Frayed Promise In A Peculiar Ad Phrase
An odd line reads our friends yet warns if you buy from us you’ll find we are your fiends, a playful marketplace quip or misheard slogan that hints at customer beware with humor.
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Newspaper
Bowral Free Press
Location
Bowral, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 19, 1903
Page
2
An odd line reads our friends yet warns if you buy from us you’ll find we are your fiends, a playful marketplace quip or misheard slogan that hints at customer beware with humor.
The store showcases a large selection of fashionable drapery products with fresh designs in stock. It emphasizes exclusive patterns, single-length fabrics, and high quality without duplicating home patterns for two customers.
Cadet classifications from the musket course list First Class Shots Capt L Cotter Pre and E Whiteman Pre with several others named. Gold Rifle Badge awarded to Eric Whiteman for top shooting average. A NSW rifle team is named to contest matches at Mandwick Sydney tomorrow with Cotter Davidson Whiteman Cork Beith Udine Frost Stanley Miray among the party.
Wednesday saw elections for the Federal Parliament and state parliament, with ministerialists and independents winning across the House of Representatives. The NSW results show Ministerialists leading, while various groups claim substantial support nationwide.
A lengthy Bowral shopper guide details the Christmas trade along Hong Tong and Dower Street. It highlights Emporium and various shops selling groceries, footwear, hardware, haberdashery, and household goods while noting salesmanship, shop appearances, and the bustle of holiday preparations.
Fragmented OCR reads like a garbled historical column with many misspellings. It mentions names and items such as Arnott's Famous pie and various phrases that suggest a broader narrative about a public notice or feature. The exact events, dates, or entities remain unclear due to severe OCR corruption.
A Bowral School of Arts concert featured Me G E Vincents pupils from Mittagong and Bowral with Newcastle violinist Miss Baker. Performances ranged from four piano duets to Scharwenka and Kowalski pieces, and vocal numbers by Miss Murmy Prior and Miss Evelyn Loseby earned strong applause.
The annual display at Howral School of Arts featured Miss Colvin Clark leading a successful exhibition. Children presented models of landmarks, drawings, weaving, and various crafts, with a musical program and prize awards honoring attendance, conduct, and academic subjects.
Unclear fragment mentions prizes at Bowey School and a note that the awards will appear in the next issue. Names and details are missing or garbled, leaving only hints of a local school event and future publication.
The local record notes a vasl fortnightly meeting of the shave convened on Tuesday night. An unforeseen absence disrupted a portion of the proceedings and a broader review was postponed to a later date.
A Christmas carol service will be held at the Mowral Methodist Church on Christmas Day evening. The Rev. F. C. Boyer will deliver an address and a fine musical programme will be performed. The service starts at 7:30.
Purcell, proprietor from Katoomba, launches a drapery and clothing shop in Bowral with a well assorted stock including general drapery, watery, and Xmas novelties. The store opens today though not fully established, aiming to offer city prices.
Readable fragments describe Bowral’s Midytesing Childrens League planning a fuse garden sale at the Scene in Lowral School of Arts for January 6 and 7 with Lady Rawstu opening at 3 pm. Also noted are Canterbury Hall concert reviews, Boxing Night orchestral plans, and a Christmas Eve service at St. Jude’s Church. local notices reference school performances and community activities.
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