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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Aug 29, 1913
Page
1
A letter praises Dr Morse's Indian Root Pills for relieving bilious attacks headaches and constipation. The sender claims the remedies revived her strength and vitality and endorses them to readers while recounting personal improvements and a suggestion to publish such testimonies.
Fragmentary OCR notes reference charges for printed books and periodicals, including Australis and Anatralia items, with rates per unit and per content, plus parliamentary debate reports and postal guide prescriptions. The passage lists margins, intervals, and publication categories, indicating old postal and publishing fee structures.
Delegates from Port Wiketoft and surrounding towns met at Rapatista on Monday August 29 to elect a president and vice president, discuss platform changes, and plan representation for the year. A ballot placed J. 0 Nouitla in the president role, A Heinrich elected vice president, and discussions covered electoral reform and provincial committees.
Fragmentary OCR records show an array of names and firms such as Eller Smith & Co and A B H Fisher & Bone, with scattered references to hotels, dates, and addresses. The legible items include a hotel entry and partial numbers, suggesting a public notice page with business names and locations from the era.
The Engineer-in-Chief Mr Graham Stewart testified before the Standing Committee on choosing between east or west routes for the Salisbury to Port Augusta line. He said costs depend on route length and conversion, with Western route about 182 miles new and Eastern about 50 miles new. He outlined gradient limits, curve radii, and estimated costs around £20,000 per mile for a broad gauge line, noting terrain and tunnelling issues.
Fragmentary 1913 newspaper item includes horse season events, monthly meetings, court hours, postal service details, and international rates. Dense OCR yields sporadic names and schedules, with multiple topics like deliveries, markets, and government offices, all in a period-typical telegraphic style.
A fragmented timetable notes passenger and mixed trains to and via Claretown and Port Pirie. It lists departures from Adelaide Blyth Port Wakefield Moonta via Brinkworth and Terrible, with trains arriving Adelaide at 10 16 pm and 11 37 pm on Sundays excepted, and notes a midnight Adelaide via Terowie train arriving at Adelaide from Port Pirie.
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