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Newspaper
Queanbeyan Observer
Location
Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Date
May 15, 1903
Page
3
The report blends disparate snippets from wartime and domestic events. It notes strikes impacting labor, frost and cold in regions, deaths from accidents, and unrest in Melbourne while referencing international clashes, a railway disruption, and local incidents. Names, places, and dates appear in a jumbled mosaic.
The text presents disturbing, fragmentary instructions on killing rabbits, detailing methods to wound and gut them and discussing post mortem handling. It references cautions about blood, abdominal penetration, and the supposed spread of disease, including mentions of bubonic plague and government controls.
A distressed young woman threatened severe harm if prevented from attending the Muthadixt Chapel. After refusing to stay, she spoke of dying before work and was later found dead near a tavern by a bottle of polian town. Dr Jermyn was summoned to attend.
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