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Newspaper
Peak Hill Express
Location
Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jan 12, 1906
Page
9
A poem depicts diverse villagers praying for rain from a divine deliverance to save crops and livelihoods. Each speaker asks differently from farmers to shopkeepers, while a final verse notes Heaven cannot please all and the Earth remains unchanged. The piece satirizes conflicting desires and the limits of prayer.
A reader argues socialism differs from communism by permitting individual property while socialism ties consumption to effort. The letter cites Laurence Grouland and classic economists, notes the moral dimension, and claims millennial communism comes through socialism. January 8 1906.
Dr Shelion declares a new discovery for lung trouble including coughs colds and consumption. The small dose remedy claims quick relief and each bottle is guaranteed. Sold by C F Stephons.
A stream of old wordplay questions and answers surfaces with puns about war discipline flogging eyes schoolboys and trades. It pairs word games on subjects like lawyers mice and dogs with jokes about common objects and daily roles linking phrases to humorous contrasts and oblique metaphors.
A billygoat race at the Brisbane Show drew a sharp bookmaker from Charters Towers who backed a dilapidated entry named Billy. The young owner, planning to move to ponies, pooled funds and beat other bets as Billy trotted to victory, the bookie lamenting there were only two thoroughgoats on the ground.
Me A E Barter of Cumnock left a grain sample at the Express Office claiming a paddock yield of ten bays to the acre. He asserts the sample is the finest he has grown with grain full and well filled, weighing near 65 pounds to the bushel, drawing praise from inspecting farmers who say they have not seen such quality this season.
An Albury resident George Adams extols Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as a wonderful medicine. He recounts aiding a friend with colic on a country trip with one dose and notes he keeps a bottle ready. Availability listed with Gideon Bros and J W Leesa.
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