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Newspaper
Coffs Harbour Advocate
Location
Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Aug 13, 1913
Page
2
An Irishman asks for advice on mourning attire and what to wear for a wedding season. The narrator notes options from black outfits and neckwear, discussing how to present respect and neatness with different shades and styles. The brief reflects social norms around mourning dress and etiquette in the era.
An agricultural named Heoker atop a water-plane demonstrated water landings and aerial tricks during the Cowes Regatta. The Admiralty showed interest in the flying machine and King George attended the event.
A Tarse resident awoke with a notably swollen lip and a scratch resembling a bite. He recalls a bite or sting, then eats bread and cheese. crumbs cling to his mouth, and a rat may be involved in the incident.
A fragmentary, period voice describes stage cuisine and prop food used in performances. It notes cabbage leaves, tomatoes, bread loaves, and veal “meat” presented theatrically, with references to ginger ale and champagne as beverages.
A garbled item briefly mentions a taogo named artifact, its construction with yardage of material, and a loomlike process. It references cloth, stitches, and a cleaning method, all wrapped in unclear, fragmented phrases. No clear person or organization is evident.
The fragment outlines a coastal service by the North Coast Steam Navigation Company limited with routes to Bydney Byron Bay and Clarence liver. It mentions weekly sailings, weather permitting, and a sequence of passenger and cargo notes with names such as Moorebar and Turgeon appearing in a choppy, OCR style.
A garbled cookery page blends instructions for meat pies puddings roasts and sauces with scattered ingredient mentions including mace cinnamon cloves nutmeg pepper and mushroom. It references pork apples milk butter and parsley along with steps for making a pudding and a rabbit dish, but the text is largely incoherent and fragmented.
Fragmentary OCR yields a garbled item listing names such as A W Iger y SNP GER, Currie, Jorumenis Tombs, Crome and Granite with unclear places like Bellingen Harbour Taenl Agee and Fre Keting rete. Fuzzy references to dates, transactions, and unactionable terms prevent clear event or outcome.
Scattered phrases describe mining, railway funding, butter exports, and labor unrest. The fragment references the North Coast Railway speculations, a Commons discussion on road administration, motor vehicles in London, and butter export values, with unrelated garbled lines on currencies, tides, and some names not clearly identified.
Fragmentary OCR text describes a chaotic street moment with unclear names and actions. It hints at a confrontation or call and response, with scattered phrases about people, a bat, and a warning. The readable elements are too garbled to identify specific persons or places.
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