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Newspaper
Millicent Times
Location
Millicent, South Australia, Australia
Date
Oct 21, 1899
Page
8
A string of humorous anecdotes from a late edition recounts a father losing his own stolen watch after warning his son about theft, a neighbor dispute over a milkpan with contradictory claims, a grimy servant girl provocation, and a sharp retort from a girl to a mother about daily face washing. The tone is light, with social mishaps and sly humor throughout.
A Mrs Jones reports a 200 year old cloth inherited by a servant who jokes she bought it brand new from Bond Street. The piece sits amid London tales of dogs and muzzles, a dog toilet club, cat hunting loss of appeal, and a cunning beggar boy who warns a farmer’s wife about a knot on thread bringing lifelong luck.
A discussion notes women’s anxieties about new photography and its effect on outward charm. It cites photography texts claiming clothes shield against a demon snapshot of the future and mentions steel corsets false hips and numerous pads. It suggests reform might follow if fears proved real.
A society dinner features a small man with glasses presented as a doctor. He is to accompany a Central Africa expedition, tasked with collecting scientific papers and detailing disease characteristics responsible for recent deaths among the party.
Fragmentary text suggests grants of TA200 acres with many children and mentions Athens figures, but details are garbled. The passage appears to praise a worthy figure for olive branches amid a lineage of large families, yet no clear events, dates, or names are recoverable for a complete summary.
The Sisters of Charity run a New York school training girls aged 6 to 11 in domestic duties to prevent laziness and scamping. A Pennsylvania hospital reports 125 women treated for tea intoxication, with many nervous and physical symptoms. A Paris Academy member links rising neurosis in young girls to piano practice, noting 12 percent of 6000 girls over 12 treated for nervous disorders. The piece cautions against excessive domestic training and instrumental drill harming health.
The article notes many avoid breakfast or have only coffee or tea yet urges a solid morning meal as a foundation. It explains stomach inactivity after sleep, why some cannot eat heavy meals, and advises a small amount of cold water on rising to wash and stimulate digestion for the day ahead.
Berlin correspondent reports on a Tantus Misenia burial site where about seventy graves have been examined. Archaeological finds include over one hundred mostly ornate vessels and slate arm rings on women, with a conical syenite neck ornament in a man's grave, indicating craft and ritual in a metal-scarce era.
The report describes skeletal remains with hammers knives and scrapers, indicating offerings alongside bones of various animals. Twenty or more food vessels appear with the graves, and several photographs show skeletons and belongings as they rest. Professor Vir Chow has been apprised of the skull recoveries for study.
A teacher asked her class of small boys to bring three provable facts about the Thames. A bright seven year old replied with concise personal experience having lived near it, traveled over it, and fallen into it at Facks, showcasing direct acquaintance as factual basis.
Practical advice on preserving oilcloth with glue and beeswax plus methods to clean timber, wallpaper stains, and furniture. Tips include fuller's earth stains removal, ash and soap scrubs, wax and turpentine for furniture finishes, salt on ink spills, alum for insects, plaster of Paris for china, and hot water with soda to remove paint splashes from window glass.
A male convict in Fremeh penal colony at Osyenne sought permission to wed a female convict. As he is a two time widower, the governor required proof of the death of his first wife before approval. A communication was sent to authorities but returned unopened. The convict pressed for immediate ceremony while the sergeant stood firm that proof of the first wife’s death is required.
A practical guide for winter garments detailing a four yards by nine yards yardage skirt, lining options for fabrics like serge velvet and wool, how to assemble multiple gores, and the technique to align seams. It covers three bodice styles with eight-piece construction, stretching methods, and finishing touches with prussian binding for bone casings, plus sleeve assembly and machine sewing.
The article outlines robe construction details with front lining meeting at the shoulder, trims such as Lepstinsy, vest-like elements, and central fastenings. It describes material cut from the side and carried forward to meet at the front, illustrating design from Rose in Schnee.
Dr. Ephraim Cutter reflects on listening to a woman and a man over years, marveling at how their hearts have persisted. He muses that if the blood vessels could be laid straight, they might encircle the earth many times, illustrating the vast reach of a single beating heart.
A Cumberland mountaineer and a stranger discuss marriage to Linda. The exchange escalates when the stranger asks to marry Linda and Abe shoves him, sending him over a brush fence in a sudden shove. The Detroit Free Press is cited.
An aging Charles Greville attends a seance with four others as a medium claims his mother speaks through. Greville confirms a blessing from a childlike figure and jokes about tea at six. A Queen article recalls Mrs Travers during the Crimean War and a perilous rescue of a baby from an Arab chieftain named Evyered Toole.
A professor grows irritated by a pupil who keeps singing a high G not on the score. He examines her hand drawn score with cherub heads and other ornaments. After a debate, she reveals she sang the cherub’s head as the upper G, explaining the miscue.
Curfew bells once common morning and evening are fading, with fewer towns maintaining the practice. The English example shows a 28 yearly payment to a bellringer, but overall use has waned as communities deem the ringing a nuisance and out of step with temperate life.
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