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Newspaper
Talbot Leader
Location
Talbot, Victoria, Australia
Date
Aug 29, 1914
Page
5
A Liverpool man famed for flawless calmness shares a joke about a wife visiting town and a fire engine, then a Yorkshire tale follows of a sick man cheered by a friend. The anecdotes reflect social humor and village banter with idle gossip and light mischief.
A poetic exhortation urges readers to resist sorrow and keep smiling. It emphasizes that joy can fend off melancholy and that a steadfast, cheerful outlook improves life. The verse encourages embracing optimism as a practical remedy.
A vivid Oxford anecdote recounts how Alfred Lord Tennyson won the Newdigate prize. Three examiners judged his poem Tubuctoo, and a misread sign marked with a u for good sparked surprise among the panel. The tale highlights the moment of recognition that secured his future laureateship.
Two gentlemen in a railway carriage discuss a crude test for nationalities. If a passenger leaves early with baggage when rain signals arrival, he is Irish. If he stays until the train stops and departs with dignity, he is English. If he stays seated after everyone else leaves to see if anyone has left anything behind, he is Scottish.
A fragment discusses medicinal use of garden vegetables with onions for rheumatism and digestion benefits, turnips and parsnips as aperients, carrots for liver balance, and tomatoes with unclear salivary effects. It shifts to a theatre pun and then lists beef and lamb prices, then pork and veal rates, ending with a partial vendor note from Reynolds and Son.
Fragmentary letters from Fr Olds in Wangsnul New Zealand and J Colgan in Mayland Perth report relief from back and kidney pain. Both describe long suffering before trying Warner’s Bate Cure and Serre Fale Cary with noted improvements in digestion appetite and energy.
Experiments in the German army test distance for reliable recognition among soldiers. Cold eyed individuals could be identified at 50 ft, acquaintances at 300 ft, and close relatives at 500 ft. Details show body parts discernible but movement unseen at 300 ft. at 1800 ft a man blends with the landscape unless contrasting attire. Sailors and hunters may see farther due to training.
A romantic history surrounds new copper deposits opened at Inveryne Tigh anraid and Kilfinan in Argyllshire. A boy found a copper ore years ago and later led a Glasgow mining expert to it. Three lodes have opened, the richest named The Murder Lode, located where crops would not grow due to poisonous copper.
The latest figures show Great Britain still leads in naval tonnage with 275,791 tons, while Germany and the United States follow with 4,998,746 and 489,796 tons respectively. Italy also appears in the updated totals, reflecting the shifting balance of maritime power.
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