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Newspaper
Maryborough Chronicle
Location
Maryborough, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jun 05, 1947
Page
6
Community memory honors Kathleen Dakes with a memorial service and related activities. Names of organizers and local venues appear with dates and times, outlining expectations for attendees and participants in the tribute. Strong local figures and organizations coordinate a fitting remembrance.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Sideshow Novelties, items, voices like Aural Sap and Nouns Caters, and scattered personal names and places. The readable bits describe a display of oddities with references to a Wat area, an Avenue tower, and various seemingly unrelated terms.
Fragmentary OCR reads Prattens Cash Store and a whalelike scene with vague references to seized money, a farce of festivity, and disordered names. No clear persons, organizations, or events are identifiable from the legible text.
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