11 Aug 1898
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Newspaper
Cobram Courier
Location
Cobram, Victoria, Australia
Date
Aug 11, 1898
Page
1
Fragmentary notice indicates a divine service to be conducted on a forthcoming Sunday with unclear details and names. The text is garbled, offering no clear location or officiant and thus limits precise extraction of entities or schedule.
E Buckingham, tailor in Cobram, claims rivals pay 20 percent more for clothing made in slop factories, touts in-house tailoring with prices from 10/ for a vest and 17/0 for trousers. Promises fit quality and satisfaction, offers diverse fabrics, and directs patterns to be reloat from at Main Street premises next Curtis' Store.
An itemized list describes upcoming meetings of the Gebrass Bolas Leagua and a Dabating Society at the Mechanics Hall on Monday evening and Monday night respectively. It notes plans to urge league actions, a discussion of forming a debating nucleus, and gratitude for donors, with details on volunteers, treasurers, and fund balances.
The Cobram Australian Natives Association branch hosted a highly successful annual ball at the Mechanical Hall on Friday. About fully 100 couples attended, with Mrs Shaw as MC and Masera dos Tok on violin and Fred Winchester on piano providing first class music plus a devoted catering effort by Mrs Troomhead. A Cobram young lady wore the leading costume, and a long list of attendees in vivid outfits followed, attracting praise for arrangement and social enjoyment.
Finley residents plan a public meeting and banquet to mark the railway opening. A demonstration, brass band and welcomes are arranged with officials invited. The river at Tocumwal is high, steamers pass, crops progress, and farmers brace for weather and foxes as Finley Cumming Club prepares its Gedye Cup stakes event.
Muckatah journeyed to Tallygaroopna to play Congupna and suffered their first defeat as locals won by four goals. Two new Muckatah recruits starred. a return match is planned at Muckatah next Saturday with Cebram boys visiting.
Races held yesterday include Trial Stake with Hinds and Lady Somerset among top finishers. Hack races feature Robin Gray and Bandicoot, with Maidens and Selling races listing Gambet Jessamina Trilby and others among noted entries.
The Wobram Agricultural Society held its monthly meeting on Saturday with officers including Mecura Tones as President and Mr Quinn among attendees. Discussions covered correspondence urging opposition to stock removal, prize funds and trophies, export monuments, machinery asks, attendance at Melbourne conference, treer planting plans for show grounds, and arrangements for fortnightly meetings while noting road work from the punt to Barooga hotel is progressing.
An Australian advert recounts a testimonial praising the Bile Bean remedy sold by The Bile Bean Manufacturing Co. It claims dramatic health boosts after using the product and lists suppliers in Sydney Melbourne and other locations. The account imitates a medical cure narrative with patient healing through the skin tonic.
Fragmented OCR text describes commodity prices, imports, and buyers including New Zealand aging firms, Algerian and Cape products, and various merchants. References to aging, feed costs, tonnage, and shipping terms appear amid garbled names and mixed currencies, suggesting a market-wide price and trade summary with numerous entities and locations.
Mr D Laing of Graham Street Graham Streat Victoria writes on May Sth that after years of indigestion and liver troubles he found relief after trying Clemente Tovia wine. He states the first bottle gave hope and after seven bottles he was thoroughly well and back to good spirits. He mentions severe headaches and liver issues previously affecting business. He recommends Clemente Tovie and notes similar results for two roses. All retiring councillors for Tungamah Shire have been returned unopposed.
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