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Newspaper
Singleton Argus And Upper Hunter General Advocate
Location
Singleton, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Oct 26, 1878
Page
5
Fragmentary verse from a Singleton Argus supplement recounts family scenes and pious lamentations. The text mentions a mother, a daughter, a garden scene, and emotional reflections, with archaic spelling and garbled OCR terms suggesting a poetic elegy or devotional piece.
A crowded excerpt follows a social club scene where Mr Todd counsels Mr Tallerboy on love and delayed revelation. Todd boasts wit and flirtatious banter while Tallerboy remains aloof, contemplating a future with the unnamed “Little brown girl” as Todd praises patience and self control amid social theatrics.
In a tale blending social satire and adventure, Mr. Todd schemes to win Bertha’s favor through lavish talk of projectiles and infernal machines while Captain Barnaby Parisian society. A dramatic turn unfolds as the Duke of Barri’s mansion treasure awakens a mason’s desperate bid, ending in a stunning forty thousand to one hundred twenty thousand joules auction and a transformed fortune.
A quartermaster aboard a cargo steamer recounts a brutal voyage toward Malifas. A ferocious storm, near grounding, and a crewman’s death mark a deadly shift in the perilous night. The survivor endures freezing cold, losing many to the sea while clinging to a rigging, awaiting rescue.
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