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Newspaper
Carcoar Chronicle
Location
Carcoar, New South Wales, Australia
Date
May 25, 1900
Page
5
An old Hawera resident, Ma. Geo. Micamp Water, and reporter Mr Walker recount a Maori War era tale. The subject, a veteran from the Queen's Own Regiment, reflects on service, life after, and time spent among hospitals and doctors during illness.
Readers are treated to a sprawling, anecdotal column on marriages and wives, mixing legal doubts, social mores, and humorous vignettes. It cites juries assessing damages in dowry disputes, critical quips on wives’ influence, and colorful stories from Queensland and Darling Point, including sightings of famous performers and a roaming husband. The tone is satirical and observational, reflecting on marital value, gender roles, and domestic power in a bygone era.
Anthony Hordern and Sona of Haymarket today release a new General Catalogue close to 700 pages, richly illustrated. The post friendly edition aids country shoppers by post with liberal carriage terms, placing country buyers on par with town customers. Copies sent free on request.
The Bubonic Plague in Sydney causes growing anxiety as authorities note Hong Kong’s earlier plague episode. A government report references Faulding's Eucalyptus Oil as used by the police to address the crisis.
French fashion influence meets Sydney shopping as Axtons and Le Rossignol of La Maison Parisienne announce a large stock of gloves and feminine wear. They offer silk blouses tailor made costumes new millinery hosiery and exquisite novelties at reasonable prices with post free delivery to all regions.
A long, fragmented tale from an Australian newspaper recounts a woman’s severe liver disorder and related ailments. The piece centers on Mrs. Cole’s painful symptoms, doctors’ failures, and a promised cure via a remedy called Clement Tantamlin’s treatment. The narrative includes medical details, personal testimony, and promotional asides about various products and local mining notes.
J Charles Davison at the Uniownur Office will take advance orders for monthly or weekly periodicals from foreign or colonial titles. A catalog at the Cunontene Office shows titles and annual prices such as The Windsor 12/ per year, Girls Own Paper 11/, Pearson's 12/, Women at Home 12/, Scribner 13/, Royal 9/, Review of Reviews 8/, Wide World 13/, Myra 12/, Weigel Journal a/, Leake Fancy Dros 7/, Austral Home Girl 4/, Isobal's Dress 4/, Australian Journal 6/6. Regular weekly comic snaps and novelettes are available, with further sale items like chains and bags through Bennett and Woods at the Cunontene Office in Curcoar.
Fragmentary OCR mentions a BYDNEY CYCLORAMA with flow in the air and many pits. The text is garbled, yielding no clear names, dates, or locations to establish a full news item.
A brief card-like notice appears to describe stationery items or a specimen example from a period publication. The readable text references subscription teams and product lines, indicating an archival catalog or publisher’s note. The fragmentary line suggests an early marketing or production stamp marking a specimen.
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