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Newspaper
Mackay Mercury
Location
Mackay, Queensland, Australia
Date
Nov 26, 1904
Page
1
An auctioneer notice for William George Hodges of Mackay lists stock, station, mining and forwarding goods offered for sale. The text details multiple items and services under Hodges establishment with emphasis on property and equipment across a wide range. The fragmentary OCR shows a broad sale catalog with names and locations, including references to Hodges and associated agencies in Mackay.
A garbled, OCR like passage blends weathered street scenes with wartime chatter about a telegraph fire in Newark New Jersey and a medical scene describing an absent patient in a cubicle. Political railing and stray utterances mix with military drills and obscure figures.
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