26 Jul 1945
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Newspaper
Portland Guardian
Location
Portland, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jul 26, 1945
Page
1
An author recounts a native festival with drums, totems, and ceremonial dances. Observers describe intricate dress, body painting, ornaments, and ritual food as villagers perform in a large communal space near a settlement, under ANGAL supervision.
A dated advertisement promotes Doan’s Backache Kidney Pills claiming kidneys contain millions of tubes for waste removal. It lists symptoms like backache, swelling, fatigue, and urinary changes and urges readers to buy the pills for quick relief across many users.
A solicitation by T P Dents Wood Merchant at 146 Hard Street Portand invites readers to bring valuables to his yard for robbery. The ad presents a crime scenario in a provocative statement and appears in a historical Portland context. The piece uses placeholders and abbreviated locations to imply a public notice or prank.
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