15 Feb 1915
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Newspaper
Shepparton News
Location
Shepparton, Victoria, Australia
Date
Feb 15, 1915
Page
1
Advert for Downey’s Union Hotel announces takeover by JAS M'DONALD proprietor. Highlights include dining room, glassware, groceries, and fresh daily supplies. Promotes new management welcoming old friends and new patrons, with emphasis on hospitality, furniture and pianos trade, and railway-area access.
An old advertisement extols Doan's Backache Kidney Pills as a cure for kidney disease and related pains. It includes patient testimonials from Mrs W Matthews and others, detailing long back pain, hospital trials, and reported kidney restoration after using the pills. The notice urges purchase via Lester W. Clolah 60 and lists distributors.
District news reports Harvest Thanksgiving services held Sunday at St Bakot Church in England with singing and prayers. Notable attendees included WW Matthews and family from Shasppartan. A large crowd gathered for the opening service and parishioners donated for a rotunda to aid visiting scholars.
A wedding which united Cuviusiasn was celebrated at Union Presbyterian Church Gushel with Arbv Juli slog and Aldest son of Bus L. Jitne SLD as bridegroom and Miss Madelulnu Vavie as bride. Guests, processions, and lively reception followed amid storms and local congratulations.
The readable portion describes a dubious development claim about increasing bust size with a standard concentrated food and pills. It mentions dosages in grains, a product named DLO, and a vague promise of rapid breast growth within weeks. The text lacks coherent structure or verifiable sourcing.
Fragmentary account features priests during war and hostile rhetoric. The garbled passage includes claims about Belgians, French, and Catholic clergy with violent undertones and unclear speakers. Names and places are unreadable, leaving broad context as a damaged report.
Fragmented OCR text warns readers about a sweeping pseudo medical claim and dangerous toxins. It mentions digestion and dyspepsia issues and urges caution against unverified remedies. Likely a period health advisory warning readers about harmful substances and unsafe treatments.
An inquiry at Tambough reveals Arthur Athert Watts died in a wood wagon accident. Witnesses describe six horses pulling the wagon when it tipped near a mill, with Watts pinned and later found unresponsive. Medical testimony cites a broken neck from the crash as the cause. Interment followed on Thursday at the local cemetery.
An aged travel notice advertises ocean liners from Aberdeen to Bombay and Cape Town with passenger comfort emphasis. It mentions saloon fares from 4 pounds to 16 pounds plus port charges, routes via South Africa and Suez, and connections with Orient Line and P and O lines.
Owners of oil benzine engines and lubricants offer oil and wear parts at Shepparton Motor Works. Repairs are guaranteed with best workmanship. Noted by prominent local farmers and businesspeople. Telegrams and messages welcome. call Shepparton 20 for prompt service.
A dated commerce notice lists a wide range of farm gear including threshers, harrows, ploughs, furrow tools, and manure spreaders. It mentions assorted bindings and twine, with a generic invitation for a gratis catalogue on application. Strong entities include Aeaver Bindere Rasper Drie Guttivators and Sosdona Orchard Spring Tooth Gullive. Local trade language suggests a catalog entry from a rural store or agricultural supplier.
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