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Newspaper
Yea Chronicle
Location
Yea, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jan 31, 1918
Page
5
Gunner Gilbert Collins, called a throne and crown plaything of grown children, reflects on the stubborn courage of soldier characters and the stubbornness of war. He mocks the idea of ease, noting no regiment flows with milk and money and no Thursday notable for riches. He recalls station flaws and the stubborn resolve of soldiers facing danger.
John Barclay, a prominent New York figure, travels from London to India on a delicate mission for the ranee of Obdurah. In Bombay he is summoned to a palace, delivers a cryptic task, witnesses the ranee's murder, and returns with a flawless diamond crystal linked to her last appeal and a fatal intrigue.
The article argues the mass of people shaped events in Russia by the human element confronting brutal forces. It asserts bureaucracy and privilege faltered in India’s last stand, misjudging ordinary Russians' capacity to choose, as deception and disloyalty tested national peril. The worm turning exposes the moral contrast and reveals the truth of the era.
A fragment describes Southern Pacific tramps or traps in freight cars used to deter tramps. The text notes cars left ready to trap, then doors close to confine riders. Vague details mention a pan on a tie and a drawn out period of dripping brightness.
A remarkable scientific instrument by Professor H W Wood aids astronomers. It is an astronomical mirror using a mercury surface protected from vibrations and magnified by rotation speed. A magnet ring on a separate bearing drives the mercury container, forming a stable concave surface under centrifugal force in a deep well to minimize shocks.
The text traces the origin of the term slave from the Russian word for glorious and notes its evolution in the title of a race including the Musalan people. It contrasts the German use of the term as servitude and discusses how the word’s meaning shifted into synonymous use with wer Whie as cited by Gibbon.
In Salem 1876 town order assigned boys to sit on stairs in the meeting house with William Lord supervising. Stratford officials required watching youths for disorderly conduct and regulating their behavior. In Durham misbehaving boys were publicly punished after services. The text notes shrinking boy seating, moving them to a gallery pew, and a shift in attention and decorum expectations.
Fragmentary remarks critique wartime moralities and leadership, noting German actions and Allied responses. The piece mentions Kaiser ideology, potential London bombing, Kitchener, Michaelis, and Mike with keen eyesight, alongside claims about U S purchases of shoes for soldiers and calls for universal Belgian church sermons.
A collage of quips and jokes features a crab meat line about diet, courtship anecdotes, a damning goose gag, a dog license jab, and a wry take on love and trust. The bits include a poet named Streeler, a jab at a first husband, a vaccination cost quip, and a Kalahari Desert joke about hunting lions.
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