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Newspaper
Laura Standard
Location
Laura, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jul 03, 1914
Page
4
Advertises a medicine for bronchitis cough croup hoarseness and chest pain promising rapid relief and complete cure when taken early. Claims to prevent cold induced chest infections from becoming chronic or consumption and notes sales by all chemists and medicine vendors.
The notice enumerates 1914 holidays including Good Friday April 10 and Easter Monday April 13. It lists royal and civic observances and December holidays with uncertain spellings and locations, indicating a printed schedule from Stamford by Remew auns at Herbert atrecd ey.
Advertisement text appears fragmented and unclear. It mentions prepaid ads and rates with scattered proper nouns and partial phrases suggesting horse or dealer terms. Content lacks coherent event or person details and may reflect an OCR fragment from a local classifieds section.
The Laura district community supports the Fanta Standard Stationery Department and arrangements are made to stock new lines each month. Goods purchased from leading manufacturers are offered at bedrock prices including writing paper envelopes pencils and school requisites with volume discounts and quotes available.
A party platform presented to Australian electors outlines electoral reform with preferential voting for the House and proportional representation for the Senate, trust regulation, Commonwealth Bank Act amendments, tariff reviews, naval and military retirements, state debt cooperation, and uniform company and bankruptcy laws as major aims. The document, attributed to Prime Minister Ar. Cyuk, anticipates further alterations and a public address at Parramatta early this month.
A fragment list outlines proposed reforms including restriction of public borrowing and taxation of unimproved land values. It references the General Insurance Department, sugar refining, and platform maintenance in Australia. It mentions arbitration, navigation laws, ship safety, crew treatment, and tax proposals.
A fragment recounts a narrator urging caution and describing a woman who explains health advice. It references Midas Pill, Down’s sake, and a later remark by Mrs. Bonot about lingering backache and kidney pills. The text emphasizes warnings about kidney health and a remedy promoted in period advertising.
District report notes day labor advocates and a dwelling contract misaligned with intended piecework, leaving men paid by day labor. Jupioe footballers faced Port Auguste Osotral Juniors and Seniors, Port Auguste 76 to Malrvan 3. crowd cheers and late goals marked the event. The Croquet Club gained about £2 from patrons, with scores and strokes counted amid a lively day at the grounds.
The Town vs Gladstone Wirrabare golf contest opened with Gladstone leading 7 to 86 in games. Mr Groenrood captained the visiting side while Mr T. Quickborn led the home team. A new staff system of block working at the railway station may come into use from July. Telegraphic communication is established. material arrival delays noted. Mr Opie oversees the electrical work, with positive assessment of the execution.
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