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Newspaper
Millicent Times
Location
Millicent, South Australia, Australia
Date
Aug 31, 1901
Page
4
A narrative recounts the hardships of a farmer's widow and her child. The tale follows the widow's flight from abuse, a long separation, and her struggle with poverty, illness, and social stigma while awaiting a future with her newborn daughter and the mercy of neighbors.
The London Timer column argues influenza is highly contagious and dangerous at its peak. It urges maintaining strong health to prevent illness, praising tonics and keeping system vigor to reduce susceptibility to colds and flu.
A historical sketch of the Siberian railway from Teheliobinsle to Vladivostok. It covers seven construction sections, early rapid progress, major river bridge feats, and the Amur crossing. Delays from Boxer upheavals, ongoing work, finished length, workers, timber needs, and rising passenger and goods volumes are noted.
A bookmaker recounts famed racing omens that supposedly foretold outcomes. Tales include a telegraph operator turning tapping into a horse’s run, Hermit’s Derby win in a snowstorm, and a Lincoln Handicap outsider backed after a circus bearing Lord George Sanger passed. The piece notes many stories seem true while many others fail to materialize.
The article notes German transportation progress from steamers to railways and tramways. It cites Berlin to Homburg on 280.9 kilometres in 8 hours 28 minutes, about 51.6 miles per hour, with experiments aimed at reaching 76 miles per hour.
A garbled OCR style column presents a scattered dialogue about family, marriage, and social expectations. Names and clear events are mostly unreadable, yielding a mosaic of phrases centered on parental authority and romantic tension without coherent narrative.
A garbled OCR fragment discusses a plaintiff and defendant in a legal dispute. The readable elements mention a plaintiff, a case, and references to time, place, and an entity labeled The Plaintiff, but details are unclear. The text appears from a historical newspaper page segment with corrupted wording.
A fragmentary antiquarian tale links Hepzibah Merton’s Saturday apple pies to Puritan routines and a famous “cold shoulder” expression. It recounts phrases about feathers in caps, catching a Tartar, and a shoemaker’s suicide, noting distortions in folk etymology and local anecdotes.
The text records an elderly man, William J. Morris of Mesds Street, Glanville, Yorks, describing severe illness and a long period of pain and debility. He attributes his recovery to a medical remedy and requests publication of his case for others, mentioning prior remedies and a lengthy impact on daily work and vision.
Fragmentary notice discusses defense plans under royal hosts during a foreign threat and notes crowds at James's Park aiding soldiers. Mentions bootblacks by boys, timing around a royal event, and references to Pompeii free admission practices with ivory heads.
A Kenton Tennessee carpenter Seovor, with U B A ties, helps a nearby draggist by obtaining Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy for a case of colic and cholera. Walter Campbell sells the remedy as agent. The text also criticizes social pretenses and mocks publication.
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