wealthy farmer from Rockvale, left him an estate valued at over £25,000. Mellor and Mellor lawyers notified Clair of the bequest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Clair
Clair
Mellloir
Mellior
Rockvale
Rauph Waters
Incense and brimstone remark at St Alban’s church anecdote
A Victorian anecdote from Rev A A Stanton at St Alban’s Ilothorn recalls a visitor unhappy with incense. Stanton quips that two odors govern the next world incense and brimstone and one must choose. The piece also notes the Lion Bridge near San China and curbside addressing in Atena California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A A Stanton
St. Alban's
Ilothorn
Eng
St. Alban’s
Father Stanton
Eggs for setting from Rosebank Rosebank Marah
Champion White Leghorns offered for setting by J Lodge of Rosebank Bacchus Marah. Prices 5 shillings and 10 shillings per dozen eggs. Potential buyers urged to contact Rosebank for availability and terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Lodge
Rosebank
Bacchus Marah
Blair and Harvesting Machinery Expert Opens Local Business
A. D. Blair announces purchase of the MYRMONG business from Mr. Wade and offers all classes of work at ruling prices. Patrons are invited to patronize the enterprise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrmong
Wade
Draught Stallions of Pentland Hills Listing
The advertisement lists LORD NORTHCOTE number 677 with a Government Certificate offering mares at £6 each and £2 payable 1 January 1916, the balance due on the mare proving in foal, for the Draught Stallions at Pentland Hills Myrmiong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pentland Hills
Myrmiong
N.Z.D
Kelm's Pride 337 Gov Certificate Austr Draught Horse Stud Book
KELM'S PRIDE 337. Gov. Certificate. Terms: £5 per mare, £2 on January 1 1916, balance for grazing. Mares sent to either stallion with foal at foot 2/6 per week, dry mare 2/. Limited mares accepted. Care taken, no responsibility. John Dugdale, Rosehill Farm Myrniong P.O. September 8 1915.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Dugdale
Rosehill Farm
Myrmiong P.O
Balmoral Farm Stallion Melton Stands This Season
The Thoroughbred Stallion at Balmoral Farm in Melton will stand this season, offering a valuable genetic option for breeders. The facility promotes the stallion's high-quality bloodlines and proven earnings, inviting interested breeders to inquire for stud fees and availability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Balmoral Farm
Melton
NADIR NADIR Dam Of Meritorious Racehorse Pedigree
NADIR NADIR a dark bay 16 hands with a long pedigree by Haut Brion from Meridian, and grandsires Saint Simon and Marden. Won multiple six furlong sprints including the A J C Princess May Stakes 6 furlongs 6.9 and Epsom Plate 6 furlongs 9.8. Also won Nursery Handicap and Mentone Spring Handicap among others. Holds Government Life Certificate for soundness and freedom from hereditary disease. Terms four guineas four pence. Donal McIntosh owner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NADIR
Meridian
St. Simon
Bonnie Lassie
Marden
Sunstroke
Donald McIntosh
Roadster Stallion Midland Stands At Bacchus Marsh
Midland is a 15.1 hands dark bay roadster by Maitland imported by John Field. He travels the region and is described as handsome, powerful, well tempered with strong bone and muscle. Maitland an unbeaten show horse, shown forty five times with first place each time. Terms £2 10s, £1 down, balance on mare proving in foal. JAS Wyllie, Bacchus Marsh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midland
Maitland
John Field
Tasmania
Jas. Wyllie
Bacchus Marsh
Melton St Patrick St Patrick Foaled in 1900 at Melton
Stand at Melton details a dark bay stallion 15.2 hands with excellent form and temperament. Holds Department of Agriculture Certificate for soundness and freedom from hereditary disease. Sired by Young Oster Ley with Osterly and Childe Harold lines, plus Flying Perfection and Merry Legs strains. Terms £4 4s with mares guaranteed. buyers pay for mares leaving district. Care provided but no liability. good grass paddocks offered. Intending breeders urged to inspect. contact A Shebler Melton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Patrick
Department of Agriculture
Young Osterley
Osterly
Childe Harold
A. Shebler
Melton
Broadbent's Road Map of Victoria and Riverina
Broadbent's Road Map of Victoria and Riverina including the Federal Capital Area issued as the Official Road Guide by the Government Tourist Bureau and the Automobile Club. Price one shilling. Available from Crisp & Sons Church 81 Bacchus Marsh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broadbent
Victoria
Riverina
Federal Capital Area
Government Tourist Bureau
The
Automobile Club
Crisp & Sons
Church
Bacchus Marsh
Women and Work Shape Broad, Active World
The text extols women who balance work and charity as busy, ideal figures. It praises successful businesswomen and mothers, claiming their active lives widen views, foster sympathy, and value honest effort and varied friendships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Business Mart
Painless Dentistry Mr Brockie Opens Bacchus Marsh Visits
Mr W J Brockie of Victoria records dental practice visits at Bacchus Marsh. He may be consulted at Merrima House Grant Street every Thursday and Saturdays by appointment or other days. Hours are 9 am to 8 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Brockie
The
Dental Board of Victoria
Bacchus Marsh
Merrima House
Grant St
Painless Extractions Ad At Brunswick Clinic
An advertisement notes painless extractions available all day for 2 shillings and 6 pence. It lists the Brunswick address 686 Sydney Road and invites consultation at all branches of Modern and Painless Dentistry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney Road
Brunswick
TO MOTHERS OF BOYS
Mothers should train boys to show consideration for others and good breeding. A lad awkward or ill at ease in visitors’ presence is painful, while sisters often contrast by refined manners. Let boys wait on you and avoid letting them tyrannise over sisters.
Merrimy House Boarders and Visitors Inn
Bacchus Marsh lodging advertises first class accommodation on Grant Street with beds meals and free stabling. Moderate terms offered by proprietor A Platt. Subscription to Express promoted at 10 shillings yearly or 2 shillings 6p quarterly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant Street
Bacchus Marsh
A. Platt
Proprietresa
The Mechanical Age and Its Rise of Machinery
The piece extols a new era dominated by machines and calculated methods. It argues every task now relies on rules and contrivances, displacing traditional hand labor and shifting artisans from workshops to faster, inanimate roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Artigan
Hints on Habits and Self Improvement
The piece argues against poverty as a habit and urges early change. It mocks wealth and beauty as shallow motives and promotes perfect manners, reputation, and limited top-tier success. It ends with the metaphor that only one at the top fits, while many can prosper on the safer boughs mid tree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heaven
Jordan
The Ducks Lesson in a Scot Trousers Tale
A Scottish lady driving encounters a gentleman who jokes about a brace of ducks. He returns with two snipe, orders a boy to buy ducks for Mrs B, and two weeks later she shows two fat Aylesbury ducks in the yard, revealing the ruse. The delighted hostess continues the joke at lunch.
Five-Pound Note Bribe After Minor Road Accident
A speeding motorist knocked down a woman and offered a five pound note to the man with her to avoid trouble. The man accepted with a curt reply and the motorist drove off. The recipient pondered who the woman was as he pocketed the banknote.
Australian Everyday Cookery and Companion Cook Books
Australian Everyday Cookery presents 930 tested recipes revised and enlarged. Miss L F Fowler author of the Cook Book, Teacher of Cookery at the Education Department's College of Domestic Economy. Also offered is Every Lady's Journal Cook Book with 645 tested recipes for this climate. Church Street Bacchus Marsh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. F. Fowler
The
Education Department
College of Domestic Economy
Everylady’s Journal
Crisp & Sons
Church Street
Bacchus Marsh
Dressmaker and costumi er opens in Hall of Commerce
A new dressmaker and costumi er has started work in the Hall of Commerce workrooms under J. A. Johns. Practical Melbourne experience is offered with guaranteed satisfaction. Ladies' own materials can be made up and a trial is urged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall of Commerce
J. A. Johns
Melbourne
THE EMPIRE'S CALL FROM BACCHUS MARSH AREA
Long list of local volunteers and those enlisted from Bacchus Marsh and surrounding districts. Names span Balliang Balliang East Coimadai Myrniong Parwan Blackwood Greendale and other towns with many marked wounded killed or serving in the Navy and Army. A note says more volunteered but some delayed by parental consent and tests. The call ends with a royal quotation about fighting for a worthy purpose and not laying down arms until achieved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bacchus Marsh and District
W. Allan
Wim. Brennan
Jas. Bushby
Isaac Brunt
Raymond Boyd
Patrick Barry
Fred. Brighton
Frank Crook
Webb Crook
Chas. Crook
Wm. Clark
J. R. Calderwood
W. G. Chippindall
R. Croton
J. Cosgrove
W. Cook
Henry Hodson Campbell
Walter Crouch
Norman David Davidson
Alex. Durward
Leslie Davis
Charles Edwards
Reginald Evans
W. Edgerton
Roy Edwards
Clarence Earl
Alf. Farrow
Alf. Fairbank
Arthur Gladman
R. T. Grant
Arthur Hine
Thomas Hawkins
Jack"’ Hammond
W. T. Horder
James Kennelly
A. J. Knight
Henry Lay
Chas. Lyle
Hugh Lockwood
Peter Leitch
Alex
James O'Leary
Harrie Oliver
Thomas Oliver
W. Platt
Fr. Pigott
Thos. Phillips
Ted. Phillips
Hugh Price
Ivan Russell
F. Russell
E. J. Ryan
T. H. Skene
Norman Smith
Stanley Short
Colin Todd
Robi. Taylor
W. Todd
Mark Usher
Jun
Packington
J. R. Fullerton
Coimadai
W. G. Hogg
James Johansen
William Bennett
Archie Clark
Percy Oswin
James Bourke
Michael Bernard Coghlan
David James Coghlan
Wm. Alex. Drever
Ted. Hales
Myrmiong
Gordon Graham
Richard Meehan
A. D. Hollyhoke
R. Main
Leslie Myers
Gilbert Cowan
David Craig
Archie Campbell
A. Downing
R. Downing
R. Drummond
Greendale
Robert Wilson
Robi. Lidgett
G. Allan
Roy Main
W. E. Peters
F. Webster
Webester
A. Young
Cowell
A. McArthur
Bacchus Marsh
Harry Condon
Wm. Pezet
Andrew Brittlebank
James Kirkwood
Harold Jones
Frank Findlay
Chas. Clarke
Frederick George McNulty
J. Connelly
H. G. McFarlane
J. H. Emmett
Thos. H.smith
Gordon T. Smith
Gerald A. Little
Robi. Carter
Hugh Bottle
James Wilson
Jack Wilson
W. Blake
Ben. Gould
Chas. Cumming
James Ernest McNulty
Chas
Oliver
Ernest. Oliver
Neil McLachlan
Albert Samuel Tilley
Robert George Davison
Thos. Cockerill
Thos. Tyrrell
H.M.A.S. Warrego
Joseph Tyrrell
Wm. Tyrrell
Athol Stuart
Clive B. Hopkins
Henry Arthur Ellis
W. H. Cox
Oswald M. G. Cox
John A. Low
Charles A. Low
Percy Trigg
W. Peepenill
W. F. W. Shields
Australian Navy
J. Hehir
H. M.A.S. Encounter
Clem. McFarlane
H.m.as
Sydney
Edward Oliver
H.M
Also Mentioned on This Page
Nell
Miss Murphy
Bacchus
Wihumer Wei Nave
Erie
Nia
Fife
San China
Yellow Sea
Ncilosen
Irom
Atena
California
A. D. Blair
Wheelwright
Lord Northcote
Kelm
Merrimy House
Sportsman's Ducks
Miss Hobbs
W.grant Morton
Express
Australia
Napa
Commonwealth
United Kingdom
Savings Bzok
Interstate and
INTE
James Erli
Papua
NAL Savings Bank
Pas D
Flovarnor
Oliver the
Busy Bee
Main ST
W. Grant ‘Morton
Chas. J. Grant
IRS
New Home Insurance Co. Ltd
Grant Sfreery
W. Horder
New Zealand Mutual Life Assurance
Crisp & Sons, Proprietors
Crasa Gun
Chathret Bacchus Marsh
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