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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Apr 09, 1920
Page
4
Handicap trials report from Lingfield with Pat Pie Racing i, TING. a4 details of entries and results showing a Stipendiary assessment and dividend outcomes. Mentions several handlers, horses and officials in a period style racing round up.
An old house remedy article extols Dr Morse s Indian Root Pills as a safe, reliable home cure for biliousness constipation and stomach disturbance. It urges keeping a compact bottle on hand to avoid costly doctor visits and miseries of sick days.
The report notes Taf Moon Dee achieving a 10th victory as the full moon phase is logged at 648. Details indicate a sequence of lunar phases and a marked win in the current cycle.
A Port Pirie West resident testifies to kidney trouble and severe backache being cured by Doan's Backache Kidney Pills after several doses. Six years later his wife confirms no relapse. The product is sold widely in Australia by Foster-McLellan Co., price 2/9, Sydney.
Fragmentary OCR notes discuss an electric lighting plan and funding issues. References mention a council, observers, and a mayoral route. The text hints at payment before moving forward and responsibilities of local officials.
A fragmented line wonders why Vic Victory is cited as representing a married man, while the speaker notes the man is not married. The terse clash hints at a legal or personal confusion over representation status.
Longtime secretary to the local Ladies Benevolent and Red Cross Circle Miss McEwen leaves Port Pirie for Adelaide after more than 20 years of devoted charity work. Council praises her organizing energy, noting funds raised during 1918 to 1920 and her role in aiding wartime relief. Presentations, tributes, and a purse gift mark the farewell, with further recognition planned by the Liberal Union branch.
Boy Man. Teacher And Bhat y the plural of obitd Twins.
The notice outlines a new land settlement program for discharged soldiers and sailors. It details eligibility, scope, and advances under the Soldiers Settlement Act, with guidance to contact Superintendent of Soldier Settlements in Victoria Square, Adelaide, for fuller information.
Fragmentary verse expresses grief and memory after death. The speaker recalls flowers on the grave and a longing to receive a kiss in death, mentioning violets, cowslips, and flowers once planted by a loved one. The tone is elegiac and personal, with affected diction and imagery.
A garbled passage portrays a Victorian style discussion about a woman’s life and marriage. It hints at crimes such as poisoning and alleged motives for men to marry for money, with scattered names and references to a husband, a widow, and a potential heroine.
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