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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Mar 24, 1922
Page
3
An old ad promotes various dubious remedies including DUGNAT for gonads, Swamp for corns and warts, and a general pest control claim. It lists prices and legal-sounding claims, marketing to adults with limited safety details.
An old advertisement promotes a hair restoration product called Genuine Specific by Mary K Chapman. The copy urges women to try the remedy, claiming it restores grey hair to its natural color and improves appearance. It provides an address in Sydney for ordering Department Falmouth Chambers 117 Pitt St.
The readable fragments show a garbled text about hats, summer attire, and discomfort, with names and phrases jumbled. No clear event, person, organization, or location is discernible to establish a factual news item or summary.
Parkes events report weather effects and a furniture factory fire causing over £210 in damage. The piece notes Vernon's dentist case, a power court offense, local elections candidacy, and appointments including an official assignee. It covers a park rifle range win, a large Irish concert, police court fines for drunkenness and language, and community notices of deaths, accidents, and local colleagues.
An unclear OCR snippet mentions parties and dates in a local notice. It lacks readable names, places, or concrete actions but indicates a public event or filing. The readable words hint at a hearing or notice process but no specific details emerge.
The Wambah Grenfell era council meeting reports road repairs on Pineyange, Sandy Creek, Forbes, and Caragabal routes. It notes burr clearing, drainage works, contract tenders, and financial adjustments including payments between Shire and private landowners.
The Forbes Council published the latest dairy registrations to inform the public. It lists numerous names and addresses granted registration, notes road and bridge issues, and defers action on several matters for three months while coordinating with Jemalong Shire.
Mr John Birnie plans a two-set ten-stamp battery at Forbes with a 36 hp steam engine and Moura Morrison gear. The plant, near the old Brutenota mine, aims to crush payable stone for local miners and spur district mining, with water supply via municipal mains and bricks for foundations.
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