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Newspaper
Donald Times
Location
Donald, Victoria, Australia
Date
Dec 15, 1916
Page
4
A sprawling, fragmented OCR lists numerous establishments and names, including hotels, merchants, and residents, with scattered addresses and trades. The document resembles a dense directory or advertisement page listing many businesses, individuals, and venues, interwoven with stray numbers and place references, reflecting a late period city commercial record.
Fragmentary OCR shows an advertisement discussing wheat pricing and storage, various buyers and shop locations, and urging readers to place ads in a publication. It includes references to commodities, winter concerns, and health remedies, with numerous misspellings and scattered place names.
In military notices from the Donald and Birchip shires, a list of soldiers who have lost their lives in defense is given. Names include Private Dayaris Donald, Trooper A. W. Bhiber, Private Harry Blayhly Birchip, and others with ranks such as Corporal, Private, and Lance. The record reflects wartime fatalities and commemorates those who died while serving.
A fragmented notice extols advertising columns as the paper’s success source and claims broad reach across the district. It urges readers to use classified ads to hire services, presenting the paper as the oldest and most effective medium for local business.
A garbled advertisement lists agents for farm implements and office supplies including drills, ploughs, cultivators, engines, separators, screens, and assorted stationery. It invites readers to correspond with orders, promises prompt service and careful handling of items like forms, letterheads, and notepaper for timely execution.
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