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Newspaper
Shepparton News
Location
Shepparton, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jun 18, 1914
Page
6
In Woodville's recollections a bookmaker sends £1750 to a widow via a cheque signed by Colonel North. The widow, left penniless through mischance, receives £1570. Another tale links Queen Victoria to a Woodville painting used to settle a furniture bill in Tottenham Court Road.
A collection of humorous exchanges from bishops and clergymen. Jests cover archdeacons and apocryphal banking quips, reflecting on wit about finance and everyday faith matters with playful Punches at Whateley and Wharton.
In an Attic Suit series excerpt Rev T Selby Henrey relays advice from Bishop Boyd Carpenter of Ripon given to priest candidates. The bishop warns against patchwork sermons from external commentaries and urges preserving originality with careful use of other scholars' ideas.
A dialogue unfolds with a lunatic taunting a laborer at an asylum wall about marriage and wages. The piece contrasts freedom ideas with a remark about being on the wrong side of the wall as religion and government are discussed. Melbourne meat prices rise, quotes per pound for pork, veal, and calves are listed. Stone and Co. invites country customers to Melbourne.
A Healesville message describes a severe kidney illness, failing medicines, and rapid relief after using Warner's Safe Cure. The testimonial credits restored strength, pain relief, and renewed life, listing kidney and liver disorders the product purportedly treats. Sales notes mention original 5 shillings and cheaper 2/6 Concentrated form sold by chemists and retailers.
Lieutenant Colonel Bennett uncovers an epitaph praising George Routledge, a watchmaker. The text lauds integrity, prudence, generosity, and the artful leisure of his hours. It notes he died November 14, 1802 at age 67 and ends with a humorous line about being wound up for the hereafter.
A dialogue between Uncle and Tommy questions traditional teaching methods. The boy mocks the teacher's authority by contrasting the calibre of upper form boys with Olympian statues and masculine temper. The exchange hints at deterrence through measured conduct and self discovery as phrased in archaic style.
The speaker notes competitors start strong selling popular goods but later limit stock with pretentious behavior. He claims to sell similar quantities of No. 1 and No. 2 grades, both good, though No. 1 is nicer. He emphasizes customer opinion and disdain for brainless buyers.
A lighthearted dialogue: Mr Henppack jokes his wife manages without teeth, saying her biting tongue does the talking for her amid her loss. The remark shifts humor from hardship to resilience in a social chat.
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