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Newspaper
Peak Hill Express
Location
Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Apr 06, 1906
Page
17
A historical note recalls a minor quarrel over the Exchequer robe between Disraeli and Gladstone. In 1852 the robe price caused friction as Gladstone resisted terms, sending the matter to an unresolved state. Gladstone later bought a new robe for successors.
A judgment creditor told Judge Smyly that the debtor is a round-the-corner man who vanishes as you seek him and vanishes again when you go where he has gone. He is a non renter, having not paid rent for years. The judge notes five shillings per month. The Ladies' Column.
A column offers home remedies and medical opinions on headaches biliousness yawning and regular sleep movement for invalids. It advises lemon juice with coffee for headaches and sun exposure for moles, with cautions on weight monitoring in children and nasal breathing to prevent throat issues.
Prickly heat is an inflamed condition of skin glands that secrete sweat, forming small pimples with blisters. The eruption may be temporary or chronic and is rarely contagious. For mild cases a milk diet, cooling saline magnesia, and soothing lotion help. sleep separately to avoid skin irritation.
A description of a frock featuring an ordinary square yoke hidden by a lace trimmed collar. The bodice is full and pouched over a skirt that widens about six inches, with the hem gathered to match the collar and trimmed with tucks and guspuré insertion.
A period recipe item describes dressing a heavy crab with breadcrumbs oil and vinegar plus salt and pepper then garnishing with lobster coral. Also detailed is Hollandais Whiting with fish bones carrot onion and parsley stock then a butter sauce enriched with eggs lemon and flour.
Recipes describe polenta cutlets using milk Indian meal grated cheese butter pepper salt and baking, forming batter and baking in a pie dish then cutting into rounds and serving with buttery cheese topping. Savoury vegetable marrow uses butter Parmesan breadcrumbs and seasonings, fried briefly then baked to finish and served hot.
General Booth outlines a dream for a University of Humanity to train people to tackle poverty and crime. He cites 1300 cadets in training homes, 7000 preparing at home, and nearly 20,000 employed in Salvation Army work, with cadets from across the UK and four from Japan.
A young applicant sought feedback on a poem to Mr Howells of Harper's. Howells praised the piece and asked if it was written unaided. The youth affirmed, and Howells quipped that he is glad to meet Lord Byron, noting the poet’s supposed death at Missolonghi.
Brief snippet describes an inexpensive device labeled 8 .W-VIVE. Easily made by anyone and claims to operate on the same principle as iron devices. No further details or context provided.
A man calling himself Henry Shaw and claiming to be an artist admitted stealing a port manteau from Bhopatsingjee Bhagwatsingjee Jareja, son of an Indian prince. The victim, a Harrow School boy, pursued the thief after a December 18 incident at Waterloo and Euston. The court ordered 15 months hard labor.
A playful collage of jokes and one liners puncuate a lively social scene. Characters such as Gladys Heartigirl Jack Swift and Mrs Newlywed trade barbs while tavern chatter and stagey quips reveal flirtation debt jokes and misread intentions among a gaggle of townsfolk.
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