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Newspaper
Bombala Times
Location
Bombala, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 16, 1922
Page
2
The article traces the origin of liveries to King Pepin the Short of France, describing the twice yearly cours plenieres feasts, royal meals for nobles, grand banquets with music, heralds, and lavish robes called livres given to servants and royal aides, from which the term livery derives.
A frail heroine endures peril in a melodrama described as a wary swig West palace production. The villain binds her to a railway track as a 10.20 express nears, then traps her in a desert house, rocks her in a first tier room, and burying the place. The action pivots on defiant cries and dramatic peril.
A strained couple argues over the wedding day as the bride’s plan to wed is approved with help from her father who humorously throws in cigarette cases while the groom and others react with surprised laughter.
A Burmese superstition links marriages to birthdays. People born on the same weekday reportedly cannot wed, risking ill fate. To avoid this, girls keep birthday records and fetters guide names, while in this country couples marry by personal choice despite birthday rules.
A fragmentary dialogue depicts back from Africa tests of bravado. The traveler recalls being chased by two BE Men with no cartridges, discarding his rifle, grappling the brute by jaw and nose, and holding the mouth open until the creature starved to death, claiming an “alurew escape.”
The readable fragments hint at a tale involving a group or event, but names places and actions are garbled. The text offers little verifiable detail beyond a fleeting sense of figures and a scene, leaving key specifics unresolved.
A testimonial claims Doan's Backache Kidney Pills cured a husband’s kidney trouble after a friend’s recommendation. The letter from Mrs C Sloan of Bom bala praises relief within weeks and urges readers to obtain the remedy from Foster McClellan Co., Sydney, at 2/9 per bottle.
Advertises Dr Morse's Indian Root Pills as a dependable, high quality remedy with a long history in Australia. Claims strong public goodwill generated by patient experience and repeated purchases. Notes competition from other remedies but asserts Morse's products remain favored and affordable.
A garbled wartime notice advertises sale of various properties and related assets. The fragment mentions government, sellers, and “Twenty partjou Jars of Farenig” with scattered place names and unnamed sellers urging readers to provide details to sell.
For sale a champion of Orioge Show beating 460 rivals. Hen won silver and gold medals at Boabab Show, first in class. Another hen placed second at Upenine show. Describes costs, breeding notes, and per head caponizing guarantee on application.
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