18 Aug 1899
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Newspaper
Colac Herald
Location
Colac, Victoria, Australia
Date
Aug 18, 1899
Page
1
A distressed sale advertises discounted fabrics and remnants across departments. It lists numerous items from dress fabrics to flannelettes and shirtings, plus staples like flour sugar and tea, with prices in shillings and pence. The notice emphasizes direct purchase from manufacturers and significant price cuts, urging quick customer action.
Fragmentary OCR notes mention sugar and beverages with scattered names and numbers. No coherent event or identifiable persons are readable. Unable to determine a main action or outcome from the text.
Retail notes describe a broad selection of cloths including Beery White Colonial Plaid and Natural Plaids, with yard quantities and discounts. Items listed feature broadcloths, tweeds, velvets, damasks, and tailored fabrics, alongside accessories like ribbons, trimmings, and coatings.
Fragmentary OCR ad for boots and shoes lists names and prices, mentioning cash purchases and customer service aims. It references various names and places in a period style, though much of the text is garbled. The readable bits suggest a retail notice encouraging cash sales and customer attention.
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