28 Apr 1905
Page 1
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Newspaper
Colac Herald
Location
Colac, Victoria, Australia
Date
Apr 28, 1905
Page
1
Fragmented text describes a racing event with unclear names and results. Mentions hurdles, weights, and horses or teams with numerous garbled terms. Difficult to extract clear competitors, locations, times, or outcomes from the unreadable OCR segment.
An old style advertisement hails women’s and misses’ furs and jackets with grand claims and exaggerated pricing. Text mentions Edie and Allston jackets, fur necks, and numerous fabric samples, promising best prices and quality while using archaic spellings and marketing flourishes.
An extensive catalog of ladies garments and accessories features necklaces, veils, wrappers, skirts, and wares in cloths and trimmings. Includes linens, blankets, rugs, upholstery fabrics, suits, and coats with pricing hints in old style currency. Also advertises hats, boots, gloves, stockings, and period footwear alongside fabrics like cashmere and serge. Ends with a bold display of leggings and footgear lines.
A fragmentary 19th century price list notes a wide range of goods with unit prices and weights. Items include baking soda, flour, teaching oils, soap, sardines, herring, kerosene, matches, and various canned and dried goods. The text is garbled but shows commodity names, approximate weights, and small price figures.
Fragmented OCR lists numerous liquors and brands with scattered prices and quantities. Mentions include Victoria Lager, Whisky varieties, Gin, Beer, and chalked values, interspersed with odd phrases and misreads. The jumbled entry resembles a shop notice or catalog page from a historic publication.
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