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Newspaper
Millicent Times
Location
Millicent, South Australia, Australia
Date
May 20, 1899
Page
7
In a restrained party vignette Miss Brown proclaims to Mr Jones that she is a woman with a past. He brushes aside the claim while watching a pretty girl with another young suitor. The moment exposes flirtations and social tensions among young adults at a gathering.
In a London lodging a cholera patient dies and a landlady and a lodger’s wife scheme to rob the dead man. Dr Grainger investigates and explains the corpse’s postmortem convulsions, while Nelly Grove arrives to learn her father’s fate. The incident ends with the wife’s breakdown and the doctor detailing the medical cause.
Moltke lived austerely despite high rank, subsisting on a modest allowance and paying for farm produce out of a shared household budget. He valued simple meals, moderate wine, and gardening, often tending in an old hut with a gardener’s knife. An anecdote recalls a passerby mistaking him for an old gardener, prompting a humorous exchange when Moltke revealed his identity.
A boy at a boarding school sends a letter to his mother describing misadventures. He recalls a boat accident, a drowning incident, a horse kicking him, and a need to pay a doctor for a head injury. He mentions a fire plan and asks his mother to treat his watch.
The little viscount hosts friends including Boireau in his bachelor rooms. Boireau extinguishes a cigar on the carpet and the viscount stoops to pick it up. Boireau pretends misunderstanding and instructs to keep the butt while offering a fresh cigar. The scene unfolds in a Figaro moment.
An excerpt from Branley's reproduction of H M Stanley era Africa lore recounts the dwarfs of the land of the Wikuns. The account describes a deadly clash where dwarfs shot poisonous arrows from trees, attacked at night, decimated the party, and left only thirty survivors including the narrator.
In a garbled scene at a new bear saloon, two patrons request drinks but miscommunicate a request for two beers and two small barrels. The waiter repeats the order, revealing confusion and the novelty of the establishment.
A fragmentary verse passage contrasts types of women from comely to homely to wealthy and truthful. It notes enduring love, health, youth, and old age, hinting at shifting perceptions without a clear narrative or full completion. The text presents a patchwork of descriptors and rhetorical questions.
Maria, Jane, Jenny, and Susan jockey over leads in a tense Hearts hand. Maria airs the queen of hearts as a potential lead while Jane cautions a trump must be led. Jenny claims to control the trick, Susan counters with the ace of diamonds, and the group riffs on plays as Maria complains about not having a man to direct them.
Two Cuban gentlemen describe Manuel Garcia as a romantic bandit who roamed the mountains. He spiked threats to Spaniards, kidnapped for ransom, and wrote to officials as the self-styled King of the Mountains. He allegedly funded revolutionary causes with his spoils.
A London tale describes a tailor’s shop wedged against a blank wall near Inorot Court, claimed as the tiniest in the world. The door is an arch of stone, the floor three feet above ground, and the tailor sits on the floor sewing as messengers press by the window. The Emancipated Woman asks for patience as her husband works late and she tends to her books.
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