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Newspaper
Burra Record
Location
Burra, South Australia, Australia
Date
Apr 16, 1902
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR text describes show rooms, goods for sale, and a cooperative or auction context in Adelaide. It mentions vendors, beauty products, and a local cooperative, with unclear dates and names due to degraded source text.
Fragmentary column notes advertise correspondence, a cough remedy claim, and a schedule change. Names like Mesrine, O Loughlin, Rounse vel, Giles, Russell are mentioned with Mount Bivan election-day note set for April 30 at 11 am.
The record lists expenditures including government grant taxes entry fees advertising and labor with next show dated Wednesday September 4. A special committee will revise tales regulations prize list and finances at the upcoming meeting.
Stricken with partial paralysis Henderson Grimett narrowly improved after two cities of treatment and relief from Chanberisin's Pain Balm. The note claims several other cures and mentions a Burra and REA AL and P. Society meeting with a year’s balance sheet showing a loss and receipts of £335 19s 7d.
A chaotic stage fire caused panic among the audience but the performers regained control. The audience remained seated as the danger passed, and cheers followed when calm was restored. A veteran cast member notes presence of mind as crucial in such moments.
The fragment mentions Bar s Fontbsl lab secretary and footballers, with unclear location and names. The readable bits reference a meeting and notes on football, but specifics such as teams, scores, dates, or places are missing. The piece appears scrambled and contains stray phrases not forming a coherent report.
A discussion on marriage and health emphasizes choosing healthy, robust partners to avoid frail spouses. The piece warns against mismatches and links biliousness to digestive issues, touting Bile Beans as a remedy while noting long-standing caution and mixed success in such tonics. Also reports a local court incident where Newton, accused in a raid, was discharged after admirers rallied at the station.
A dated advertisement touts Duan's Dentiments as a cure for piles and related disorders. It cites Mrs Taylor Pasion Terrore praising the remedy and claims many complete cures of chronic cases with safety and efficacy. The notice lists price 2590 and vendor Foster McClellan Co at 75 Pint Street, Symey N.5.
William Lek, a farmer from Hansa Hundred, pleaded guilty in Redruth Magistrates Court to failing to give 24 hours notice before burning stubble. The fire spread from his paddock, destroying about 66 acres at Koonoona Station. He faced a modest fine and costs totaling 3 pounds 6 shillings. judge warned on fire risk and wind changes.
Correspondent reports fine weather with needed rain for seeding. cupaheid fever mild with hospital crowded and 20 cases in past fortnight. J H Howe ill to address electors. Busom Wobb to England for holiday. Fishermen and townsfolk mention sudden death of boatman. new government school opened at Purnong. Wolfe's Schnapps praised in local notices.
Council notes show payments of £300 to the Crown Laws office and tender awards around £319 per 1000 for mupplymp uoy dines while bids for stock wavering provision and street works range from £19 to £26 with multiple tenders received for supplying reets. Secretary requests information on Burrs road Leighton to Burrs road and Ed Dur bakers prepare dough at Redruth Court.
The narrative recalls a prolonged illness described as five years of severe distress. It details exhaustion, weight loss, digestive torment, and debilitating pain. The account notes medical treatments and repeated disappointments before a tonic offered temporary relief.
Police pursue a guilty party after a robbery at a local butcher shop on the evening of April 7. A pig weighing about 150 pounds was purchased and transported toward home, then killed at the slaughterhouse amid a scene that alarmed nearby pigs.
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