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Newspaper
Cobram Courier
Location
Cobram, Victoria, Australia
Date
May 28, 1936
Page
3
Fragmented text appears to be OCR garble from a 25 year old wire service note. It includes partial phrases about a flat and unnamed events with several unreadable words and names. The readable content is insufficient to identify people places or events definitively.
A historical note describes how certain trades expose workers to carbon particles and respiratory risks. It highlights that those in service industries and factories face health challenges, with scavengers among the wealthiest workers affected and women often seeking work despite health concerns.
On Khany Island the Strate of Mabey is sketched as a quiet place with few events. The record mentions deaths among island inhabitants and a few incidents, but excludes fires, murders, or major crimes.
A meditation on self perception and vanity urges honest self survey. It argues many justify faults and that pushy self assertion harms both individuals and society, noting humble, modest figures often achieve greatness without ostentation.
A meek man gives up his seat to a woman who enters a train and demands he sit on her lap. She mistakes his politeness for a boastful moment and claims a niece’s honor. A bored listener challenges the boast with a copper kettle joke.
The article extols Arnold’s falsam cough mixture for extracting balsamic properties from plants and herbs. It claims the remedy suits chest ailments at any stage, tastes pleasant, helps children sleep, and wards off coughs. It emphasizes physician endorsement and broad usefulness though only fragments survive.
A garbled page fragment from Thursday Island includes scattered phrases about rats, shipping, and payments, interspersed with names and unclear references. The legible content mentions a ship or vendor, weekly payments, and vague notices, but nothing concrete or coherent about events, dates, or places.
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