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Newspaper
Sydney Evening News
Location
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Aug 29, 1908
Page
3
The record notes 17,000 pounds offered for a dress and lists various claims and prices. It mentions Russian ex-princesses and patrons of cups racing, with dresses priced at 26 pounds each and a total stay of the matter before the court.
The text describes propagating and transplanting various flowering plants, preparing soil, spacing, and staking. It covers creating fresh beds, moisture, handling roots, and careful placement to ensure healthy growth while protecting stems and leaves from damage. The guidance emphasizes practical steps for home gardeners to establish new plantings successfully.
A historical survey traces barbers who became prominent statesmen and magnates. It cites Anthony Brads and Oliver Dalm as wealth creators in New York and Paris, noting penny shaves funding empires, royal clients, and the rise of barbers to Privy Councillorship. It also mentions Allan Ramsay, Don Saltero, and Oliver Daim, linking barbering to political influence and social ascent.
Month long advertises Candy's Fluid as instant deodoriser that removes all odor and tobacco smell from defective teeth and various foods. Claims to stop throat irritations and related ailments while warning against substitutes. Promotes a peppermint cure with alleged influenza relief. London advertisement notes Primanganate of Potash content.
In a frostbitten Strand scene, Dobbie sits by a fire as a bank heist unfolds. A tense chase through the bank vault ends with a brutal clash and police intervention. Dobbie confronts guilt and fear over his wife’s fate and his own future after the break in.
A damaged fragment discusses a new shorthand typing device named the apperently allied to stenography aids. It emphasizes a compact, knee-operated machine claiming simplicity, automatic operation, and secure encoding while noting cross language readability and rapid learning demonstrations. The piece contrasts with standard shorthand systems and highlights potential efficiency gains.
A fragment describes the New Sherthand Machine with six keys that can take dictation in all European languages and be operated by the user. The note emphasizes its compact design and multilingual capability.
A bank clerk named Dobrie plans quiet withdrawal but a sudden crisis unfolds. He shuttles between the clock and a tense house district, fearing exposure as a dying lover's request and a looming betrayal pull him toward a desperate bid for time and escape. The scene shifts to a foggy street where Dobrie flees, only to confront his own mother and the ominous question of who holds the bank’s future.
An old medical advertisement describes liver complaint symptoms such as liver inflammation, jaundice, dyspepsia, and headaches, urging prompt treatment with Lax-Tone or Laxo-Tonic Pills. It promotes the pills as the sole genuine remedy, claims superior medicinal effect on the liver and stomach, and provides purchasing details and prices from the Laxo-Tonile Pill Co. in Sydney.
Former Governor Augustus Loftus, renowned Otolaryngology expert Professor Staunch at Oxley Street, North Sydney, receives the vice appointment. The report notes Loftus’s prior governance and medical leadership roles, highlighting his credentials as a prominent ear, nose, and throat specialist.
A passerby recalls a blue faced individual struck by an umpire and aided to the hospital. The poet notes the incident appeared in the doctor’s diagnosis as alcohol related.
A New York World summary notes revival signs in business amid widespread unemployment. It cites hard times in London and the United States, with many workers seeking affordable living as wages fail to keep pace. Reports show joblessness rising in Chicago, Chicago area, Indianapolis, St Louis, and New England, while the West and Northwest see some improvement. News agencies warn of deceptive optimism as election campaigns loom and the unemployed army grows.
A garbled historical report centers on Mrs Markie and a sequence of incidents with unclear details. The text references a failed outcome linked to a team accident and mentions a stream of personal names and events, but the exact facts remain obscured by corrupted OCR.
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