05 Oct 1900
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Newspaper
Quorn Mercury
Location
Quorn, South Australia, Australia
Date
Oct 05, 1900
Page
1
A fragmentary quote describes moral and medical warnings about debility and the risk of "miserable death" if neglecting treatment. It references faces of people as signifiers of illness and urges timely care to prevent deterioration.
The report notes Jackson, a renowned Australian sprinter, was seriously hurt in a football clash leaving his return to peak form unlikely before Christmas. It references Fontaine and a 24 hour Paris cycling event with prize money and ongoing plans by Victorian riders and officials amid track restrictions.
South Australian Railways announces October 1900 timing revisions. New weekday services include an 7.10 am Adelaide departure to Terowie with connections to Port Pirie and Port Augusta. Other shifts affect Hamley Bridge and Blyth routes, plus Terowie Port Pirie and Cockburn Petersburg connections.
Mails close at office times for Adelaide routes to Stirling Saltia Hawker and intermediates. Mails arrive from Adelaide daily at 6.50 p.m. Augusta at 10 a.m. and 6.30 p.m. From Seltis 8 10.20 daily. From Burling 6.20 p.m. daily. From Arden Vale Yarrah 7 45 on Wednesdays and Saturdays. From Hergit Springs and intermediates on Mon Wed Fri.
Fragmentary notes list moon phases with times and dates, mentioning last quarter at 12 8 pm and first quarter around 2 18 am or pm. Other garbled strings reference waning and waxing phases, months, and times without clear context.
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