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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Oct 17, 1924
Page
4
Gladstone District Council met with Ost presiding, notes read and confirmed. Finance and government grant accounts discussed. roads at Mapateo washed need urgent attention. Resolutions: pay J. A. Gerke for Busts Leer work. transfer remaining work to Dr Neate. accept Sexton’s tender for Sireene road renewal and drainage at £9 10s.
Studebaker wins two prizes in a staged economy and endurance race reported by the Herald. The event covered 12 days with 33.7 miles per gallon of petrol and 376.36 gallons per Imperial quart of oil, amid a field on paved and rough roads in New Mexico.
The Rambling Digger narrative recounts L O'Shaughnomey and his companions starting May 20 1928 in Melbourne to walk Australia’s route via Sydney Newcastle Tenterfield Stanthorpe Toowoomba Ipswich Maryborough Bundaberg Gladstone Rockhampton Central Queensland Longreach Winton Bourke Camberra and Port Auguste. After diversions two friends perished and one survivor was aided by locals before continuing to Derby Broome and Kalgoorlie toward Melbourne with a planned six week finish.
Mr. K Mathston narrates a tale of Ford Oar driven by Peter Glover a Railway Station Master on the East-West Ling near Area Dawn between Wilgens and Kingownya. The learner driver nosed the car into an iron telegraph pole snapping the pole off yet causing no damage to the vehicle.
Fragmented OCR lists numerous canned goods and pantry items with prices and labels. The long assortment includes coffee, jams, soups, biscuits, oils, meats, flour, and dried fruits from various brands, hinting at a bustling shop inventory.
A garbled notice lists William Peters and Son at 240 Parade Norwood described as the cheapest store on earth with delivery to Mile End. The document also includes fragmented Programme 1024 dates and stray quoted anecdotes from unrelated topics.
An aged advertisement promotes Pulycerine Cough Elixir, a compound of long-tried remedies for winter coughs colds and lung conditions. The text stresses practical experience spanning centuries and a palatable formula.
A garbled early text discusses a sluggish liver and weak vitality. It attributes symptoms to an inactive liver, kidneys, and bowels, claiming poor digestion, low energy, and constipation as signs of systemic imbalance. The piece hints at remedies without clear specifics.
A garbled OCR row appears with scattered numbers and misspelled names like Jon and Sakine. The readable items resemble rainfall or financial figures from 1914 to 1918, interspersed with codes such as 11-1486 191S-14.97 and 10165, but no coherent narrative or clear event is discernible.
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