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Newspaper
Geelong Advertiser
Location
Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jun 22, 1918
Page
10
A vintage advertisement promotes California Syrup of Figs as a safe laxative for babies children and adults. It claims no injury to users emphasizes gentle action on stomach liver and bowels and warns against counterfeit copies. The copy urges readers to ask chemists for the genuine product at available drugstores.
An extraordinary letter recounts a perilous convoy voyage off Malta and Port Said. The narrator describes torpedo scares, near misses, and a benzine steamer fire, detailing crew reactions, ship maneuvers, and a harrowing drift through explosive danger while evading U-boats and German warships.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Latter Day Saints of East Geelong with a long line of incomprehensible names and garbled phrases. It reads like a broken local church notice or reminiscence with scattered references to people, places, dates, and events but lacks coherent details or a clear narrative.
The readable lines discuss wheat, a place named Rosin, and references to various unclear terms and names. The fragment mentions a gavel, a lamp, and terms that may indicate a meeting or trial, but overall the text remains nonsensical and incomplete.
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