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Newspaper
Shepparton News
Location
Shepparton, Victoria, Australia
Date
May 30, 1918
Page
5
A widow rebukes a curate after he tells a harsh joke about her late husband. She recalls his remark and scolds him for saying she should be content with his death while noting a Parisian lady she admired during the service. The exchange ends with her accusation of the sermon doing little good.
Ward and Co Melbourne reports a feature on the Stock Exchange. The piece notes success comes from deliberate planning and cooperation. It includes quotes about electric cookers versus traditional fires and a piano visit by a musical professor with reactions from Mrs Bowles and Mrs Mipson.
Hyland's David Hyland & Sons Pty. Ltd announces purchase of ducklings chicks and turkeys at per pound live weight with top prices for old hens. They offer no commission, crate forwarding and monthly price sheets, to be posted, from Sennitt's Freezing Works in Melbourne.
The speaker describes hard labor of washing clothes and staying at work all day. She notes relief in getting a cup of tea, prefers Robur tea, and criticizes the cheap scented tea provided by some households. She longs for better tea for working women.
For centuries explorers sought immense wealth at Colombia's Guatavita Lake where natives offered gold and jewels to their gods. Despite draining attempts and £15,000 spent, the lake has not yielded the promised treasure and the hunt is being abandoned with uncertainty over future efforts.
A local studio offers enlargements from any photo or snapshot size 26 by 22 inches completed in house. They guarantee satisfaction with a money back promise and free opinion and advice. Located at 167 Queen St by artists A C Millar.
Harley Matthews teases a comical tale of Strike me a sly veteran who spins tall war-time yarns from the Peninsula to a hospital ward. A romancing private regales nurses and a widowed aunt with feats of luck, bets, and bravado as true love finds him amid battlefield tall tales.
An article advises parents to prepare a family cough mixture using WERNIQ a non poisonous herbal extract. It promises a pint of ready made cough remedy from HEENZO costing about 2/2. and notes availability from chemists stores or G. W. Hean Sydney.
If you feel in need of a tonic and brain fog, Hean’s Tonic Nerve Nuts restore nerve tissue and blood quality, aiming to relieve indisposition and aches. Sold by chemists at proportional pricing, boxed for 1s 3d or 6s 9d per set.
Readers recount illnesses from kidney troubles to back pains and sleepless nights cured by Warner's Safe Cure. A bootmaker from Ascot Vale and a husband improved after taking the medicine, with buyers urged to purchase in 6 shillings or 8 shillings sixpence bottles by chemists and stores.
A poem by A. B. Paterson praises the unsung Army mule team in World War I Cairo dispatches. It contrasts airmen heroes with the rough labor and discipline of mules, detailing depots, front lines, and the daily march of the mule trains through dust and danger. The piece blends humor, grit, and reverence for the rank and file.
A dust stained voice in the darkness orders soldiers to mount, a weary Army Service man guiding Army mules as the scene unfolds in a stark wartime moment.
The text recalls the January 18 1871 proclamation of the German Empire in the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles. It notes mixed public reaction praising peace while war built the empire, highlighting Moltke and princes, and predicting future spoils and imperial aggression under a strong, militarized state.
A harsh verdict condemns any ruler who hides tyranny behind calls for liberty. The speaker warns that falsehood accompanies oppression when the phrase freedom is invoked as a shield for abuse.
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