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Newspaper
Prahran Chronicle
Location
Prahran, Victoria, Australia
Date
Sep 01, 1917
Page
6
Fragmented wartime and club scene chatter mix with jokes on etiquette and a British observer's narration. The piece slides through banter about a football referee, trench talk between Allied and German troops, and a humorous jewelers counter. It weaves misheard phrases, cross accents, and a faded punchline about keeping a watchful maid awake.
A fragmented dialogue shows a shopkeeper recalling a humorous incident with a customer who teased about a German emperor. The bizarre exchange ends with the shopwalker retiring in a crest, while coworkers discuss the client’s intent and a possible report.
A misfit-midnight prank tale unfolds in a barn where private soldiers feed sergeants and a burst tin exposes bully beef remains. The scene shifts as a corporal notices a mist, a sergeant’s strange head wound overlooked, and a comic reveal of thrifty bull meat and overturned bully tins.
A chaotic wartime scene unfolds on turkish shores with a hundred pounder gun named Visit ing Cards and a French crew nicknamed Aviotic Annie. A warship fires, smoke drifts, and the fleet reels as voices recall battles and ironclad names amid the Aegean coast.
The text contrasts a natural habit with moral action, urging steadfast faith and courage. It discusses turning from fear, preserving health through proper dental and bodily care, and aligning with divine will as a guide in daily life. It references a contemporary American context and questions revolutions versus quiet conduct.
A fragmented discussion on surname origins traces how names reveal ancestry and geography. It notes Saxon roots, Norman conquest links, and shifts via trades like Barber or Brewer, with examples such as Wakeman and Shanks, illustrating how eras and regions shape nicknames and identifications.
SIF Cornthwaite ex-Premier of Western Australia speaks at Bovril Australian states meeting about his visit to the Commonwealth. He describes travel across Northern Australia, the Hayris estate, and a party with a station manager, two bricks, four harass, 16 mule, and a strong four-wheeled buggy. He notes cattle herds totaling about 150,000, grazing on nine and a quarter million acres, destined mostly for beef. The piece also touches on advertising, economics, and railway travel comparisons.
The text explains basic mechanical concepts focusing on work, power, and the relation among area or force, velocity, and time. It defines work as the product of force and displacement, power as work per unit time, and discusses the roles of elements like velocity and time in motion, noting how these ideas underpin the functioning of machines and manual labor. It mentions potential principles and the division of work into components, emphasizing how speed and force interact to produce energy and motion.
Dr M Love of St Louis discusses years of experiments with coffee as a stimulant. He describes drinking strong black coffee with butter and sugar daily, a ritual including eight to ten glasses of water and a heavy morning intake. He notes improved mood and energy, a light lunch and early rest periods, and indicates the regimen sustained focus for hours. He cites the author Famene Frewthaian praising the routine’s effects and ends with a brief reflection on the coffee's energizing influence.
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