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Newspaper
Colac Herald
Location
Colac, Victoria, Australia
Date
Dec 04, 1905
Page
2
An old newspaper snippet lists reduced prices on various laces and insertions. It mentions White Valoosienuen Lacea and Tover tions priced at 9d to 10s, with items like Laces, Not Laces, and Paris Allover offered per yard at several shillings and pence.
An OCR damaged ad lists various ladies handkerchiefs with odd spellings and prices like 4 390, 6L8 and Td exch. It mentions fancy embroidered and tucked styles and plain handkerchiefs with unclear branding and product names. The text is garbled but clearly a midline merchandise promotion for handkerchiefs.
A local ad touts inexpensive blouses with bold claims of style and value. It highlights white Moulin silks trimmed with Japanese silk blends, offered at low prices to attract cost-conscious shoppers.
Cash sale at Bilson & Co's offering discount prices on staple goods. Roller Flour 16s a bag, Best Japan Rice 5 lbs 1s, Pearl Barley 6 lbs 1s, White Rose Kerosene 3s 6d per tin, Empress Tea 1s 3d per lb, Lemon Peel 8d per lb, Mustard 9d per lb, Fresh Herrings 5d per tin or 4s 9d per dozen.
A garbled OCR fragment mixes references to a project, places, names, and a medical remedy claim. It mentions figures like Mare Biloo and Co and hints at trials and safety, though the text is heavily corrupted and lacks coherent narrative or clear reporting.
Bilson & Co offers a clearance of crash coat and skirt costumes at 12s 6d, plus an exceptional line of crash skirts at 3s 11d. Also on offer are smart blouses in light and dark prints, muslin, and 25 6d strings of accessories, with belts, galatea hats, ribbons, wool canvas dress goods, and summer tweeds, highlighting a large range of embroidered blousings in silk and wool.
A fragmented advertisement lists boys clothing bargains including crash tunics and galatea outfits. It mentions boys suits in serge and tweed styles, plus extra large sizes in a York-like Oriental suite. The readable items reflect a general apparel sale from a bygone era.
A shipment arrives featuring infants red and tan sandals priced at 7s 1d and 3s 6d. Children’s strong school boats Nos 7 B and gd priced 25 9d per pair. Men's crapp calf Balmorals 7s 6d per pair. Ladies tan lace shins 45 6d per pair. Plus various Nos 10 1 13 and 1g items and 4s 6d pair.
A damaged OCR fragment describes a vehicle sale with claims of very low prices and high grade standards. It mentions Ford cars and ABSOLUTELY PURE quality, but the text is garbled and hard to parse.
FIRST and BEST SHOW of SPRING and SUMMER MILEINERY now am 5AM. JACOBS promotes SILK BLOUSES and SILK SHIRTS plus NEW LACES and BEACON on A. Murray Street Colac. Advert reads as a period shop card with mixed items and distant references to rooms and tobacco products.
The notice states that values at Argyle House are as good as can be found elsewhere and invites the favor of a call for inspection at the premises. Names and exact addresses are unclear in the damaged text.
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