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Newspaper
Yea Chronicle
Location
Yea, Victoria, Australia
Date
Sep 02, 1915
Page
6
Carmelite House letters describe the longest day and wartime concerns from London. The writer notes German threats, Zeppelin raids, theatre slumps, price pressures, and shop conditions while praising courage of airmen and a returned worker leader, urging America to send propaganda and truth.
A naval correspondent reports heroic Australian and New Zealand efforts at Gallipoli, detailing fearless charges against Turkish defenses. Colonials scaled cliffs, deployed Maxim guns, and endured deadly terrain, while snipers and disguises by Turks were countered by steadfast Gallipoli veterans.
Inquest into Dennis Clayton a 31 year old private in the King's Own Lancaster regiment returns a verdict of death by own action. A brother testifies he was invalided from the front a week earlier with gas pains and that Clayton cried of gas torment before his death and tried to tear bandages away declaring that the gas was coming on again. The jury notes the gas had unhinged his mind.
A brief editorial note underscores patience as a key virtue for creditors, advocating prudent timing in collections and negotiations. It highlights steady approach, disciplined sums, and clear communication to preserve relations and maximize recovery.
The piece describes a device called the sphygmometer, claimed to measure truthfulness by heart pressure. Experiments led by Moulton Marston for Professor Hugo Munsterberg at Harvard University show the instrument readings rising when a subject lies, and returning toward normal when truth is spoken.
A collage of wartime voices and scenes, including a boastful bullock's gold price tale, a pawnshop purchase for tea, and a trader’s warning about censorship. The piece shifts through memory, a German campaign, a general’s funeral, and the rise of the song Mr. Riley replacing Tipperary in trenches, noting its spread in English, French, and Italian fronts.
A fragmented poem-like piece links spring signs with illness and fatigue while critiquing daily life. It blends satirical dementia of health pills, dreams of cornfields, and domestic strain, mentioning sleep troubles, jaundiced eyes, and a dreamlike parade of odd vignettes. The text mashes medical, social, and devotional riffs in a wandering editorial voice.
A mother Lupew, driven by despair, killed her nine month old child by leaping with him into the river at Notting Hill after a period of nervous breakdown. A coroner's inquiry found a verdict of wilful murder against the mother, with the stormy night cited as a factor in the tragic act.
Laboratories report new military protection devices for soldiers against poison gas. An airtight hood with unbreakable lenses and thick muslin padding allows breathing as vapors are blocked. The system uses a small tube and a padding layer to filter incoming air.
One major war effect noted is Italy's entry influencing the Allies. The text states Germany and Austria relied on a single sulfur source, pivotal for producing sulfuric and picric acids used in explosives, highlighting strategic supply lines in wartime.
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