Old Times Chronicle of Sydney Nineteenth Century Events
Reports on defense by New South Wales mountains and bushmen, a Campbelltown Mason lodge formation with attendees led by Williams, city council decisions on George Street markets and cabbage destruction, railway receipts, steamship arrivals, and a busy cultural scene with concerts, theatre, and German residents' welcome to Austrian frigate crew. Includes obituaries and trade notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Victoria
Sydney
Fertia
New South Wales
Lapstone Hill
Europe
Campbelltown
Southern Cross
Nose Lodge
Densty
Williams
George Macarthur
E Smith
St. Matthew's
Hell
New Ledge
J. Thornton
M.L.A
Iriah Constitution
Solicitor-General
Dalley
E. Flood
M L.A
John Clark
Aidermen Murphy
Sutherland
Ierael
Bell
George-strest
Thornton
Baptist
George-street
Harrie-street
Isbor
Murrumbidges
Buovip
Randell
Punt
Melbourne
Norman
Keppel Bay
Rockhampton
Loring
Philharmonie Society
Sydney Exchange
Sara Flower
Cardner
Mioe
Rawack
Mehul
Idie Boy
Maud
Oberon
Anna Bolena
Prince of Wales” Theatre
Novara
Washington
Prince of Wales’ Theatre
Macbeth
Diniz
Samuel
London Assurance
Maske
Facer
Yellow Dwarf
Messrs
H. Edwards
GH. Rogers
Sefton
Miran
Wigan
Charles Poole
Crosby
Forbert
Baller
Mme
Lee
Royal Victoria Theatre
Jack Sheppard
Rob Roy
Borenis
New Pound Hiame
Heart of
Midlothian
Midlothian,* “the Two Gregories.” Artates: Mosers Rayner
Purford
Betlair
Stewart
Hydes
Hill
Toraing
Howson
Bellair
Morton
Julia Matthews
Orenins
Wakely's Saloon
Pitt and
Blarket Streem
Leander’s ride to the railway window and the bored ballads
A narrative fragment follows Leander Smith queuing for transport, his patience undone as a woman harms him with a pocket booth incident. The verses compare personal misfortune to natural disasters and critique social pretension through Ballad of Bores and love lament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leseder
Leander
Rich man arrested charged as burglar in Rhinebeck case
New York telegram reports Merbert Clark, son of a wealthy grain merchant, arrested near his Rhinebeck home after a February fire at Robert Huntington’s mansion. He is said to have aided in burglaries and arson, hosted youths, and provided whisky amid alleged midnight feasts, while his wife, mother, and infant awaited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Rineberk
Merbert Clark
Poughkeepsi
Robert Huntington
Rhinebeck
Clark
Huntington
Victorien Sardou Great French Dramatist Dies
The death of Victorien Sardou removes one of the world’s great dramatists. The article traces his mastery of technique in mize en scene, cites notable works such as Diplomacy Fedora and Mme Sansgene, and recounts his rise from a garret to fame, including his collaboration with Dejazet and his stringent artistic control during rehearsals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Victories Sardou
Roth Gold
le More Pinchbeck
Diplomacy
Fedora
la Tooca
Mme. Sansiene
Wybert Reeve
Annie Mayor van Dora
Sardon
Belo
Blanche Pierson
Pauk Berton
Throwing life lines and the British ship experiment report
An advisor committee for the British government reports on compulsory keel to carry wireless devices and outlines experiments in Liverpool. Tests include kites buoys rockets and cannons with results noting distance accuracy and directional smoke or rocket guidance, highlighting practical shore defense uses and simple operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Firntish
Liverpool
West
Witleh
Tee
Four Frenchmen Describe Enoguthman Charade and Poker Wiles
Four Frenchmen describe the average Enoguthman as a man who drinks, plays cards, talks of nothing but bridge and kether, and obsesses over medical men. An eminent London consultant declares every medical man should know how to play poker, as such knowledge could prove useful in certain situations.
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London
A Lesson in LSVE Making Farce Scene at Rose Garden
Adolphus, a vain young man, courts Lucy Engisch and learns French flirtation from Mademoiselle. The pair practice dialogue and gestures while Caroline, the housemaid, serves as a reluctant substitute and witness to Adolphus’s bungled amour. Lucy flees as Adolphus proclaims success with a ring near the curtain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolphus
Lucy
Mademoizelle
Caroline
Mameille
Mademoiselle
Mademoieslie
Bally
Mademoinere
Merci
Adolphs
Mamselle
Monsieur Adolphus
Mamsele
Mademoinelle
Monsieur Adsiphus
France
Siao
Adulphus
Iristy
Tray
Mademoisele
Adolphar Mawerlle
Mitta
Adolpius
Sevar
Lero
Moinaohe
Matemoiselle
Adolphun
Matomeiselle
Adolphue
Desiree Monte Doucement
Wiens
Jean
Cary
Marisalle
Maimeelle
Carolina
Cheria
Women Pill Posters Hit Paris Bill Posting Scene
A Paris telegram notes September 1 as women enter bill posting, replacing theatre and music-hall bills on boulevards. Several young women in overalls and bareheaded, working with paste pots, are employed by a leading bill-posting firm and attract attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
London Powers
Pagtepot
Brueh
Muelo
Animals Memory Reveals Elephant Notions in London Exhibit
The New Gallery Photographic Exhibition in London featured remarks by F. Martin Duncan about elephants and memory. He noted elephants remember friends after months, and that tigers in captivity recall familiar faces while lions once abroad show fear when native hunters visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Martin Duncan
New Gallery
London
Hotel Manners and Selfiedness Mark Congress Age
The text notes hotel manners are notable for selfied ness, calling it the era of rapid congresses. It questions their usefulness, suggesting that even if not beneficial to science they serve the congressists' purpose. It reflects a period view on social behavior and institutional meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dimcult
Cuirass debated in defence progress and fashion
An Australian writer surveys the fate of the cuirass, noting its obsolescence in modern warfare yet reporting French tests on a new armor composition. The piece compares weight, cost, and vulnerability, suggesting a possible revival of armored soldiers in future battles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Ewing
Custon
London
Rogers
Howes
la France Militaire
de Gallet
de Gallffet
Colvass
Tragic self-inflicted death of Berkeley laborer Victor Henley
In Lambeth, Victor Donat Henley, a jobless young man living on Berkeley Street, died by his own hand in a striking method. An inquest on September 18 heard that he placed a cartridge in a tube and fired it with a file, with a pincers and brass tubing found nearby. The jury recorded death by own action and refrained from judging the man’s mental state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Donat Henley
Berkeley-stret
Lambeth
Louter
Henley
Executioner Gustav Reindel Dies at 85 in Magdeburg
A Berlin telegram reported by London says Prussian executioner Gustav Reindel died at Magdeburg aged eighty five. He used his axe on over 100 convicts, wore evening dress, and earned £6 per execution plus 108 for daily expenses and free third class travel. His brother, two brothers-in-law, and son-in-law received payments. Roundel kept a diary of each execution. eight women were executed, twice he did a double execution, and once three in a day. His son-in-law Herr Engelhardt will succeed him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
London
Gustav Reindel
Magdeburg
Reindel
Hie Agciannnia
Roundel
Herr Engelhardt
Flying will erase nature in a decade say critics
A French view warns that motoring has killed life and love of nature and predicts that in ten years flight will render cities rivers forests and mountains meaningless. People may live in a mist of vague nothingness as travel becomes airborne.
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St. Andrews
George King
Earish
W. Hodgson
A.M
Moors Colleer
Clerey
Wm. Cawarr
Canon Walsh
Nge
T. Hepeal
Meares
H. T. Sttlee
T. G. Ewing
Orien
H. H. D. Sparling
Thomas Sheps
Award Rogers
W. W. Simpson
G- W. Woodd
E. Ll. King
Smith
G. Kine
Clarke
Kemp
George Nidal
H Tincomb
Sqssall
G. FP. Macarthur
James Gunther
Wilam Sowerby
Percy J. Smith
William Lisle
F Priddis
R. A. Mayne
F. Armytage
Jenkiss Wilsom
John Elder
Foster Aghvin
Alfred H. Stephen
George KE. Turner
E. {. Nixon
T. H. Wilkinson
P. P. Agnew
Soares
Forde
Thomas Druitt
William Ilworth
T. W. Unwin
Wesley Farrar
King
G. Merton
W. Drake
G. W. Chardean
W. Stack
Elijah ‘Orth
Hulton King
W. Gore
Cooper
Parkes
North Riding
Cumberland
George Parkes
Birmingham
Kent
Inner House
Pitt-street
King-street
Crown Land
Eles
Moone
N.S.W
A.J.S
Australasia
Union
S.W. Gov
Australan Gax
A.S.N. Co
H.R.S.N. Co
North Shore Steam Ferry Co
Pyrmont Brides Co
Cales
W. Darton and Son
X.s.w Preigh
Victoria
Leander Smith
Miztts
Carlyle
Sue
Leoander
den Cupid
Bor
Pardic
Sardou
Prett¢Y Malle
Brecort
Sim
Dejaget
Dajezet
Mate
Fardow
Atamind
Bernhardt
Arms de Fianre
M. Gatat
Pres Saint-Gervais
Victorien Sardou
William Archer
Leodon
Criterion Theatre
Otmeritien
Sawtheul
Cannion
Myasn
Marly
Hanno
Carolee
Timpkins
Gercline
Adolphne
Garoline
Miss Fury
Leey
Cherie
Amour
Adolphin
Adolphime
Srailen
Adophus
Vitalis
Cadbury's
Beelcham’s
Ormoly
Sheraton
Commonwealth
C. Lovell and CO
George Street
Hunter-street
Joe Davis
iSet
Park-St
Pitt-St
Executioner
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