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Newspaper
Sydney Evening News
Location
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 23, 1908
Page
2
A garbled 1900s style dental advertisement for W MO Baker offering teeth, fillings, extractions, and consultations. Mentions prices, shop at 3 Hunter Street, with claims of quality work, free consultations, and elderly care services. The text repeats product lines and pricing in a bustling classifieds tone.
Jasper Allport faces a crisis as Olivia Lindmark’s engagement risk becomes a year long separation pact. He pledges to honor a hard vow while Olivia faces her mother’s rigid control and looming choices. Clara and Goldschmidt stir tense flirtations as the voyage continues.
The readable text repeats phrases about looking like oneself and tense nerves. It mentions muddy complexion and eye issues, a sense of unease, and questions who you are able to walk or tackle tasks despite unsettled feelings.
A decipherable excerpt touts Beecham's Pills as a remedy for dyspepsia and general well being. The text claims calmer minds after rest, urging use for improved health and digestive comfort. It reads like an early health tonics advertisement with bold promises and implied benefits.
Beecham's Pills are advertised as a long standing family remedy praised for stomach, bowel, liver and kidney troubles. The promotional copy claims a worldwide reputation for cleansing impurities, boosting strength, and improving mood.
Incomplete OCR data presents a compact snippet with stray characters and unclear context. The readable portion hints at a news item fragment but lacks identifiable names, places, or events for a concrete summary.
In Redfern Police Court William Cogger Walter, a shopkeeper, pleaded guilty to selling adulterated olive oil with castor oil. Government analyst Dr. Cooksey blamed clumsy adulteration. two of 13 dozen bottles were tainted. Walter claimed it came from a merchant and had not caused public complaints. Magistrate fined £2 with 7s 3d costs.
A second body was found in the Namol near Namot two miles from town after the first drowning report. A boy named Fracer located the body, later moved to Foster's wine shop. The corpse, about 40 to 45, laboring class, 5 ft 10 in, wore no clothes. identification uncertain. It likely drowned after being in water four to five days. no violence marks observed.
Adelaide Adams aged 26 a domestic was charged with stealing 15 balloons a knife a scent bottle a hook and a pencil valued at 8s from Hordern Brothers Pitl-strest city. A shop attendant saw her move goods into a bag. Adams pleaded guilty and was fined £2 with worth’s hard labor.
At Glebe Police Court Herbert Simmons, confectioner of Parramatta Road, Leichhardt, faced a charge over an alleged unpaid balance after a penny allegedly fell into scales. The defense claimed a customer had handed a girl the coin. it fell into the mechanism, was later freed by the defendant, and the girl did not report it. The inspector arrived and found the coins suspicious.
Robert Adams, 20, was at Walter Police Court sentenced to three months imprisonment for stealing four macintoshes and other goods valued at £20 from the Perdrian Rubber Company. Adams, a cashios for the firm, had the sentence suspended. The notice includes an odd ad for Warren's Featherbone and Singer's Sewing Machine Parlors with a phone contact.
The prize presentation at Erskineville Superior Public School was led by Mayor John J. Huriby. A large crowd attended as students received prizes and musical items were performed. The inspector praised department standards and noted new classes in casual training cookery elocution science shorthand typewriting painting embroidery cadets and a miniature rifle boot tug was held. A default fine of three months was imposed on AL Redfern Micheel Galloway and others for a Monday ball incident.
A Coventry reader reports a three year old girl suffered a severe scalp infection after a head injury. After ten months of suffering, Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment rapidly healed the scalp, ending pain and disease. The writer endorses Cuticura and requests a free Cure Book.
NDE HENDERSON headlines a late night at the Market Hotel on Marker Street with familiar regulars and a steady crowd. The setting evokes an era when neighborhood music venues shaped local taste and community.
Fragmentary OCR mentions contacting Monet at the Sydnef Finance Office on Castlereagh Street for financial matters. The text is incomplete but indicates a call or inquiry directed to an office location. No further context or names provided.
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