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Newspaper
Colac Herald
Location
Colac, Victoria, Australia
Date
May 22, 1900
Page
1
The Corio Grocery Company is noted with an address at Mellumrae and Geelong. The surrounding text references various locations and names, but the readable facts center on the company’s listed location in Geelong, Australia. Names and phrases appear garbled. the clear element is the business address pairing.
George Scott promotes a wide selection at Polwarth Stores including jackets capes millinery manties costumes laces Hosiery gloves furs corsets umbrellas ribbons blankets flannets flannelettes men s clothing silks dress materials with unsurpassed cash cutting prices directing shoppers to the shop for bargains on attire and furnishings.
A brief entry notes W family and dispensing chemist Murray Struey in a naming or business context with sparse readable details, suggesting a local professional entry or notice. The fragment hints at a person connected to a chemical or pharmacy trade in a Murray area, but specifics are unclear.
A long garbled OCR list shows items like flour sugar and tobacco with various odd prices and weights. The text includes names and garbled product phrases, lacking clear structure or full details, resembling a damaged old advertisement page with mixed currency and units.
In the tailoring section a range of to order suits and tweed fabrics are offered. Items include a Reliable Irish tweed suit and a Bannockburn scorch tweed suit with price stamps 408 and 330. Fox's Guaranteed No 4 Serge is cited at 330.
A fragmented notice describes a free stabling offer at Castonera site A for specified events before a forthcoming deadline. The item mentions Iria and Aivownodallo with unclear timing and location references, and references Pos ort Wor in terse ledger style.
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