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Newspaper
Cobram Courier
Location
Cobram, Victoria, Australia
Date
Feb 15, 1923
Page
2
OCR reads unclear names and terms such as Gobsam Telephone ExPaiBe Tok ally garoyoe and Yocumtal Tonynts. No coherent event or clear entities emerge. content appears damaged with multiple unreadable fragments. Continuous context cannot be determined from the legible text.
Fragmentary Morse like text hints at confusion over train schedules and locations with stray phrases about homelessness. Multiple odd spellings obscure details but imply a public notice or column snippet asking about timetable accuracy and travel options. Entities unclear due to garbled OCR.
An unreadable OCR passage with many garbled words and nonsensical phrases. Readable facts are scarce. lacks coherent names, dates, or events to summarize into a clear item.
A damaged OCR list enumerates many names and places including shops, hotels, hospitals, printers, tailors, and houses across streets such as Sydney street, Punt road, Main street, and Cob a pe. Details mix person names like B. Y., J. Z. bufider, and organizations such as Seren sy Grand Central Motel, Cobram Etation, and McPharvox.
Fragmentary text describes tank measurement rules and calculations, including volumes in cubic yards and division by numbers. It mentions a Gulf or general standard and a top measurement, with scattered figures such as 18,200 and 03,200 and 23,000 divided by 27. The legibility is poor but implies a technical instruction context.
In a historical note the practice of recording noble birth on school registers is described, with the phrase sine nobilitate meaning without nobility. It traces how the term snob emerged from Thackeray and Ward’s usage as a label for those who overrevered rank, masking humble origins.
An official returning from Great Britain to Transvaal finds a new district posting and moves his family into a house. The wife suffers a depth shock as her foot sinks through floor coverings into a vast red ant nest under the floorboard and linoleum. The nest, millions strong, invaded the home, prompting a quick digout and destruction. Tenants move, but no other housing is available in the district.
An old study of tea and coffee customs describes how Britain popularized tea, while coffee thrives in Holland and Australia favors tea due to climate. It notes Russian after supper coffee with milk, and how American households recently adopted tea in the last two decades.
A fragmented OCR read mentions a bundle like sticks in the Parliament corridors. It seems to describe a display: a bundle representing accounts kept on sticks or tokens, tied to the exchequer. The text references payments and ammunition, alluding to a medieval or misread fiscal exhibit.
A fragmented directory listing for Tungamans Shire dated 1926 includes divisions, representatives, and councilors. It notes electoral divisions, shire officers, and public works with names like Robert Cook and J. Carlisle, plus mentions of waterworks trust and various riding representatives and officials.
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