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Newspaper
Traralgon Record
Location
Traralgon, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jun 07, 1901
Page
6
An reflective piece urging older readers to stay connected with the young, value inner qualities over outward appearance, and cultivate cheer, empathy, and gentle dignity. It compares lasting appeal to kindness, sympathy, and supportive advice from elders, encouraging continued social engagement and generosity.
The account describes De Lesseps appealing to Mehemet Ali to free Nazareth captives from Syria held in Egyptian galleys. As captives were released in stages, Syrians pressed for broader liberation, and a dramatic costume display aided a meeting with the Viceroy resulting in all Nazareth prisoners being freed.
Fragmentary line argues small wrongs corrode character, noting even slight bending reveals the flaw. It likens honesty to a copper wire that will break at the first bend, suggesting moral weakness is exposed by minor misdeeds.
A voyage tale centers on a mother and her young son Ronnie aboard a ship to Australia. John Brereton, a wealthy Englishman, saves the child at the cost of his own life, leaving the mother to learn of his sacrifice as she welcomes a newborn son with distant wife awaiting news. A final telegram reveals the wife’s death two hours after Brereton’s farewell.
Poetic meditation on memory and passing friends. The speaker recalls the kind, brave, and true who walk no more, finding comfort in faith and the enduring love of God as they face the unknown.
A curious collection of maxims and anecdotes opens with reflections on discipline, gratitude, and cheerful temper. It recalls a Manchester Cathedral coin theft confession, Ireland's 111 year old Mrs Whelan, and a Forty Shilling Day custom in Wotton Surrey, ending with a fragment about Mr William Glanville reading verses amid nervousness.
A collage of quips and anecdotes, from a singer’s refrain to misprinted proofs, jokes about readers and melons, a Moody sermon anecdote, a football match aside, and a sharp crowd quip about a stubborn donkey. It captures light social humor and sharp one liners from varied voices.
An exchange in court pits a barrister against a country youth named Samson as laughter erupts over bravado and truth. A witty motif follows about trust and deception, then a memory of James Ronalds and promoter gullibility. A boy in a signal box ends the piece by claiming he can do what others cannot do because he keeps from swearing and drinking.
A garbled OCR collection lists various dishes and techniques including ox cheek stew with pepper and vegetables, a fish macaroni bake layered with crumbs and butter, and cucumber and snail pickle. Also mentions breadcrumbs, a butter cream custard, and a hot griddle cake batter.
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