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Newspaper
Sydney Evening News
Location
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jul 04, 1908
Page
5
Fragmented OCR listing shows quilt fabrics and bed sizes with prices and fabric codes. Appears to be a disordered sales or catalog snippet from Grace Bros detailing floral satna, Rovereiblek, Gin, Tinta, UE, and various bed width notes and item pricing.
Sale announces deep discounts on black and white silks, velvets, voiles, and dress fabrics. Special values include 41 to 44 inch fancy materials, taffetas, silks, crystalines, and tweeds. Items boast price cuts, yard quantities, and limited-time 12 days sale in bold, promotional terms.
A bustling sale offers a wide range of ladies footwear including lace stilettos boots and skating boots. Promotion highlights include several styles such as Calf and Ribbon tied heels and superior box calf options with sale prices emphasized.
A garbled sale notice advertises men boots and calf leather footwear with various styles including glace kid lace boots, canvas and patent toe options. Prices range with multiple sale figures claimed, noting wide and medium widths and superior calf options.
Fragmented sale notice describes bargains on clothing and accessories including velvet, velvet corn edge items, blue top mats, and various garments. Mentions prices, quantities, and vendors with mixed legible product names and partial vendor cues.
Odd auction style catalog entry lists heavily gilt vases and decorative items with bold oriental designs. Items include Awata vases in dark green and blue, bright flora decorated pieces, teapots, jugs, and a Japanese silver cigarette box. Details read like a sale flyer with prices and measurements partially obscured.
Musical notes recounting Mark Uranboure’s fourth Australian tour, Sydney Town Hall engagements, and performances led by the Royal Artillery Band under Evangillas Florence soprano and Lity Moody contralto. Highlights include plans for two Sydney Town Hall concerts, an American Night, and appearances by J. Virgo YMCA secretary, with other notable musicians and programs outlined for Fortnight events.
The piece profiles Representative Jonny Garner of Uvalde Texas noting his two room house in a modest Little Town office and the couple's simple living. Garner, serving his third term in Congress after county judge service, contrasts with wealthy legislators and describes his one room as a combined main chamber, kitchen, and dining area. He and his wife value the cottage near live oak trees and Garner remains popular in the district.
A Budapest telegram dated April 13 reports a circuit rider Alexander Rand who died by his own act the previous day. The note claims he left behind a camp collecting mafia and a rare stamp valued at £25 last year now worth £55. Brit stamp dealers in Leizpig allegedly sent an order for the specimen. The reply for the glam Dad was not received as costs rose.
A long collage of verse and prose fragments with shifting voices. It wanders through cooking whims, moral reflections, courtly satire, and religious doubt, naming figures like Beranger and Moses as it catalogues desires, duties, and distant scenes.
A Victoria telegram dated April 20 reports wreckage from an old sailing vessel nearing shore at Danish with no identification yet. Authorities suspect it may be linked to the Franklin expedition and Captain M Clarke, aboard the Investigator, who searched for Sir John Franklin in 1850. The Investigator has drifted from Mersey Bay and may drift south after last summer.
Captain J W Webber, a young officer, faces reverses amid Boer War service. The case is boosted by noted figures Lord Bearrow, Sir David Deanmoreves, Major Gouke, and Colonel J. B Seskz, highlighting loyalty and challenges during this period.
A historic advertisement notes new bonnet fashions for old fashioned coal scuttle and poke designs. It describes fur and straw materials with bold colors, large rosettes, and contrasting trim, offering a protective, weather suited cover for car hoods. Packages promise distinct names and a forthcoming model line with themed styles and prices.
Fragmentary OCR recalls an eccentric egg rolling scene in Aventam Park with a quaint taser system and villagers watching on grassy slopes. Names and dates are garbled, but the piece hints at old customs, windswept grounds, and a quirky local event fading into memory.
Agricultural column discusses pruning fruit trees including apples pears and oranges, with advice on when to cut back growth, keeping branches open, and delaying fruiting on pears. It covers kitchen garden tasks, sowing peas and beans, and starting seedlings and annuals in seed beds for a productive season.
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