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Newspaper
Colac Herald
Location
Colac, Victoria, Australia
Date
May 19, 1915
Page
4
A long OCR fragment describes patterns for mothers and babies, sewing pockets, and household tips. It includes fashion guidance, baby mouth care, washing routines, and old recipe notes with various measurements and instructions. The tone mirrors a 19th or early 20th century domestic chapter in a periodical.
Fragmented OCR blends a home soup recipe with a distant wartime report. It references rice, vegetables, bacon, stock, spices, and a pot simmering for an hour. Then the text shifts to names, places like Windhoek, and references to battles and casualties, all in a disjointed, unclear sequence.
Weights announced for the bore races on Saturday feature Bonmle George 12 3, Battleship 1 2, Emerald Date 10 75, Royal Archer 8 12, Canadium 2 95 and many others across a long list of entries including Silver Bullet and Might Kerk. Names and weights appear in a dense OCR listing with numerous garbled terms.
A British government message notes regret that skilled workers from Australia cannot be sent to munition factories. The notice mentions Chronic Chest Complaints, Woods Great Peppermint Cure, and a circuits of names and places, including Mr Fisher and Ton tani, amid wartime labor constraints and ministerial forwarding.
A damaged OCR fragment lists prices and items for winter wear. Mentions include various suits trousers and denims, with prices like 18/6 and 32/6 and 11% for items described as serge trousers and cord trousers. Includes references to hallanat and moss Albion products, indicating a broad catalog of winter garments.
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