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Newspaper
Sydney Evening News
Location
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jul 11, 1908
Page
5
Australian wool blankets and bedding items advertised at bed rock prices. Wool blankets by the yard and various quilt styles include Honeycomb, Marcella, and Albany quilts in multiple sizes. Towels and related linens listed with prices and specials, plus assorted fabrics and garments.
The ad lists reduced prices on quarter coats, green tweed coats, black taracut russian coats, fur sets, Angora items, and white tare sets. It markets large discounts, extra quantities, and special sale terms with emphasis on value and immediate availability.
Readers are offered a fashion array including cream and navy jerkins, blouses with tucked plisse and pleats, and plannelette styles in red and striped navy. Prices feature sale tags with special postages and multiple color options, highlighting fabric textures and back-fastening designs for a seasonal wardrobe update.
Catalog style notice lists men's overcoats in various fabrics including rainproof options and sea threw Macintosh coats. It notes men’s and boys’ styles in multiple colors and sizes with prices and postage terms, urging readers to act in a clear, period voice.
A vintage sale listing highlights natural merino nightdress es and infants wear. It promotes calico combinations, flannellette petticoats, suga rino undies, and machine knitted overalls with varied sizes and sale prices, emphasizing value items and wide assortment.
An analysis of Australian slang noting foreign origin dominance in current usage, with examples like "high jinks" and "bax" and discussion of how slang enters parliamentary and legal language. The piece critiques the depth of “Australian” vocabulary and cites various terms, attitudes, and the influence of non native speech in political and social life.
At the Church of St John the Divine in New York a bride waited for her groom as guests gathered for a wedding. Bride informed of a wedding accident after a man was found dead in his bed. the groom, a wealthy insurance broker, was killed in his residence after losing his fortune on the stock market. The wedding party learned the tragedy as Europe was planned for the honeymoon.
A sensational 19th century police interrogation details how Frank Zasira endured harsh questioning after implicating himself in the triple murder of Willem J. Sheppard his wife and a servant at a New Jersey farm. Zasira describes the sequence from the initial confession to the dramatic courtroom reveal and the motive claimed.
A Paris art scene uproar surrounds Claude Monet after reports May 18 that he destroyed about a score of his own works. The canvases, created over three years, were valued around £30,000 and targeted for destruction as he feared they failed to meet his standards. Degas is noted for similar self-criticism, destroying works and buying back others from Russia to preserve his legacy.
A garbled report recounts a railway joke in Paris near end May about a minister of railways and a smoker aboard a carriage. The minister confronts etiquette and officials, a card is produced, and tension resolves with restrained humor as laughter emerges.
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