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Newspaper
Queanbeyan Observer
Location
Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jul 25, 1902
Page
5
A fragmentary verse piece laments parting from Robin Adair with longing and reminiscence. The speaker, recalling a joyous town gathering and a ball, notes the absence of beloved Robin Adair deepens sorrow and love remains strong despite distance.
Gerard Onslow returns from ten years abroad to renew an old friendship with Emily Dampier. He finds a moonlit plan for a private meeting at the ruined Wishing Well, hoping to resolve past feelings despite rain, danger, and the chill of unmapped promises.
Emily awaits Harry at the edge of Dampier grounds as a storm rages. Moonlit shadows reveal a figure at the doorway, but the voice that greets him is unfamiliar, hinting a stranger in Emily’s cloak. The scene ends with a mysterious, unresolved tension.
Mrs Janes Sursrep narrates the perilous drift of the vessel Clarence through the Antarctic pack. The crew, led by Captain Axelson and May Stavenson, endure ice, mutal courage, prayers, and a dramatic iceberg near catastrophe before a New Year wind frees them toward safety.
A long fashion column details alpaca fabrics for skirts and boleros, cream lace trims, and woolen dresses ideal for outdoor wear. It covers cycle attire in gray green cloth, navy mohair outfits, and tailored blouse bodies with lace jackets, emphasizing practical yet stylish summer garments.
The piece traces the life of Okelcher Wainewright born 1170 at Chinwick, a rich heir, dilettante writer and infamous for lavish lifestyle at Linden House Turnham. It recounts courtly praise by Barry Cornwall, marriage to Mrs Abercrombie, and a string of deaths tied to his circle including Helen and Madeline, with insurance schemes and eventual arrest in 1897 for forgery and poison related acts.
Fragmentary OCR mentions a hospital death in Hobe and references to Count Fosro and writers like Dickens. The readable portion names Carew Haslitt and Witke Collins and suggests a discussion of Lucretius or Lucretius round his exit, with drawn scenes related to Hunted Down.
Practical notes describe moth control in carpets using a damp towel technique and heat to aid silk knitting processes. Cleaning painted walls involves borax, water, and ammonia, followed by oil polishing. A coconut and sugar mixture is prepared, boiled briefly, cooled, and formed into sheets to press into squares for use.
A practical guide on preparing celery to stay white and tender. Soak or trim the stalks, use cold water with vinegar, boil in well-timed pots, and finish with a light white sauce made from flour butter and milk using the celery cooking liquid for flavor.
An old fashioned kitchen guide describes a potted meat akin to pate de foie gras using fowl livers onions butter parsley thyme and white pepper. The method covers liver washing chopping bacon and onion browning mixing with butter seasonings pressing through a sieve jar filling steaming or oven finishing and chilling with aspic and decorative colors.
A recipe fragment instructs making a mushroom puree with mushrooms butter lemon juice and cream. It includes steps to cook mushrooms add flour salt pepper and liquid then blend. The text ends with a quip about quitting eating and a taunt about timing.
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