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Newspaper
Laura Standard
Location
Laura, Queensland, Australia
Date
Mar 13, 1914
Page
4
Laura Troop King’s Own presents a March programme with training and badge work across multiple dates. Activities include first aid, bandaging, tracking, exams, and badge tests, plus scouting and fireman courses, with notes on meetings and uniforms.
Frome program page lists multiple games across grounds with teams such as Wirrabara Murraytown Booleroo Wirrebara and Hovlaroa Mavenytown. It records dates in February March and the Play-off noted for March 98 with results and pairings among local clubs.
A schoolmaster opens a dirty envelope and reads a taunting note. The text implies a prank by nine lovers sending it to the head of a village school, revealing a puzzling scene of mistaken insults and curious motives.
A simplified retelling of the Greek tale of the wooden horse used to enter Troy. after ten years of siege a cunning Greek plan seals Troy's fate as soldiers hide inside a hollow horse and emerge at night to defeat the Trojans.
Councillors H M N L Raundey J Moody Sunmen F W Shephard W Holman and Town Clerk Me WL Campbelly report from the Municipal Corporations Association annual meeting in Adelaide last week. Raudey presented a business report concerning licensing and related matters.
A damaged OCR fragment outlines prepaid ads with rates and word counts, listing various names and notices. It mentions birth, marriage, and death notices priced at sixpence per seven words, with a minimum booking under two shillings sixpence.
A period recipe advises using camomile flowers to enrich hair and lighten fair hair. After washing, steep two ounces of flowers in warm water, strain, and rinse. A blue steeped water is said to give a silvery sheen to snow white hair.
Public notices list the holidays for 1914 including Good Friday April 10 and Easter Monday April 13. Also noted are King’s Accession Day in May and King’s Birthday in June with other days and observances scattered through the year.
Children aged ten to fourteen can wear a stylish FeqdoRe Frock in checked or figured fabrics. The design features white hoods with pave white trim and color options in browns blues and pinks. The frock has a French style with a wand of colored trim and a divided bow at the waist, plus a decorative caliaty detail.
The text describes a dress or coat pattern with a shoulder line, back shaping, a central strap, and a tied fastening. It notes a pleated back section, lacing or hooks, and sleeve trimming to align with armhole shaping, ending with a plain finish.
An old advertisement claims kidney pills ease backache and urinary issues. It features testimonials from Mrs Bowen of Fifth Street Gladstone and a person named Radha, urging readers to buy the pills at chemists or stores for about 2/9 per bottle. The copy mentions Doan’s Kidney Pills as the recommended product.
The article surveys perfume’s maritime origins with Grasse as the center of production and details the labor intensive methods from field harvesting to distillation and enfleurage. It lists volumes of flowers used, describes workers and fat-based extraction, and notes the creation of pomade and soap from perfume. It also mentions costly notes of jasmine and other flowers and a brief, imperfect closing from the printer.
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