The Washerwomen Reflect on Tea and Hard Work
Robur Fenn sees fellow washerwomen protest tea quality while arguing for better待遇. They discuss getting No.1 tea, and the desire for fair treatment and lawful protections for hard working women.
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Newspaper
Talbot Leader
Location
Talbot, Victoria, Australia
Date
Feb 26, 1916
Page
5
Thinking Glad in Dark Days and Prison Walls
A reflective poem fragment urges shifting thinking to escape worry and embrace inner light. It celebrates enduring optimism, citing stars above and sunbeams breaking through clouds. The piece references a prison wall, a metaphor for confinement, and suggests spiritual release and freedom.
Soldier Poets and the Army’s Romantic Legion
A survey of poets who served in armies, from Coleridge and Burns to Byron Whitman and Landor. The piece notes Coleridge’s brief dragon service, Burns in a volunteer corps, Byron with Greece, Whitman in the Civil War hospitals, Landor in Spain, and Lovelace as a royalist soldier, highlighting art shaped by martial life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Christadel
Kubla Khan
Jems College
Cambridge
London
16Th Dragoons
Coleridge
Kia University
Robert Burns
Dumfries
France
Burns
Allan Cunningham
Byron
Park Lane
Greece
Missolonghi
Walt Whitman
Lincoln
Walter Savage Landor
Ton
Byrou
Landor
England
Spain
Napoleon
Charles I
Dunkirk
Portly Passenger Hems In Fares on Bus
A portly man on a bus stalls the conductor over a fare dispute. After long searching, the conductor finds only brass buttons as payment and the passenger insists he is a company shareholder. The exchange ends with the conductor refusing further risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Is Will
Domestic Pets Through Time and Odd Aims in Homes
The piece traces pet keeping from ancient times to modern households. It notes famous animal companions, lists common pets like dogs birds goldfish and mice, and playfully sketches unusual examples and fantasies such as a penguin and a jeweled oyster for pearls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noah
Mary
Mae
Sarah Bernhardt
Stll
Welieve
Mr. Quuckstein
Gum Wooth
Bodlew
Strathopey
Jean
Cuthburt
Alli- Kent
Curious Parlor Marriages and Courtroom Tales
Fragments describe a museum idea and a weight loss remedy sold by chemists. A parlor marriage theme intersects with courtroom drama as remarks drift to a hat gift and a bemused discussion of forms and fitness. The ad-like excerpt markets a slimming preparation from Clarendon street.
Chance for Health Through Warner’s Safe Cure
The article argues life hinges on chance and suggests many ailments arise from kidney and liver toxin retention. It touts Warner’s Safe Cure as effective, claiming it treats kidneys and liver to eliminate uric and biliary poisons, restoring natural function and relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warner
Warnera
Werner
Influence of science on disease in war
Discussion on how disease fatalities in war have declined due to better sanitation vaccination including typhoid and tetanus, improved water supply, and antiseptic wound care. Notes that hygiene, vaccines, and water improvements greatly reduce infection risks, with debate on aseptic versus antiseptic methods for treated wounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Kapok the Silky Material for Mats and Warm Clothing
An article explains kapok, the silky fiber from the seed pods of certain trees in tropical regions. It describes its lightness, heat retention, and air-filled structure that makes it warmer than wool and suitable for life preserving mats and bedding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coton
Java
Philippines
Tropics
Fresh water Kapok Weighs Against Decay and Pests
The passage states that kapok in fresh water can support 175 Limos of weight and that a kapok waistcoat would not float with a cork. It notes kapok cannot decay, containing protoplasm and shell-like cells that provide nourishment and lodging for microbes and vermin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mo Ai Punt
Wise's Directories Highlight Victorian Post One Directory 1916
The Victorian Post One’s Directory for 1916 is a 2500 plus page volume with alphabetical townships and house holders lists. It includes Melbourne Ballarat Bendigo and Geelong street directories, banks legal ecclesiastical insurance education municipal and government offices and a Victoria trade directory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wire
Victorian Post
Melbourne
Ballarat
Bendigo
Ceelens
Victoria
Untitled Quotations on Time and Influence
Fragmentary quotation about inflow and shine in others lives. Mentions bringing sunshine into others, saying the right thing, and the right time to speak.
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Victoris
Bushanda
Geelong
Vic
Hylands
Ubland
Hyland
Bryan Bres
Windmill Manufacturers, Colac, Inc
Bimplest
MIM
Aosth
Meee
Robur
Tere
J. Bartram & Son Fx
Bourke St
SPENCER @TREET STATION
Stone & CO
Robert Schulte
Wholesale Commission Meat Saleamen
North Melbourne
the Equity Trustees, Executors & Agency CO. Ltd
Queen Street
Melb
Edward Fanning
Shairman
WM. B. Irvine
ALP
Bapisterat Law
Donald Mackinnon
McCutcheon
Stewart McArthur
Joel Fox
Co. Martin
Fama
Perpetual Trustees’ Association Ltd
Queen ST
W. M. Hyndman
Colin Templeton
John Thomson
Harry P. Heaty
A. G. Outhwaite
F. @. Clarke
Mlc
Sroney
Arthur Grenbory Outhwaite
Association
Folloat
By Ashley Sterne
Nushond
Els
Clarendon-ateest
South Melhourne
Chance
UICK
Dalgety
Seesan A
Hunmrs
Coffey Bros
Church Street
Bayly Alchmand
Wise's Directories
Quanagan
Ford Coa
Ford Motor CO. OF Canada Ltd
Bole Agente
Tarrants
Russell Strent
Ford Motor-Cars
H. Jerking
Rainbow
W. H. Gray
Donald
P.D. Bult
Armrat
C. C. Cartick
Euroa
Bramball
Renfree
Dandenong
L Day
Kysbram
Tatura
Ernest Lack
Beechworth
Green
Manning and Co
Yarrawonga
Gregory and Co
Ruwhyorti
Murchison
Priew
Fuller
Bourke Street
Raoa
Dodge Brothers
Canada Cycle & Motor Co
Latrobe Street
Fosece
New Met
Hourko St. Pharmacy
NCH
LaLa Hye
Colling Street
Arealloney
The
Commonwaith
HY. Harris
Tse
Reynolds , Son
Metropolitan Meat Market
Uxport
Carriere
Afl
SALES
Alston
Alice 2
Erato
Eoiation
Dames Alston
Quers’s
Scarlett & CO
Collins St
Ron
Addiny
Krusey
Huid Magnedia
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