Miners Rivalry and Scheming at Fandango Gulch
Ben and Rube, mining partners, clash over a share of dust as tension rises in a frontier camp. Absalom warns of Dobell, Indian Peter, and Californy Jones plotting against Ben. Absalom’s tale spurs a vigilante plot to confront the gang at sundown.
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Ben
Rube
Tieen
Rabe
Pardner Ben
Sam
Rubo
Absalom
Bill Dobell
Ewell
Peter
Fandango Gulch
Pardner
Dobell
Rattlesnake Claim
Abealom
Californy Jones
Scallaway
Cation
Beo
Dobeil
Fasdango Gulch
van Boldvert
Pennsylvania
Bogushman
Happy Jack
Dobe
Happy Jack Gulch
Hen
Market Prices of Will Beast Animals And a Twist of Humor
A humorous note lists animal prices from £5 for wolves to £250 for spotted tigers, plus elephants £60 and rhinoceroses £300 to £400. The piece jokes about firing a fighting editor over the low will beast market and ends with the editor still in charge of the "Uproarious Visitors' Annihilation Department."
Doubts and Memory Tricks in a Wives Tale
A wife pondered how an invading English statesman supposedly trained memory by recounting his day each night. Her husband asks if she suspects him, and the joke centers on memory and trust within a domestic chat.
Oysters in Geelong Draw Mrs. Pugmire's Curiosity
A Geelong oyster industry note captures Mrs. Pugmire saying oysters are industrious and work to make beds. She compares them to ants and honey bees, remarking that even childhood images of industry include creatures like ants and bees. The piece uses humor to reflect on the nature of labor.
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Geelong
Cut the Hand to See Your Space in the Public Eye
A blunt admonition urges individuals to measure their real influence by removing ego and assessing aftereffects. The line likens self-importance to a visible gap created by a deliberate gesture.
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Yong Man
Plucky Photographer Defuses Town Bully With Pistol
A frontier town terror bowled into a photographer's studio demanding a free sitting. The artist, armed with a real pistol under a camera cloth, staged a mock portrait session that ended with the bully fleeing. The likeness and pistol hung as advertisement and warning.
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United States
Photograher
New York
Nessid
Bally
Desperado
Fire Alarm Character Study Harshly Humorous
A humorous critical sketch describes how a fire bell provokes irrational behavior, detailing a man who rushes to the scene, breaches doors, tosses a feather bed from a window, endures a soaking, and then mocks himself for overreacting the next day. The piece lampoons urban panic and the performative chaos of emergency.
Wanted Talent Creates Tension Over News Style
A new reporter laments the managing editor’s lack of newsroom judgment. He recalls writing a fiery half column on a Fitzroyside fire in dramatic prose that appeared in print, noting the coal yard blaze was uninsured and blaming journalism quality.
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Fitzroyside
Baggins
The Kangaroo's Mission
Victoria assigns a tawny kangaroo to seek leaders in Europe and report back on war and policy. The plan aims to pressure Germany and Britain while avoiding capture, with the reader promised a continuation next week.
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Victoria
Derby
Germany
William
Bismarck the Bold
Britan Ois
Europe
Swinging misadventure in woolshed ends with fall
Tophift hires rope and beard to rig a swing for Freddy in a woolshed. Biddy knots wrongly, causing a chaotic collapse with Biddy tumbling from the roof and the washing board breaking. Tophift escapes ash-bin entanglement and pays a pound to smooth things over, leaving Freddy disappointed without a swing.
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Tophift
Freddy
Biddy
Sorr
Toplift
Mosca
Milesian
Toplitt
Macready records ban on theatre and press links in will
The actor Macready dictated a will restricting his children from theatre work and dealings with newspapers or editors. He warns that any breach voids legacies, directing funds to an Anti-newspaper fund. The piece notes the Hopies family now avoids the Herald office.
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Macready
Billy Hopkins
Tage
Herald Office
The Great Household Tool Combination Bargain Tale
A canvasser hawks a miraculous tool that folds every function into one device. The narrator, tempted by a desperate plea about a sick wife, buys the ten shilling gadget, only to discover it is useless and dangerous. He recalls the comical cautionary encounter and the hard lesson on chicanery.
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En Merl
Lee
Breands
Mercenary Courtship of a Lady in Verse
A fragmentary stage aside scene depicts a speaker praising a beloved woman. The speaker compares her to roses and cherries, notes green eyes and pearl teeth, and calls her a diamond and queen of flowers. The language blends metaphor with self-congratulatory romance.
The Substance and the Shadow in Esop’s Fables
A butcher and a passerby argue over gratis meat and ownership. The tale unfolds with reflections on value and appetite as the butcher asserts possession while the other questions gain and loss through temptation and perception.
Orchard planting and cattle care guidance from journals
The Farm Journal warns about soft stable floors causing bone brittleness in cattle when fed improperly. The San Jose Herald ends on orchard planting advice, urging good soil and careful cultivation as key to successful fruit growing.
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The
Farm Journal
San Jow Herald
Proper care of large tree limbs in orchards
The article explains that in well managed orchards large branches may need removal. Wounds must be sealed to prevent rot. options include grafting wax, shellac, mastic, cow dung, clay, and ready mixed paints applied undiluted for convenience and effectiveness.
Hogs as Farm Focus for Better Models and Cropping
The piece argues for integrating hogs into every farm, with purpose designed buildings and rotation, to use corn wisely and improve overall farm value. It urges swine farming as a standard alongside dairy and sheep, with fields and facilities tailored to pigs and disciplined management across western districts.
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Ind
Hue
Cura
Answers to Correspondents in a Humorous Column
A quirky reader Q and A style piece offers comic responses on topics from astronomy and grafting to fashion and etiquette. The column riffs on misread terms and everyday advice, with witty asides about Mary Jane, marital concerns, and social manners.
Waiting for a Shilling at the Hat Shop
A suburb hat shop displayed a sign offering hat blocking while customers waited for a shilling. A countryman agreed to the task, but the painter’s misplaced comma sparked confusion as the man lingered unpaid. He ultimately failed to receive the coin.
Double headed cow and graveyard joke fill a curious page
A jumble of comic sketches and anecdotes spans cheeky exchanges about ladies, fashions, and weddings, plus a mock insurance pitch for a City Graveyard Insurance Company. The piece riffs on gossip, home life, and mortuary whimsy with regional humor and satire.
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Buckekin
Rube Steele
Oliver
Hera
Esop
Aton Weil
Sage
Anlowhdir
Herman UA Ter
Mary Jane
Davin
Baldy
Marian
Australia
Bridget
Nora
Aden
Richard
Mary
Pritchard
Teason
China
Cressee
Sheba
Jou
Ameure
Fitzroy
Phairabies
City Graveyard Insurance Company
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