Summary
Alternative Name(s): Newspaper Cutting, Newspaper Clipping
Death notice placed in an unknown Victorian newspaper by Sarah Jackson in memory of her mother Mary Nairn. Mary died on 27 August 1920. Her beloved son William Nairn had been killed two years earlier, in the trenches of World War I.
This verse was often used by bereaved family members in Australian newspapers around this time.
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Small, slightly irregular cutting from newspaper on yellowed paper. Seven rows of text end in continuous line. On back are a small number of un-related words.
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Printed on front: 'NAIRN. In sad but loving memory of my / dear mother, who died August 27th, 1920. / A better mother never lived / Nor one so true and kind; / Her equal in this weary world / Is very hard to find. / -Inserted by her loving daughter Sarah.' Printed on back: 'AND / IRRESPECTIVE OF PARTY OR CREED. / TO VOTE---'.
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