Articles from page 1: Previous page Next page

  1. Please wait. Loading browse data... loading
  2. [Story of a Will.] The Old Man's Memory

    Sooner or later the flotsam of the seven seas drifts into Rosario, and sure enough one June morning Peter Mortimer came ashore there from an ...

    Article : 2,314 words
  3. Are You a Slave to Your Home?

    Running a homo—as everyone who does Jt knows—is a whole-time job. That is, if it is run well. When a home is mis-managed, it behaves in ...

    Article : 285 words
  4. Resurrected Village

    A good omen for those districts where the staple industry has fallen on evil days is furnished by the village of Havanna in ChpsElre. Had you ...

    Article : 187 words
  5. Live-Wire Perils

    Fire is proverbially a good servant, but a bad master. So also is electricity, the fatalities due to which are increasing at a rapid rate. ...

    Article : 385 words
  6. A Newspaper That Talks

    Newpapers and books tbat talk now become possibilities as the result of the invention of "speaking paper" by an Argentine engineer (says "Popular ...

    Article : 156 words
  7. GASSED TO LIFE.

    Victims of asthma are being given helium gas to breathe, by Dr. Alvan C. Barach, of Columbia University, U.S.A., and in many cases, he reports, ...

    Article : 101 words
  8. THE FILM HERO.

    At the table sat her hero, spreading butter on his bread And I though for just a minute Janet's eyes would leave her head ...

    Article : 221 words
  9. SNAKES DID THE JOB.

    Thursday Island, off the Cape York finger of north-eastern Australia, was, until recently, a tropical, palm-girt spot on the map "where every prospect ...

    Article : 133 words
  10. FROGS ARE USEFUL.

    Frogs may seem to exist only to make you shudder. 'But science has just discovered that they are actually great benefactors to mankind. ...

    Article : 156 words
  11. THE HOME SENTIMENT.

    There is probably no other subject in the world about which there has been so much sentiment as home. There is no fancy so dull which does ...

    Article : 148 words
  12. Equal Status.

    For ten years the old cripple had stood at the street corner, grinding out discordant music on his wheezy hand-organ and gathering coppers ...

    Article : 119 words
  13. SOFT HATS FROM GLASS.

    Glass such as is used for milk bottles is being turned into many unusual articles by a glass company in Ohio. ...

    Article : 125 words
  14. PERSONALITY EXPRESSED IN COLOR.

    Every woman has some particular shade in which she is at her best, it may not be the color that is most becoming to her, but one which best ...

    Article : 102 words
  15. HOBBY BECOMES A BUSINESS.

    Mr. William Candy, of Cheltenham (England) has a remarkable occupation. He mends eggshells. It is the result of lifelong practice since his ...

    Article : 134 words
  16. PATRIOTISM—AND FALSE TEETH.

    Accused of stealing lier mistress' false teeth,.a servant told the magistrate who tried her: "I stole her false teeth at night and threw them away. ...

    Article : 139 words
  17. Shutting Him Up.

    "This medal," said the awful boaster, "was won for boxing, this one for football, this for swimming, this for running, this—" ...

    Article : 64 words
  18. A Sticky Job.

    An artist saw an old country laborer whom he thought would make a good model, so he sent his maid to bring the man to the studio. "Will he ...

    Article : 76 words
  19. DOG ARGUMENTS.

    Joseph H. Andrews, walking along a Pittsburgh street, saw a dog. The dog saw him, too—and bit his left leg, leaving a gash three and a half inches ...

    Article : 162 words
  20. BABY DIDN'T CARE.

    A Hampshire cinema manager was roused from slumber the other night by an agitated young couple who had left a very valuable article in the ...

    Article : 224 words
  21. She Tested It.

    Husband (with lathered face): "My razor won't cut at all?" Wife (in surprise): "Why, Joe, you don't mean to tell me that your beard ...

    Article : 32 words
  22. Sent Out.

    Ronald: "Have you seen Gertrude's father yet on the subject of your proposed marriage?" Donald: "Yes, last night." ...

    Article : 32 words
  23. Liquidating the Debt.

    A visitor to a country fair stopped by a merry-go-round. He noticed a miserable-looking little man seated on one of the wooden horses. But what ...

    Article : 152 words
  24. Take That.

    "My wife has been nursing a grievance all the week." "Been laid up, have you?" ...

    Article : 18 words
  25. Defined.

    Brown: "Is Green's new dog a setter or a pointer?" Jones: "He's neither; he's an upsetter and a disappointer." ...

    Article : 21 words
  26. At the Zoo.

    Auntie: "Wouldn't you like to be able to sing as sweetly as this bird?" Johnnie: "No; but I wish I could squirt water out of my nose like the ...

    Article : 33 words
  27. One for Him.

    "I am a son of the soil!" shouted the grimy park orator. "I'm sorry for you," said a man in the audience, "for I see you have your ...

    Article : 132 words
  28. Discord.

    "Now," said the teacher at the end of her talk on music, "what is harmonising, Percy?" "The stuff you put on the top t.f ...

    Article : 28 words
  29. News of the Day.

    Mr. Bilson was reading his newspaper at breakfast-time. "Anything new reported in the papers to-day?" asked Mrs. Bilson. ...

    Article : 39 words
  30. Help!

    Harry; "My girl was very annoyed because I was unable to vault the gymnasium horse." Jack: "I hope she didn't throw you ...

    Article : 88 words
  31. Plenty.

    Counsel: "Sorry, couldn't do any more for you." Wrathful Client: "Blimey, ain't ten years enough?" ...

    Article : 16 words
  32. A Hot Return.

    Jones: "I am a very determined man, and I can do almost anything I decide to do." Brown: "Have you ever tried to slam ...

    Article : 67 words
  33. Proof.

    "My wife's ail invisible mending expert." "That so?" "Well, I never see her doing any!" ...

    Article : 58 words
×

Buy

Download

Please choose from the following download options:

Share

Share this item on:

Print

Print page as...

The National Library of Australia's Copies Direct service lets you purchase higher quality, larger sized photocopies or electronic copies of newspapers pages.

Scope
Format of download
as... PDF PDF

You need to login before you can save preferences.

$