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Newspaper
Cobram Courier
Location
Cobram, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jun 21, 1923
Page
2
Disjointed text surveys delusions about a public figure and media influence. It mentions a hospital, observers, and alleged attempts to suppress discussion, with scattered notes on integrity, perception, and the role of media in shaping belief. The passage threads a critique of sensationalism and trust in institutions.
A long OCR list details subscribers and firms tied to the Cobram Telephone Exchange. Entries include storekeepers, banks, hotels, private residents, hospitals, stations, and businesses across Cobram and surrounding streets, with numerous names and scattered addresses. The fragmentary text reads as a directory patch covering many individuals and organizations.
Feathers regain popularity in hats and garments, with references to Chinese rain gauze made from goose feathers, emperor robes of peacock feather, and feather crafts by Mexican and Tasmanian traditions. The text notes large-scale feather use in Finland for stuffing bedding and pillows.
The text details a method to compute tank volume by summing top and bottom areas and multiplying by depth, with given numbers for top area 88 by 480, bottom 20.2 by 400, middle area 63,200 cubic feet and a division by 27 to obtain cubic yards. It explains sunk lengths and slopes for bottom dimensions and how to obtain bottom area from these measurements.
The text describes calculating stack contents by multiplying length by width and height to get area, then using height and a half-bright measure to estimate volume. It explains measuring oblong forms, applying area, and adjusting with a factor to derive cubic content, using cereals as a unit reference.
The item surveys varied oddities from early globalization. It cites low wages in Germany, Tulagi as a tiny capital, ladies only smoking compartments on railways, a modular boat, eye glass needs among English youths, and exotic plant and animal observations. It mentions imported paper mesh carpets, demolished English mansions shipped to America, a rare one cent British Guinea stamp sale in Paris, and pacific native population notes amid cultural change.
The notice outlines Tungamah Shire communities and divisions with population data and names of council officers. It lists members of the Shire Council and key staff including secretary, engineer, valuer, and health officials for Cobram and surrounding districts.
The text lists postal district numbers for Melbourne suburbs to speed delivery, naming areas such as Heidelberg Hotham Hill Malvern and Moonee Valley with assorted street and district references. It also notes the Waterworks Trust meeting monthly with council nominees and staff details.
Notice to promoters of football and cricket matches and other gatherings that written applications must be made to the undersigned for use of the show grounds on such occasions.
A fragmented OCR passage lists secretaries and officials: J Hughes, H L Milton as secretary, Farmar Union President, D Ashton as s Furmery Sours Political Labor Council Chairman J Hughey, Timothy Frebents, A Jones secretary, and J Bredareet Registrar of Births Deaths and Marriages E Kilgour, among others. It hints at a council meeting or organizational roles but provides few cohesive events or dates.
Fragmentary memo cites Mr Keamy as oil company agent and mentions booking spraying material for insect destruction. Notes claim a modern yet on hand approach and contracts completed with minimal nti.
Cobram Court of Petty Sessions holds Tuesdays and Fridays for ordinary business with Clerk of Courts and constable B Johnson attending. Local Justices include Mears Dr J T Kennedy James Grant Thos Naughton J Browne B Waderon W W Scott and W Adams. Cobram Waterworks Trust meets biennially with Commissioners J Grant JP Cre M Stokes A Wadeeon and T Colman J Martindale and W Adem. Engineer T Kell. church and religious officers listed. miscellaneous groups include Agricultural Society President Onite cman aD, Dever Mechanists Institute chairman Robt Brocenfield secretary F Bow Cobram Branch Victorian Farmers Union chairman J J Browne secretary J J erg. Bendee-Ouden W Shadforth secretary J Martindal. ALNA Lodge secretary Ly Heashon. Lo ge Moray registrar of births deaths and marriages A Eaton.
In Paris the Pasteur Institute reports ultra microbes can be isolated bred and strengthened to attack disease germs. Turned loose into water supplies these tiny allies could reduce typhoid fears as scientists pursue a relentless war on disease. A separate scene shows a weighing machine joke as a large man is measured and a boy jokes about the roundness of the scale.
Local shop offers inexpensive writing pads and envelopes amid steady demand from readers and businesses, with stock billed as practical for daily correspondence and office use. Presence noted at the Courier Office, inviting inquiries from customers seeking affordable stationery.
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