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Newspaper

Warrnambool Standard

Location

Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia

Date

Jul 12, 1917

Page

7

Wild white man Byrnes and the settler conflict tale

In a rugged frontier episode, Byrnes and the outlaw Sampson clash with Davey s gang around Burman and constable Byrnes. After a tense chase and a moonlit confrontation, Byrnes escapes with Sampson toward a sloop, while authorities prepare a bloodless trap and justice catches up to the culprits. The tale ends with the outlaws' fate sealed and the station abandoned years later.

Rus Dows Venkem Borman Hampson Byrnes Denham Mag Burmap Sampson Guth Captes Gan Eagle Farm Bampson Calvacade Burman Davey Bampoon Sampece Enghe Farm Murray Ruampson Berman Sondown Earle Farm Hain Ridney Blackfellow Gobi Moreton Bay Java Hagia Farm

Famous Centenarians: Bishops, scholars, and statesmen

A compact survey of long lives across centuries highlighting John Leslie the fighting bishop. Sir Richard Bulstrode the centenarian moralist. Martin Joseph Routh the Oxford president. Lady Pleasance Smith aged 104. Sir Moses Montefiore the eminent Jewish humanitarian. Lady Smith of Lowestoft famed for vitality in old age. Garcia a centenarian who celebrated his 101st birthday with public ceremonies and a banquet before passing at 101.

John Leslie Raphes Leslie Abardeenshire Lake Lota Isir Monaghan Lealie Laslie James I Scotland Charles I Ireland Charles II Chester London Charles 1 Lea Vie Richard Bulstrode Forsien Bulstrode Balstrode St. Germains Martin Joseph Routh Routh Magdalen College Oxford Anne Victoria Methusalah Addison Johnson University College Oriel Newman Gladstone Lady Pleasance Smith Toree James Edward Smith Linnean Society Warren Hastage Agiri Napoleon Smith Lord Chatham Burke Beaconsfield Adam Sedgwick Lady Smith Lowestoft Sedgwick Egein Brith Highlands Victoris R Gray Moses Montefiore

Tragic Othello tale sparks morbid chorus in small town

A famed tragedian in a tiny factory town delivers a faltering Othello performance. Breath fails, audience laughs at grim finale as the corpse rises, delivers a bitter rebuke, and a spectator offers dry irony about his own stiff posture. The scene ends with a blunt quip on the crowd’s received attention.

Himsell

Duchess Lectures Help or Hinder In Ward Story

A hospital accident ward scene shows a well meaning duchess handing out cheer and philosophy to recovering children. One fourteen year old resists cheerful talk, declaring he is “done with cheering up” after claiming he cheered for the Stomg football team last Saturday. The quirky dialogue includes a teacher, a widower, and a girl named Mabel with an engagement ring.

Children’s Hospital Stomg Billy Smith Abe

Poison in the District Baffles Scientists

An old man shows a sheet of brown paper with white powder and asks a companion to test it on his tongue. The tester notes the powder tastes bitter but not biting or unpleasant. The pair speculate someone in the district has been poisoning birds with the substance.

Half Time Blues at Town Football Match

A restless sports fan shouted all afternoon then slept on a pavement near the Red Lion. Police woke him at 2 a.m. He groggily cursed his luck as his side faced the opposing team.

Himell

Little Gertrude Wants Fairy Tale At Bedtime

A child named Gertrude resists sleep asking for a fairy tale. The mother, tired, says she must sleep but promises the father will tell a tale once he returns home. The scene captures a quiet, domestic bedtime moment with a hopeful parent.

Immortal organ-gripper fronts five-year fraud tale

A town once saw an organ-grinder with a large family and a six month death claim. He vanished after profits grew. Four years later a minister found him abroad with the same organ and story. The fraudster blamed doctors for mistakes as the man claimed eternal life.

The Smith Manufacturing Company Sign Confounds an Elder

An elderly traveler in a big city spots a large frost sign reading The Smith Manufacturing Company and repeats it aloud. She jokes with her nephew that she has heard of Smiths all her life but never knew where they made wages.

The Smith Manufacturing Company Will

Taxi Fumble Leaves Smith on Road After Drinking Spree

A drunken Smith could not enter a taxi when summoned by a commissionaire. The door was left open, dumping him onto the road. He rose unsteadily, fumbled for money, asking, How much. The incident prompted questions about safety and handling of intoxicated passengers.

Smith

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