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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
May 23, 1913
Page
5
Fragmentary notes describe events at a meeting or fair with mentions of horses and stock activity. Names appear garbled but include references to Ridley and Fort location. The text hints at arrangements and a council involvement but specifics are unclear.
A brief notice offers to lend up to £30,000 for investment in property and land. The ad mentions trust funds from £100 upwards and references various terms, with unclear details due to the damaged OCR. No specific names or locations are clearly readable in the fragment.
Special lines featured include knitted garments in cream navy black and maroon plus wool golfers in several lengths. Corsets dresses skirts feather mounts millinery robe lengths and range of dress trimmings offered at sale prices. Fabrics include serges and dress flannelette with various lengths and shades.
The advertisement lists low priced blankets for white, dark and gray colors in multiple bed sizes with prices, plus a line of Genian rings and fringed travelling rugs. It promotes honeycomb and marcella quilts in various sizes, new linoleum stock, and men’s sleepwear and undergarments including pajamas, tweed trousers, cotton singlets, woollen singlets, heavy knit hose, and winter jerseys with assorted shades and the lowest prices.
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