18 Feb 1916
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Newspaper
Tamworth Daily Observer
Location
Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Feb 18, 1916
Page
1
Church notices list parish events across Tamworth including clean-up days, services at St Nicholas and St Pauls, baptisms, masses, sermons, and Friday eve devotions. Entries name multiple clergy and local venues, with February 20 and 21 dates referenced for services and confirmations.
A jumble of names, amounts, and ads references a Sanday Halls event at Abex Mines with receipts and donors including Mrs. Johnston, J. Th, and others. Amid ads for wanted help and goods a flood of auction and sale notices, furniture, plants, and local trades fill the page.
The Tamworth Daily Observer outlines a limited one week special advertising offer for readers from Singleton to Queenstown and Southern Queensland towns. The notice promotes the paper as a broad distributor, highlighting a wide circulation, lower ad costs, and opportunities to reach local readers via the Tamworth and Newcastle markets.
Novo brand farm pump engine touted as among the two best pumping appliances on the market. Call and inspect the Novo pump at the depot facility for demonstration and purchase options.
Tamworth daily paper promotes advertising reach and reader engagement with proven pulling power. It invites advertisers to submit up-to-date copy by Tuesday and Friday, noting convenient drop-off times in Bendemeer, Moonbi, and Tamworth locations and hotels for notices.
Noted as a dense trade card describing timber for houses and a large stock of doors sashes mouldings and pallets. Mentions Bendemeer Moonbi Tamworth motor service and a timber yard offering dressed timber and hardwood products.
Seed list details moderate tariff on flower seeds and vegetable seeds. Mentioned varieties include Cyclamen Carnation Petunia dahlia marigold morning glory striking colors. Also lists vegetables like melon tomato carrot and pepper with prices per packet and post free options.
Contained in Ralph Rodd’s serial drama Velvet Knave, Chapter XXV follows Grace Langrishe and Sir Philip as schemes unfold around Mr Jardine, Major Monckton, and Lady Freda. Tensions rise over a forged cheque and hidden pasts, with innuendo about Cynara and Pow and a looming confrontation. The scene moves toward further revelations as characters prepare for decisive decisions.
A compact, vivid note catalogs several spotted items called foulards among many lines at snines, indicating a bustling display or inventory in a local setting with multiple referenced objects. The piece emphasizes variety and abundance in a concise ledger style.
Mr Wilton holds a Saturday sale at his Dungovan farm offering the Jersey herd for bona fide dairy cattle. Auctioneers Ings and Stewart advertise a full clearance with cows in milk and good quality stock. The sale starts at L adbourn and details appear in the advertising column.
Handy Aberdeen column fragment notes rowing activities and social items with scattered names and places. The readable parts reference local clubs and events, but many details are garbled, leaving incomplete mentions of individuals and dates.
For sale a 200 acre mixed farm located 1 mile from Red Range Post Office and school, 14 miles from Glen Innes. 40 jarves Freeloid and 71 acres C.P4 balance UL. Well fenced, subdivided, multiple rooms, dairy, yards, and buildings. Watered by one running creek. 00 acres cultivated, 100 more possible. Price £4 per acre. Contact Condon & Snow, Glen Innes for details.
The garbled report mentions Alfred Croker and a date in January as a partial account of a medical cure. Names and places are unclear but reference a treatment said to save a person named Ehave and a lounge scene. The legible facts are minimal and uncertain.
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