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Obituaries & funerals, 1884

4 stories in Northern Rivers's papers

Truth and Fiction: (In Unequal Proportions.) the Bad Boy. the Boy Runs a Funeral, and Shows That He Is Not Half As Mean As Folks Think He Is—his Pa Receives Him in His Arms and Praises Him—the Undertaker Becomes Extortionate—will the Bad Boy Marry the Apple Pedlar?

Northern Star · Saturday 15 March 1884 · page 1

"Well, you don't look very kitteny this morning," said the grocery man to the bad boy, as he stood up behind the stove to get warm, and looked as though life was not one…

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Obituary

Northern Star · Wednesday 30 April 1884 · page 2

DEAD! How often the sad sound falls upon our ear—but alas! how often too, the slight impression it produces. Still there are times, when the circumstances and…

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Original Poetry. To a Mother passed from Earth to Heaven. Dedicated to the Family of the Late Mrs. Wm. Heugh

Northern Star · Wednesday 30 April 1884 · page 2

AND thou art gone! The fondest, best, Of all who gathered in our home. Dear Mother,—Thou art laid to rest; To thee, no more can trial come…

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The Late Mr. S. Staines

Northern Star · Saturday 10 May 1884 · page 2

CONCERNING the rather unexpected death of the above lamented gentleman at Sydney a short time since, we have gleaned the following particulars:—It appears that Samuel…

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