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Newspaper
Shepparton News
Location
Shepparton, Victoria, Australia
Date
Mar 21, 1918
Page
5
A General and a journalist debate using photography to lend realism to a narrative. The journalist suggests bringing a camera and phonograph to capture events, while the General questions the value and ethics of documented testimony.
A damaged excerpt shows two figures on a pier discussing marriage and social limits. The characters debate finances and gender roles with garbled diction and stray phrases suggesting a dated, ambiguous narrative about women’s purchasing power and independence.
Readable product note describes CALZIC coating for iron roots reducing the parabue by 20 to XO degree. Application is easy and permanent. Local storekeeper or James Shara and Lane Ltd in Cris Road South Melbourne listed as suppliers.
An Australian notice from David Hyland and Sons Pty Ltd Melbourne lists Sennitt’s Freezing Works and export operations. The document references top at prices and a commission structure with a target bid sum of 790 pounds, detailing processing and sale terms.
A report notes Robur Dee showing strong demand for No. 1 Grade and No. 2 Grade items. Buyers compare prices, preferring the higher grade but often purchasing the other when needed.
The enlarged Christmas number of Onstell's Magazine arrives with a crowded page featuring a new portrait of author Taber Hitchens and a lengthy novel by Cassell. It touts informative artifacts and life in London sketches, promising a rich array of stories and illustrations for readers.
Grace Bartow, a practical twenty one year old, vows to work independently of police to uncover clues about Helen Bowers who vanished after a candy shop sighting. The missing girl is described as pretty and well behaved. investigators note a candy shop employee once sold a boy candy and a young man followed them, but police remain doubtful of the story.
Grace Bartow investigates a candy shop linked to gambling and illicit activity. Tom Armstrong assists as they uncover a hidden upstairs room, a trapped young woman, and a failed raid by police. The case ends with sedate resolutions and a suggestion of marriage.
An ailment filled ad extols a patent medicine named Warner’s Late Cure claiming to soothe rheumatism and restore kidney and liver function. The piece critiques marriage to lotteries and jokes about women’s capability, framing health as a public concern and urging purchase of the cure.
A market note states buyers offer high prices for dry top quality wattle bark. consign bark to Holl Station and cover with tarpaulin for transport and sale. The text emphasizes best quality bark in either black or golden varieties and specifies market price is always provided.
A fragmentary discussion of late bloomers in letters. It recalls Gorge du Maurier and others who gained fame later in life, noting Theodore Watts-Dunton and Miss Province Darclay as examples. The piece sketches public reception and publishing challenges faced by aging authors.
The article discusses the enormous wartime expenditures, estimating each belligerent spends about a thousand million pounds monthly. It contemplates the scale, noting the vast sums and the difficulty in imagining such numbers, with references to fiscal figures and historical context.
Fragmentary overheard exchange shows Jones and Smutt arguing about a dispute with neighbors. The garbled speech hints at social tension and possible plans for action, but specifics remain indiscernible.
A fragment from a wartime scene shows the Prowth troops pushing far into enemy lines while an interjected cheer by Auntie hopes the move will halt the dreadful attacks and end the bombardment.
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