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Newspaper
Peak Hill Express
Location
Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Mar 09, 1906
Page
17
A nostalgic piece blends home garden nostalgia with prompts for outdoor play. It urges parents to foster active children through swings, trees, and yard chores and includes old fashioned recipes and crafting notes. It closes with a literary critique of a writer’s descriptive skill.
A dated recipe describes a roast style roly poly with a rich crust. It covers preparing a suet paste or biscuit crust, rolling with pitted cherries, seasoning, and folding to seal in juices. It notes boiling or steaming in cheesecloth or baking as alternative.
A six year old child of a Stettin merchant was kidnapped. A ransom letter demanded L260 and warned the parents would not see the child again. A telephone operator overheard a phone call at the main station and alerted police. Officers arrested the kidnapper after a chase and a shot wounded him. The child was recovered and returned to its parents.
M. Charles Bouvier opened a four part series at Steinway Hall on November 16 detailing Pierre Loti’s life. He described Loti’s home life eccentric cuisine and Oriental attire, portraying him as a curator of world curiosities and a notable figure in modern French literature.
The Globe casts doubt on the new Lyceum Club in Berlin arguing continentally funded social clubs struggle for prospects beyond finance. It notes Bohemian clubs thrive on house bars and cheap drinks while journalists and literary women seek coffee, beer, and casual reading in public venues.
A collage of wit from a humor column featuring conversations and gags about work, proposals, baldness, marriages, neighbors, and amusing misunderstandings. Characters range from a parson and a widower to a tailor and a passerby, all delivered in lighthearted, old time humorous style.
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