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Newspaper
Millicent Times
Location
Millicent, South Australia, Australia
Date
May 06, 1899
Page
7
A Prague merchant named Bochner rises, loses wealth due to embezzlement, and endures a string of failed marriages and weary wandering in pursuit of happiness. His wife deserts him for a Vienna bookkeeper, he declines into poverty, remarries, and repeats the pattern, seeking fulfillment but finding instability and longing.
A verbose tale follows Bertha Bochner as she redeems past sins by serving her husband in Vienna after years apart. He reveals enduring affection despite scandal leading to complex loyalties with his second wife. The drama ends with separation and ongoing hardship as love tests duty.
A Chicago News tale recalls a man who twisted a lion's tail and nearly lost fingers. He warns strangers not to poke lions in the eye, noting the animal grabbed a man and drew him close with a dramatic bite as he misjudged the beast's temper.
Two country fellows discuss a curious window display in a bat shop. They question whistling as a sign of intellect and joke about a man buying a mirror to check fit, while a playful otone and Sweet Marie figure in the dialogue. The exchange hints at humor and local color, with names lingering in a fragmented OCR passage.
A fragmentary humorous piece recounts a Yorkshire banker Mr Beckett and a hotel wager using banknotes on a fire to settle a dispute. It also describes a captain’s misadventures with a mischievous monkey and a gobbler, highlighting comic mishaps and misguided good intentions.
A fragmented scene unfolds in a dim room where a young couple fumbles for a match. The man laments the failure to light a single flame as an amused passerby upstairs calls out, while the world beyond remains cold and silent.
A woman trained in average ambulance classes earned a certificate and assisted in a street accident scene. She confiscated a passer-by’s walking stick for splints, tore up bandages, summoned a cab, and escorted the patient to the hospital. The surgeon praised her bandaging as commendable.
Long survey of ancient dog breeds from Egypt and Europe noting early types like greyhounds and lapdogs. The piece references Canis palustris and other ancient canines, then shifts to wartime bravery and heroic acts including Afghan campaigns and mining disaster rescues, with scattered anecdotes and citations to awards and honors.
A fragment recalls a youth drifting to a candy counter in a large department store. The text mentions a reward of 18 and a discordant exchange about giving candy, with unclear dialogue and a reference to a diet or treater and a fifty cent can. The passage is garbled but centers on a public candy counter incident in a retail setting.
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