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Newspaper
Singleton Argus And Upper Hunter General Advocate
Location
Singleton, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Oct 25, 1879
Page
1
A courtroom review laments jury flaws in the Mainwaring case and calls for stricter culpable homicide laws. Dr Joyce discusses home life causes and remedies in a City Mission Hall lecture. A brutal family murder case in another city ends with Joseph Bondra and relatives convicted or jailed, including a hangings sentence for Joseph.
A humorous catalog shows how Americans from states and regions are nicknamed, from Lizards in Arkansas to Buckeyes in Ohio, with odd terms like Fly-up-the-Ceeks in Georgia and Jawbankers in Kansas, illustrating linguistic traits and regional humor collected for travelers.
A European and American audience will read a new Catholic journal under Leo XIII. Cardinal Nina is offered to head the department as the pope pushes the project. The first issue, in multiple languages, will target about 42 000 subscribers, including Italians, and aims to shape future papal messaging.
Melbourne Argus reports on Dr. Webster’s plan to limit stimulants in infirmaries and its effects. Across 670 patients, deaths fell to 124 per cent of the Chelsea rate with far less alcohol spending, while many elderly bedridden women regained strength and mobility after stimulant withdrawal. The piece urges charitable managers to consider curbing alcohol and tobacco subsidies and reallocating funds to essential care.
John Ellerthorpe foreman of the Humber Dock Gates earned the title The Hero of the Humber for saving at least thirty nine lives over forty years, thirty one from the Humber. He repeatedly risked death diving, guiding boats, and rescuing passengers including during a ferryboat capsizing and a gale offshore while in heavy clothing and boots.
An official inquiry will probe the Great Northern Line picnic train wreck likely in Newcastle. The report lists multiple serious injuries including contusions and lacerations among several named patients treated by Dr. Koagge and Walker, with one near-fatal incident involving a child.
The Newcastle Herald notes numerous contusions and more serious injuries from the event. Names include Mrs. Thomas Proctor, William Taylor, Mies Mearinn, Mrs. James House, and infant Henry Edwarde's son, among others. Several cases involve concussions, fractures, and wounds. most patients are described as progressing favorably.
A recent Vienrich Grand Lodge meeting under the English Constitution discussed creating a scholarship via a £100 district fund from the Masonic qida to support a Sydney University education for a son of a Brethren. A committee including the District Grand Master and several Worshipful Brothers was formed to draft terms and rules for approval.
An American woman Emmeline Noble of Indianapolis pursued President Hayes by forceful pleas and a dramatic kiss in the White House. Hayes rejected the match, citing a prior engagement, and authorities arranged for her removal and return to Indianapolis.
A fragment describes Mina Wye haw directing a voyage of London street girls to Canada. It states they are taken to respectable families, given comfortable homes, and led virtuous lives. The work has lasted about ten years.
The Otago Daily Times recounts the life of Robert Wilson a native of Ireland who after moving through America Australia and New Zealand became publisher of the Daily Times and later suburb of the Otago Witness He died in the Dunedin fire with his wife and child his two daughters aged 16 and 13 surviving but unaware of their parents fate they cling to hopes for their mother as other relatives are still missing.
In Cincinnati a new organization named the National Association for the Promotion of Marriage has over two thousand members. Its aim is to promote marriage by aiding young couples with homes employment and resources within the association’s powers.
A New York visitor recalls a humorous exchange aboard a Yankee named for his extreme smoking. The narrator quips that despite many smokers, the man is an incurable chimney claiming cigarettes are essential to life. The banter highlights exaggerated ego and culture clash on the journey.
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