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Newspaper
Saint Arnaud Mercury
Location
Saint Arnaud, Victoria, Australia
Date
Dec 28, 1918
Page
6
A fragmentary scene shows a servant and a ref discussing a decoration as Jones contemplates choices. The text shifts to note an amalgamation affecting a Swedish glass factory, claiming two thirds of Sweden’s production of a type of glass.
An advertisement for a weekly lace making pattern service by Torchon Lace Co. at Callins Street, Melbourne. It promises easy instructions to become skilled in lace and offers a written guarantee with ready made pieces and training.
The article warns that armistice signing leads to many War Savings certificates being cashed early. It targets offenders who arrange to cash certificates via weekly payments, notes the three year term, and urges savers to keep money invested to aid the country and postwar reconstruction.
An old medical note explains how fruit acids aid health by supplying minerals and alkali. It notes tartaric acid is rare outside grapes, lists acids found in various fruits, and mentions benzoic, citric, and malic acids with varying prevalence among apples, berries, melons, and tropicals.
A humorous exchange shows Anna exhausted from reading a long novel. The wife asks if Egbert would remarry if she died, and he replies he would not go mad but hints at lingering attachment and humor about remarriage.
An authoress Ruby M Ayres relates a humorous tale about a writer friend who finished a cozy home. A visitor criticizes the modest build compared to her grand novels, and Ayres quips that words are cheaper than bricks.
A north Iittla excursion faced ticket limits as a clerk split passes into children’s tickets so the guard could sell them all. A later claim lists a found purse’s odd contents including a cheque, hairpins, stamps, a poem, and miscellany, ending with a warning about dangerous errors in truth.
An old advertising notice touts HEENZO as a cheaper cough and sore throat mix. It promises a pint of superior quality remedy by mixing warm water with HEENZO plus treacle honey and sugar, claiming large savings over common preparations and offering postage if unavailable locally.
Practical poultry notes discuss diet, fatness, and selection. Emphasizes starting treatment at first symptoms, proper feed including sour milk and buttermilk, and the importance of fresh water and regular cleaning of founts. Advises choosing a breed matching needs and capabilities, and increasing flocks with experience.
An American exchange comments on matrimony likening it to a painless procedure and urges friends to try it while warning that cannabis remains a debated rule. It advocates prudent judgment for the most important life event and mirrors attitudes toward trivial matters.
A music shop customer seeks a copy of Stolen Rope but is advised the title is unknown. The exchange clarifies the likely target as Lost Chord, with the seller guiding the customer to the now identified song.
A fragmented dialogue among office staff and neighbors covers work habits playful boasts about starting times, a garrulous colleague named Jinks, household banter about coal and wallpaper, a bet about marriage, and a note on drifting ice in the Far North.
The notice touts Warner's Safe Cure as a remedy for ailments caused by kidney and liver dysfunction. It claims the tonic helps eliminate uric and Hillary poisons, restores health, and offers benefit in crises of listed disorders. The advertisement urges readers to try the product and notes availability through chemists and retailers.
In Sydney old Brisbane for terms or any other information concerning the company please call or write Samuel Cook chief manager 7 KH Carroll Agslut Mangwear.
SEMO your wattle bark offered direct to W Braithwaite Preston Tannery with 10 years established. Dry best quality black or golden bark available any quantity. Market prices always given. Consolid bark to Ball Station and cover with tarpaulin.
A fragmented report quotes Cane Plim describing sounds heard from balloons at increasing altitudes. Distinct noises included a man’s voice at ten feet, crickets, frog croaks, a car engine, drum and orchestra, a choir, a belt of bells, and glimpses of people. At higher levels voices fade into musket shots, railway sounds, and locomotive whistles reaching up to ten thousand feet.
During a U S lecture tour Sir Arthur Conan Doyle reached Boston where a cabman guessed his identity by misreading his luggage. The driver claimed the coat, hair, hat, and shoe hints came from major cities, then revealed the real clue the trunk bore the name Conan Doyle in bold letters.
An ailing elder, fearing death, tells his young wife Kate to wed his bachelor friend Harry after his passing. Kate reassures him that she and Harry have already settled the matter, adding humor about a world without men and the remaining college boys.
A reader requests an address from the Bard after rejecting a poem offering. The editor criticizes or declines the poem, leading to a debate over providing contact details. The exchange centers on authorship and the right to publish or respond in kind.
It was a moonlight night. A young woman and a foolish man exchange coy lines about eyes and teeth. He jokes about “pa Uke rubles” and danger of a new luxury tax, as she warns to keep quiet lest the government hear and impose levies.
The passage mixes folksy chatter about flying machines and fortunes with humorous exchanges. It mentions Uncle Raspberry and Aunt Chloe musing on promises of technology, jokes about sleep and trea branches, and a line about phosphate discoveries near the Tunisian frontier and large mines near the Algerian border.
The article discusses winter dairy feeding strategies noting that green fodder is scarce and costly. It advises maintaining milk yield by providing extra feed rather than letting cows drop in production, arguing that short term profit loss is better than long term cow condition decline.
Harlock Cholmas inspects a room and spots a clue. He claims the origin of a mouse emerged from a nearby hola. A companion praises his scent power and notes heel-marks of a woman's shoe on a chair. He jokes about dreams passing quickly.
A playful tirade references the Czar and the Grand Duke with whiskers likened to Bolsheviki, praising grooming over political conflict in a satirical note. The passage paints a vivid, humorous contrast between aristocracy and revolutionary imagery.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions THE UNION MANUFACTURING COMPANY and NEEDLES amid garbled phrases. It reads as a puzzled local page fragment with scattered names and possible dates, lacking coherent narrative or clear event.
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