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Newspaper
Saint Arnaud Mercury
Location
Saint Arnaud, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jun 05, 1915
Page
1
A collage of humor and social scenes, featuring stories of students, couples, and witty exchanges. A young suitor confronts a stern miss, a teacher’s quip about a nose, and a talentless musician who can only recognize one tune. Lighter vignettes unfold, from university mischief to family banter and small-town charm.
A young Port Haron area inventor named Bilson Wdigon, barely fourteen, is traced from school troubles to experiments in his cellar. He builds a portable laboratory on a Grand Trunk train and in a car, starting a fire and losing his equipment. He later works for a telegraph company in New York, saving funds to further his inventions, including early phonograph ideas, and gains attention from a manager who offers a sum for his future work.
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