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Newspaper
Cobram Courier
Location
Cobram, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jan 11, 1923
Page
2
Fragments describe various disjointed items including places, people, and events with many garbled names. The readable portions reference possible locations and dates but lack coherent narrative or identifiable subjects.
A garbled OCR of a historic telecom directory or station ledger listing numerous names, places, and lines. Reads like a street of operator notes, partial team names, station references, and scattered locations with scarce coherent events or dates.
A historical account traces the emergence of Marquis Wheat from early trials in Ontario and Scotland. It describes the 1900s breakthrough, the selection of superior kernels, and the plant’s rapid rise as a premier food crop, transforming global grain storage and commerce.
A fragmented text describes a method for measuring tanks or basins with odd terms like bigttann and eets. It mentions salt by 6 and multiplication, then references excavation, a ROAR, and a table with divisions by 47. The passage ends with garbled measurements and references to a tombing side and year 207.
The article explains routent a oblongetark by multiplying length by an average middle value and the perpendicular, with height to ground. It notes the height and width relations, stating weight and area calculations use half the height for ridge area and mentions typical color and texture terms in a verbose, garbled OCR style.
A fragmented account describes pigeons feeding on a steamer deck near North Portland. The tale mentions a peregrine falcon’s nest on cliffed Westhoath Bay, four young pigeons and over a hundred homing pigeons found nearby, with implications of migratory routes and repeated returns.
The article discusses early helicopter concepts and test flights, outlining future potential for vertical takeoff and hover. It notes experimental trials and anticipated uses in aviation, with emphasis on evolving designs and aeroplane integrations.
A garbled historical OCR passage references multiple shire divisions, riders, and officials. It mentions May dates, named riders and councils, and officials like a president and solicitor, but the text is largely unreadable with many broken names and places.
Cobram Court of City lists routine Tuesday and Friday docket items with names: Clerk of Courts Oquerratis Jobson Grant Thoa Naogbeon J Brown and more. Cobram Waterworks Trust meets monthly with chairmen Gren Stokes Warren Carell and Ryan Martindale among attendees. Various associations listed include Agricultural Society Victorian Farmers De and Fire Brigade with officers and secretaries. miscellaneous notices cover church, Methodist, and other local entities.
A dubious advertisement touts denture tonics and painless dentistry. It claims residents with bad teeth can gain health benefits, praising W. E. Thomas and detailing costly, elaborate restorations and long guarantees. The piece read like a marketing patchwork with speculative medical claims.
The advertisement from Wm. Bone and Sons offers tomato plants described as hardy and vigorous, favoring large hedging growth with improved yields. It touts 200 plants per order and highlights pricing, availability, and guaranteed quality, inviting customers to place orders at their Caulfield location.
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