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Newspaper

Ashburton Guardian

Location

Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand

Date

Jun 06, 1917

Page

3

Ashburton Trotting Club announces winter handicap list

The Ashburton Trotting Club release handicaps for the winter meeting. Trials and various harness and saddle races include numerous named horses with distances from 12 to 204 yards and up to two miles. Names include Leah Dillenser, Wood Queen, Admiral Hal, Lady Tempest, St Kevin, Grandee, and many others across multiple classes.

Ashburton Trotting Club Leah Dillen Bettina Jolly Major Princess Belt Gladful Silver Quick Our Chum Two Bells Red Lyon Wild Cherry Willowvere Tit Bits Zephyr Wood Queen Imperial Junior General Bon Bright Child Biddy Tracey Forest Child Joffre Mavis Breadalbane Lansdale Lord Rose Admiral Hal Fisherton Pleasant “Mount Vermillion Royal Hope Red Empress Rosie Drift Agusenia Dillon “Maid Way Ashburton Gold Crest Box Irvar Sir Fulham Harold Little Kauri Lady Tempest Whispering Willie Tamarisk Hardy Wilkes Lady Haldane Colmens St. Kevin Atchlicht Stanley Cora Dison Moneymaker Minison Soda Eimilius Adelaide Direct Agathos Wood SVB Gerlefan Princess Bell Leah King Cole Dandy Jack Captain Lyons Proceed Grand Dillon Yack “Arrah Gold King Wyds Myde Wiskerton Lonsdale Vernusion King’s General Sir Waltham Wdith. A Rose Dillon St. Areula Sungod Antonia Princess Sherwood General Link Sada Dunspey Emilins Apathos Our.Thorpe Admiral Wood

Laundry Help Ad Praises No Rubbing Method

An old advertisement extols a laundry aid claiming to eliminate rubbing and reduce effort. It promises painless laundry days and features offers like a free notebook with purchase. The copy touts the product as genuine and warns against imitations from various retailers.

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Douglas Wairbanks Shines In Bret Harte Tale At His Majesty’s

Entertainment column notes Douglas Wairbanks returns in The Half Breed at His Majesty’s Theatre. The film, set among redwoods, features a strong Harte adaptation with Wairbanks praised for his acting. Also shown were a Mesopotamian war reel with Kut Relief Forces under General Maude and Red Cross comedy Matt and Jeff in Red Cross Work.

Douglas Wairbanks the Lamb Manhattan Reggie Bret Harte His Majesty’s' Theatre Thovscanes Harte Redwoods Fairbairn Mesopotamia Maude Matt Jeff Red Cross

Baxter's Lung Preserver Promises Quick Cold Relief

An advertisement touts Baxter's Lung Preserver as a remedy for coughs and bronchial complaints. It claims to heal sore throat ease tickling cough and support bronchial passages and lungs. The copy urges readers to buy a big bottle for 1s 10d and stay well.

Baxter

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