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Newspaper
Peak Hill Express
Location
Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Mar 08, 1907
Page
21
In a London Divorce Court hearing, Mrs Gladys McLagien seeks a judicial separation from husband Sidney MecLagien, alleged cruelty tied to his morphia addiction. The case outlines violent conduct, medical relapse, and a dispute over child custody with a temporary separation planned and possible reconciliation hoped by the judge.
A column discusses Marlowe on love at first sight and argues personality decides marriage. It cites a Ballroom moment and notes a Hungarian shepherd case where a witness paid for charms, with Nebily sentenced to two months’ hard labor.
A 43 year old Marie Nebily, described as a bricklayer's assistant, faced Vienna Criminal Court for posing as possessing secret powers. She sold charms and spells charging eighteen kronen per spell and ten kronen per advice, claiming to influence fate and to free a mistaken prisoner.
A Daily Mail report on a Cincinnati Presbyterian congress where scientists and theologians attack American women as lazy luxurious and loud. Professors Vance Laughlin denounce women’s walking swaying and general intellect, while New York society leaders defend fashion and figure, noting American women surpass others in style.
Sir Richard Tenn Collins at Queen's Hall delivers a humorous address at Pitman's Metropolitan School prize day. He notes women dominate typewriting and secretary roles, enabling access to public men and shaping softer, more civilised manners through skilled female typists.
The speaker praises shorthand and typing but warns against women adopting them for private correspondence. He argues shorthand would handicap men who do not write it and questions whether a love letter could be written on a typewriter. He fears women writing letters in type would be a national misfortune for the Community.
A December 13 six day bicycle race accident left Hollister with a fractured hip and ribs and Vanoni badly cut. The crowd swelled to thousands as spectators endured a grim, heated arena and police refusal amid rumors of violence, theft, and a fatal attempt to scale the walls.
The West Hartlepool steamer Kirkstall carried fever patients from Pensacola to a floating infectious hospital. A hurricane tore the hospital from its foundations, flipped it, and wrecked it off the Borin coast. Eight inmates died or were lost, including the steward and two crewmen, while five others were rescued. Daily Telegraph reports the tragedy.
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