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Newspaper
Coffs Harbour Advocate
Location
Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jul 02, 1913
Page
2
Fragmented dialogue sketches present a mosaic of characters including a daughter addressing a father, a motherly chaperone, and assorted villagers. The text mixes clipped lines, social exchange, and stage directions in a rustic, period voice, hinting at a parlor or street scene with humor, quarrels, and reflections on marriage, art, and everyday life.
The North Coast Steam Navigation Company issues a weather dependent coastal timetable covering Sydney, Byron Bay, and related ports. The notice lists ship movements, arrivals, departures, and cautions about steamers’ readiness, with references to tickets, tariffs, and coal operations affecting service.
The text presents a fragmentary poem attributed to Ella Wheeler Wilcox with lines on earning, earth existence, and personal purpose. It mentions striving to brighten the world, doubts about conceit, and a call to act earnestly. Names like ROBERT A. BALL and Zara Agent Cotte appear as editorial credits.
A partial OCR text fragment shows garbled words and stray letters with no coherent event or names. The readable parts do not yield a clear person, place, date, or organization to summarize into a factual news item.
Reported on a voyage where Maori passengers urged to shake hands with Prince George of Battenberg and a native girl kissed Officer Frances Gore in the crowd while others kissed Captain Haleey during a tense boarding.
An article fragment cites G Feick White arguing life may date back 24 million years but not 50 million, estimating human antiquity no more than 10 to 15 thousand years, and notes a controversial claim on the start of life. It also recounts a bizarre anecdote about a whisky barrel and a missing cork prompting a hunter to shout for a darned mop.
A garbled excerpt discusses Spanish politics and figures in a turbulent era. It references synchronization with the He F L government, mentions Vienne Erum damiel as a writer, and alludes to Madrid scenes, royal palaces, and republican factions. The passage is riddled with misread words, but signals a narrative of upheaval, foreign sentiments, and historical figures amid a palace context.
Fragmentary OCR text discusses calendar quirks and dates with scattered names and events. It mentions The Mele dey Terai and Tanusty olsaty brayte, with references to Amalie and Apel amd ive, and a week structure including Werday, Satusthaye. Overall, the passage previews calendar related observations without a clear single event.
Fragmentary report describes a violent week in France over a girl’s possession, with deaths and stabbings, plus a separate incident in Nottingham where two suffragettes were mobbed and not aided by police to avert serious injuries.
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