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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
May 03, 1913
Page
3
A fire at St Mary’s Romar Catholic Church in Grafton on Tuesday night consumed the building and most contents. Insurance valued the loss at 2500 with fire damage around 3000. packing and other items were reportedly damaged.
Fragmentary OCR text from Gloucester Advocate ads and notices. Mentions births marriages and memoriam sections with advertising rates and rebated pricing. Includes references to trains and quarter-year charge details amid garbled spacing and punctuation.
The readable OCR fragment lists train times and services including Saturday and Sunday departures. It mentions Brisbane express and Glen Tonea mail with various noted times and locations, but the text is garbled. The readable tokens show schedules and lines without complete clarity.
The article discusses maize as a demanding crop on the mai l, noting heavy drainage and rapid exhaustion compared with other crops. It explains how soil type affects growth, with rich alluvial soils showing vigorous foliage while shallow prairie soils yield shorter stalks and smaller ears, impacting grain yield and broader crop decisions for farmers.
From February 5 1913 mail closes and receipts show a monetary loss due to milk yield and costs. The message lists towns including Newcastle Maitland Taree Wingham Krambach Barrington Copeland and others with closing times and receipt stamps for mail deliveries.
A reader from Tyritville NSW reports three months of acute trouble and bone weary fatigue. After consulting A Cappon and McDermott and his son the suggestion of Chamberlain's Tablets brought relief, ending fatigue quickly.
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