01 Dec 1917
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Newspaper
Coffs Harbour Advocate
Location
Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 01, 1917
Page
1
Millinery春品展示展示新季帽饰 Ready to wear trims and hat styles showcased in our Millinery Department. English galore fabrics and spring dresses. mercerised poplins crepe de chine and white muslins featured for spring wear.
The store advertises a wide range of garments including towels, muslins, shirting, calico, and longcloth. It highlights mercerised cotton goods for men, underwear, hosiery, and handkerchiefs with fellows in stock. Menswear features working trousers, denim, and drills. Also notes tweed pants and summer coats. Plenty to select from in all sizes.
A lengthy wartime letter from Australia argues over German land ownership and conscription, weighing the moral costs of seizure and the potential for postwar penalties. The piece cites estimates of German assets and discusses public opinion, military service, and policy shifts, including proposed replacements and the impact on civilians and industry.
A mangled snippet describes fur supplements and cattle tales. mentions new product insertions and cattle, with references to vendors and dates. Several proper nouns appear garbled, making exact entities unclear but indicating an agricultural goods advertisement and related items.
The War Comforts Fund held a lengthy charitable evening in Mandry, featuring music, readings, and a supper. Mrs Marshall presided as president, with strong attendance from locals and a plan announced for a December event and parcel drive to support the cause.
Disjointed OCR reads like a flag day notice or public notice with names and phrases obscured. References appear to include persons and places but legibility is too poor to extract clear actions or dates.
Fragmented text describes a courtroom scene with mentions of named individuals such as Walsh and Caldwell and phrases about a trial. The garbled OCR includes references to a hearing, defenses, and possible defendant actions, but specifics remain unclear due to corrupted characters and missing context.
A fragmentary note lists names Steen Ith and Gafell in a terse local notice. The readable text hints at a meeting or event but lacks clear details or dates. Further context is unavailable due to damaged OCR.
A garbled dispatch mentions General Krys Atanmiane and Russian troops with uncertain details. It references strategic moves, submarines, and various leaders, but the text is largely incomprehensible and difficult to verify.
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