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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Oct 13, 1916
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR item mentions postal, raton, and foot with unclear sequence. No clear events, dates, or entities emerge beyond scattered words. Summary filled with minimal readable facts from the garbled text.
A soldier in France in 1916 writes home about a brutal battle described as hell on earth. He praises stretcher bearers, laments losses including a best pal, and notes comrades Horace and Eric Mitchell and others returning safely. He requests patience for a cable message and offers reassurance of his own safety despite wounds and fatigue.
A fragment from Yoothamurra School indicates a Primciysl misspelling about poultry and vegetables. Information was reportedly obtained from the Principal, Talphone-Gienalg 215, in an unclear communication.
The firm of T. W. Ingham displays Fibrova arches Colvinas ceilings and Cornicoa products at Victoria Place in Adelaide. The display highlights new patterns for homes in Hindmarsh Prospect Kadina and nearby townships with a large stock available.
Miscellaneous entries list meetings and openings in Gladstone with times on alternate evenings. Also notes train schedules to Port Pirie and Adelaide, office hours, librarian and secretary roles, and public notices about railway and postal services.
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