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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Sep 15, 1928
Page
6
Dorothy tells of a village pageant and the spaniel named Diobeas in a rural scene. The poem recalls voices of Betty and Hetty and a man named Mer in a speakerly memory.
On September 15 1928 Dimity Dell invites Canberra schoolchildren and families to a Monday matinee at the Capitol Theatre showing The Battle of Falkland. Admission is sixpence with proceeds to the Canberra Mothercraft Society. Prizes go to letter writers over and under eleven. letters due September 20 with results published the next Saturday.
A competition invites girls under thirteen to design a dress for a doll on display at the Holly Shop in Killedon. Entries due October 1 with judging by a committee including Mrs HW, M. Johnson, Mrs. Biting, and Mrs. Burkes. Prizes include cash and fabric, with careful handling rules and no contestant touching the doll.
Fragmented OCR reads like unfinished verse with garbled lines and misjoined words. It hints at limericks or verse about a figure named Telia and a voyage or tie related phrase but lacks clear names, places, dates, or events for full factual summary.
Fragmentary OCR sequence with scattered numbers and place names. The text shows country identifiers such as Norway and Scotland alongside numeric groupings and letters, resembling a cryptic data table. No coherent narrative or events are present to describe.
A stream of disjointed phrases and partial lines conveys distress about tired mothers, unnamed youths, and haunting memories. The fragment references songs, homes, and a stray birdling while hinting at loss, unresolved guilt, and repeated nostalgia for a vanished moment.
A brief exhortation urges readers to pursue perfection by following the council they offer to others, framed as a communal directive. The urging tone speaks to mutual aid and personal discipline within a shared moral code.
The fragment describes three puzzle problems by Zorn on a page imitating a periodical. It mentions unique digits, patterns, and a challenge to deduce solutions using numeric and logical rules. The text hints at a meta puzzle about counting digits and arranging numbers in rows to fit a constraint.
A long, handwritten exchange from young girls to Delivity Dell and the Cheer Circles group. Messages praise enrolment cards, share poems and riddles, request pen names, and recount school activities and holidays. Students like Moonbeam and Silver Dew describe routines, travels to Sydney, and plans for future letters.
An old owl narrates a fairy wedding in a moonlit glade with queenly carriage and glittering fairies. The ceremony unfolds with song and petals, while the owl grants a cryptic farewell and the listener drifts into dreaming about the magical event.
Miss Tabby’s recovery becomes a public celebration as crowds cheer a bedridden cat carried in a pillow and shawls toward the street. A special bulletin and medical notes accompany the event, with observers praising her revived vigor and a final victory in the following day’s staged fight.
RIDDLES sent in by Lotus Miorson asks what AW that a king seldom sion we often see and God never seen Ans His equal. What is it that has neither lead nor bones but five fingers A glove.
A fragmented verse recounts a baby plant sent by Moevoriteear to the heart of a meet as sunshine awakens the world. The plant listens to rain and wind and dreams of what lies beyond its place, yearning to see the wonderful outside universe.
Music pamphlet listing Australian folk songs by Jameson and others. Includes titles Magpie Warbler Dad and Cooee I Hear You Call. Advertises Pioneer TM 2 and price two shillings per copy. Available from George, B. Philip & S501 Educational Booksellers, 451 Pitt Street Sydney.
Readable fragments present questions and wordplay about jackets trees names saddles and mispelled phrases. The text mimics a dialect riddling style with odd spellings and nonsensical couplets, lacking clear narrative or identifiable figures or events.
A fragmented poem fragment evokes the children hour between night and dawn. The speaker hears distant sounds in a chamber above as a thief moves, with faint, soft imagery of footsteps and doors.
The Ormond Plant Farm Pty Ltd of Ormond Victoria advertises a garden guide catalog detailing beet, plant seeds, pruning, and sewing tips. It claims free posted information, with notes on climbers and various garden tasks, highlighting quality results and superior stock.
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