05 Jan 1912
Page 1
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Newspaper
Port Augusta Dispatch Newcastle And Flinders Chronicle
Location
Port Augusta, South Australia, Australia
Date
Jan 05, 1912
Page
1
Fragmented OCR from a 1913 Adelaide page describes year start and holiday mood. Mentions New Year crowd in Adelaide, naval efficiency critique of England, seaside resort Holdfast Bay, races and festivities, a burglary in a dentist family, and odd scrappy local vignettes from Bathorpe and surrounding areas.
The readable fragments describe a bulletin from Adelaide about the Manufacture Association of Ragland and a site presentation. It mentions costs, a cement filing, and payment terms to ordering the mesa. The text is garbled but indicates a formal notice of work and financial obligations.
An old faulty ad extols painless tooth extractions and artificial teeth as transformative, claiming vast numbers of teeth delivered worldwide. It markets a revolutionary system from Australia, promising speed, affordability, and global reach, urging readers to visit for dental improvements and new year health benefits.
Sparse OCR text reveals a historic note on milkbush a plant in Central Australia and Queensland. It describes two similar lookalike plants and a caustic milky sap that may poison sheep if eaten. Observations include reduced water needs and appetite changes in flocks grazing on milkbush rich paddocks.
The Adelaide stock market shows a unsettled opening with weaker prices amid a better selection of prime cattle. Buyers were not keen at first, prices eased across the yard, and late session improvement offered a glimmer of strength as yard cleared with 6000 offered.
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