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Newspaper
Millicent Times
Location
Millicent, South Australia, Australia
Date
Aug 26, 1899
Page
2
A fragmentary Victorian romance text by Robt. P. B. Whitworth includes partial title cues and author credits. The garbled excerpt references learning and self as a man among men, with other noted works such as Round the Camp Fire and The White Woman of Mundarral appearing in the surrounding catalog listing.
In April 1803 I leave home with Jim Cragg’s lure of wealth and freedom. Bella’s secret betrothal to Charlie tests my resolve as I choose adventure aboard the rotting American clipper Alice Velsturm. Mutinies, bottle fights, and brutal seas mark a grim voyage toward Australia.
A fragmented excerpt describes a father distressed by domestic dynamics as the narrator reflects on family power, with hints of underlying gender expectations and restraint shaping the home environment. The text hints at a traditional, undemonstrative father and a controlling mother influencing daily life.
Excerpt from Chapter xn narrates arrival at Geelong with Jim Cragg, vivid 1840s bush society scenes including diggers, shops, bars, and noisy life after gold discovery. The narrator, William Thornton Ravensworth, recalls his love and decision to seek goldfields while detailing the bustling land’s people and sights.
A collection of varied notes cites population counts in the United States, Georgia murders without convictions, brain weights by race, burial customs, amber scarcity, railcar counts, Rhine coal claims, aluminum soldering with silver chloride, a Spanish palindrome verb, an omnibus with pneumatic tires in Glasgow, self-moled wisdom seekers in China, ventilation basics, earthquake death records, sun heat comparisons, women in printing, London and U.S. printer demographics, 1802 U.S. failures causes, a French monopoly idea on drink manufacture, Siamese fashion, Canton, a Queen Victoria needle, Japan marriage laws, water purification with alum, microbes destroyed by alum, and Dr Percy Frankland on Thames water clarity.
A quirky historical note discusses how two works claimed to be by the same hand may prove forgery when identical. It then shifts to ivory use, noting elephant tusk diameter limits, and describes balin from Gilead as a scarce dried plant resin yielding limited drops daily. It cites ancient queenly gifts and mentions Jewish dietary rules.
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