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Newspaper
Tamworth Daily Observer
Location
Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 07, 1916
Page
6
A garbled 19th century style ad touts California Syrup of Figs for biliousness and constipation. It mentions stomach, liver, and bowels cleansing and hints at health benefits for children, with numerous misspellings and stray phrases describing relief and dosing ideas.
The excerpt explores the origins and meaning of music. It contemplates harmony as a universal law, referencing ancient ideas from Pythagoras and To Greek traditions. The prose likens melody to a grand organ and the world to a tuned instrument, noting nature’s sounds as musical language.
An article argues for a fresh Commonwealth War Loan to fund wartime needs, urging all classes to invest. It emphasizes national unity, the economy's strain, and the need for timely funding to sustain military efforts and resources. The piece calls for broad public participation and highlights the role of wealthy individuals and corporations in meeting the loan targets.
A fragmented OCR text describes a wartime poster by the YMCA and VAMCA promoting amateur photography and war work. It mentions settings in Australia, the aim to document with micrographs, and the posting of schemes in state capitals. It notes cooperation with allied efforts and the need to inform relatives and criegiels of the aime.
Readers report severe shortages as a real blockade bites Germany. Evictions of butter, meat, soap push families to hunger and desperation. Hospitals fill with starving patients and civilians beg for food, while workers fear more deprivations and ties to front lines rise.
Military officers note posters from the YMCA aim to keep domestics connected with soldiers. The 1,400 war centers will circulate a poster campaign titled Home to Home Engine, highlighting home life to support soldiers.
Armidale depot recruiting grows with several men offered passage and a North Svol Battalion committee noting support for conscription as the Armidale War Service Committee plans a general meeting. A quiet wedding at St Pauls Presbyterian linked Mr and Mrs Grills of Carrington Brook. The Armidale teacher Mr Shannon departs for a ramp, and Canon Garnney is farewelled with a £50 donation and address as St Johns College bids him farewell.
Inster day’s sale items include varied prices for fruits and vegetables such as apples pears lemons mandarins oranges and tomatoes with per case or per dozen rates. Poultry and meat lines list roosters hens ducks and pigs with multiple price points.
Sydney brokers report embargo on wool shipments to non British or Japanese ports upsets markets. Prices for skins and furs decline as demand sinks. 27,000 bales slated for submission next week with sales in mid June. Local factors push prices for rabbit skins and other items up or down with strong competition for choice lots.
M Kee elected to vacant Uralla Municipal Council after A Vo Berlager resignation. Mrs Horniman dies of heart failure at 61. Montgomerys travel 252 miles from Warren to attend funeral. Alfred Hogbin, 28, dies two months after marriage. Meeting formed to promote earlier townland closing with Rev Stammer chair. Presbyterian Sunday School prize day draws large crowd. Imperial Picture Co free show aids youngsters. Literacy Institute concert draw mixed attendance. Anthony of Fairfield sings. Bowen Guyra and others perform. Institute funds boosted by local labor. H F Mitchell to speak at Liberal conference in Sydney. Mrs Lee-Cowle to lecture on 66 oclock closing Wednesday.
Patent attorneys Griffith and Harsel report multiple applications lodged at the Commonwealth Patent Office Melbourne. Names include Huebner McGinness McGinness Williams Jaensch Mount Lyell Co Inglis Clift. Filings span May 22 to May 24 with topics from improved cultivators and drills to baling presses and electrochemical treatment of tin scrap.
The Ladies Benevolent Society acknowledges donations for the week ending Instant. Entries include Mrs Green rice Mr Bruce ogee Mrs Chapman shin of teef Mrs Euston King vegetables Mrs Nound fago Miss Kelly rice Mrs McMahon sugar Mrs McLennan Oxley pearl barley and the Peel Master Masons Lodge 2/1 Address Salvation Army Barracks Brisbant Street.
An article praises Pinkettes as a gentle laxative to clear offending matter, improve complexion, and aid torpid liver and biliousness. It promotes Dr Williams Medicine Co. samples from Sydney and lists Pinkettes price 1s per bottle.
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