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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 07, 1913
Page
8
Fragmented text lists departments and actions about savings, money orders, deposits, and exchange services. Mentions Australia, Spain, and London with unclear figures and descriptions. Contains garbled words and unclear names.
A mosaic of 13th century Saracen crafts, Asian lamp curves, and global trivia. It notes an early complete clock by a Saracen, patterns for cashmere, European ties with America, Chinese brush pens, and vast French colonial résumés. It cites damning details on smugglers, ancient glass, and various customs. It mentions bathhouses in Tokyo, Swiss voters aged 100 plus, and vast electrical spending in America. It concludes with a London immigrant and a Tyrolean custom, finishing with Woods' Peppermint Cure.
A Paris motor bandit known as Lacombe dies in Santo Prison after climbing a wall in the yard, leaping to the adjoining room and plunging to the ground. His death ends a violent career as authorities had feared further poison plots and escapes.
The article notes pearl divers on Covlan’s coast distinguishing oysters with pearls from those without by touch, discarding the barren shells. It also mentions a laurel tree in the Canary Islands dropping water from leaf pores in evening showers.
Congregational Church Copeland 11 a.m. Lower Bowman 4 p.m. Upper Bowman 7 15 p.m Pastor Harper. Methodist Church of Australia Stratford 2 30 p.m. Gloucester 7 30 p.m. Salvations Complete. Sunday School 3 p.m. Rev. Thomas K. Taylor. Church of England Gloucester 1 au HC Gloucester Elber 5 p.m Alfoucester 7 p.m.
Barrington Hall Choir convenes at 7 45 pm with Rev A G Mackintosh Carter B A presiding at Barrington Church. An evening service at 8 pm marks the Lord's Supper observance amid Australia Sabbath day notices and church arrangements.
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