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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Dec 04, 1908
Page
3
The writer laments political and educational policies, arguing against penalizing drink and praising free choice. He critiques tax-funded eduction, praises certain reformers, and contrasts religious schooling with state systems. The piece questions parental discipline and warns about societal attitudes toward authority and youth behavior.
An advertisement touts the Genuine Sander & Sons Boucalypt Ex tract as superior for colds fevers stomach and kidney complaints claiming rapid healing. It promotes inhalations for throat and lung relief and claims dental decay cure and breath purification. It also markets Sander & Sons Skin Food and Brow Food as beauty remedies.
Thomas O'Neil, sentenced last week for horse dealing, escaped from Gladstone Gaol around 9 20 am while at work cutting wood. He fled toward the docks, visited farms for food, and aimed to reach Broken Hill by train. He was recaptured at Mr Proctor's farm and charged with escaping custody awaiting trial.
A patchwork of local items includes Christmas goods at Catt's store, forecasts of cucumber weather, and notes on crops, fruit fêtes, and coalitions. Mentions escape of prisoners, foundation stones laid, and various small town happenings around Gladstone and Port Lincoln.
A lively Caltowts page reports harvests and weather with bustling town scenes. It notes fine yields and wheat looks, a strong wind on Sunday and Wednesday, and crowds at the Strawberry Fate and other events. The piece mentions Farnham shows, the Fitzgerald Circus, horse theft recapture near Gladstone, and local church fundraisers plus transport and extension debates amid community chatter.
The November 28 event at Georgetown featured a hot but lively Mrawberry fats sae linked to Angtionn horeh. Mr Ta D Blackwell praised the energetic efforts that produced the show’s finance, with takings around £2. The season’s wheat haul was sent to the railway station by Mr Freeman and purchased by Mr Mucra for Fas Bath & Co.
Fagot Shakes and Lewis report a mixed Friday market with turnout smaller than expected. Prices and quantities show varied activity though some items like oats and oats-like goods yield steady bids. George Honey’s death in England yields a probate note referencing Metropolitan Hospital Se Band.
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