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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jan 23, 1917
Page
4
A fragmented district report describes road names, landmarks, and travel routes with scattered mentions of towns, inns, and rivers. The piece weaves in historic figures and recurring local places, creating a dense mosaic of geographic cues and characterful asides.
A garbled OCR record describes Horticultural activity, stock and crop notes. Mentions Kains, Nor MCE Howse, Federation at Bremnwodel, and various farm tasks. Details include land area, crops like potatoes, apples, olives, and trees. references to weather, weed control, and farm machinery. Several proper nouns appear, including place names, farms, and individuals, in a densely packed, period-voice news card.
Fragmented lines describe a lagoon near the homestead quarter, noting clear water feeding a waterway from a channel to ship lines. The text references a wind, water stock, and building activity around the homestead with several unclear terms and past renovations noted.
Fragmented text describes a war factory blast with references to Segslep ReDAY CADLOSSON and several place names. Mentions warehouses and a list of individuals including MUNA Wyn Tamia and Ele Vis thing Si Getf. Details are unclear due to garbled OCR.
Fragmented OCR reports a wartime note on German food supply with barley shortages and government actions. Mentions farmers urged to grow fodder, meat workers strike tension, and women’s roles rising amid shortages. June events and political figures are partially referenced, with unclear foreign wording throughout.
War dispatches describe Allied and German actions across Europe with references to Musso-Itoumanian offensives, Danube bridges, and the British French high commands. Reports mention German priest deception, Belgian resistance, and a German naval raider conversion of a steamer into an armed vessel, along with notes on Russian and Romanian fronts and fleet discussions in London.
Correspondents report farmers selling sucking pigs due to scarce potato peels and oil cakes hindering cattle fattening. Meat rations fall from 260 g to 180 g weekly in Munich, bones ground into sausage powder, and German miners protest potato rations cut to 1 to 3 weekly, fearing turnips cannot replace potatoes.
The text urges readers to act quickly to lock in lower prices as the war continues. It mentions Buckland Thetwood and a bolting market with advancing prices, implying cost savings by ordering immediately. The fragmentary item reads like an ad urging fast action.
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