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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Sep 08, 1916
Page
2
A fragment notes a financial action involving Torma Cash and Graxiera, approving bills for three months with exceptions for horses. The text is incomplete but implies a temporary credit or discount arrangement tied to livestock. No clear dates or places are readable.
Bakers Bernett Sou announce lower prices on borend and famey enkey at Crystal Brook. Cinderella reduction moved to Tuesday Sept 26. Liberal Union social at Gladstone on Oct 13. Rifle Club meeting at Council Chamber Wednesday 4 pm. Crystal Brook sale Friday features 2,480 fat store sheep 46 fat cattle 30 fat and store pigs and poultry products.
Casualties among Gladstone soldiers were reported by military authorities to relatives and friends. Private Thos Reilly and J J Hillard were wounded, Private Growden was gassed, Private O Bitmeni wounded and sent home, and Private J Bextmer wounded. The article notes Gladstone men were in the thick of the action.
Large attendance reported at the Crystal Brook Show with entry poultry sheep and dairy noted as record for the society. Visitors praised the displays and weather was ideal as secretary Mr M Weston ensured near perfect arrangements.
A humorous but biting submission lampoons literary pretensions and drafts by a reader. It mocks editors for rejecting polished work and praises soldiers in France while ribbing youth at home about procrastination and inactivity. The piece mixes satire with wartime bravado and editorial jabs.
Confusion over dates in Private Frank Pearce death notice from Gladstone. Cable list cited July 17 as death, while Expeditionary Forces mail showed July 19 with postal date July 20. Family disputes the error and learns Pearce is alive and well, awaiting clarification.
The focal branch of the Agricultural Bureau holds its monthly meeting this evening at 7.00. The discussion will cover Cultivation of the Clive as the main topic for dissertation preparation.
A garbled snippet mentions Woods Great Pappermint Cure and a woman, plus a team of oxen described as wrong color. The text also references a sleeve on a coat when arriving home, presenting a fragmented, unclear item without a clear event or context.
Gladstone ornamental grounds committee meeting notes from August 15 1916 list chairman Me J Growden and members Mewsra Deeble Careons Jfnerie Hanock Dr Stewart Barlay Clerke Evane caretaker Howdan. Minutes read and confirmed. Reports and motions cover judges for various flowers fruit vegetables dairy produce and farm items. Condolence message to Mrs E L Pearce family. Next meeting set for Monday 8 pm.
Gladstone branch of the Women's Christian Temperance Union held its annual business meeting at Mrs A Gale's residence on Topeday August 23. Officers from last year were listed and reports of the treasurer were read. Mrs Coe proposed, with Mrs Humphris seconding, a thanks to Mrs Gale for hospitality. Afternoon tea and social concluded a profitable, enjoyable event.
A fragmentary notice warns home readers that neglect of kidney trouble can be dangerous and urges early treatment with Dean's Backache Kidney Pills. The report includes a testimonial from Mrs Fiaval praising the remedy. It also mentions the death of H. J Driscoll and John Tilbrook in Ville, with limited context.
An excerpt from a Port Pirie letter by Privates W. A. Moppett and Bini describes military training and boxing among local soldiers. It traces early bouts with Jim Campbell Jack O Leary and Dan Nesbit, notes Logie Leishly’s rising prowess, and mentions Cecil Richards on board and plans to continue boxing abroad with Logic and Tog.
A Kentucky editor rebuts a publication claiming kisses were better twenty years ago. The defense parodies a verse about timeless romance, humorously arguing tastes change yet celebrate Cupid’s era, with playful allusions to Adam and Eve and historic kisses.
The fragment references a product called One Abana Extract and Skeptical claims about its efficacy against influenza, colds, fevers, and other illnesses. It mentions a supposed antiseptic, healing remedy, with garbled text about ingredients and claims of curing many conditions. It also oddly notes Ford Motor Company profit data with unclear context.
Fragments readable from a historical page mention individuals Bs Gap Pine Yost Weodt Owen Whi and siotm in scattered context. The text lacks a clear event or outcome but preserves several proper names as isolated items.
A jumble of quips, aphorisms, and stray facts appears, touching on politics, marriage, weight loss, war news, and curiosities. It mentions a Panama Canal blockage claim, a colonial death in Kedina, drowned infant, rainfall in Cherrapungi, and various social aphorisms, with garbled dialogue and-era spelling throughout.
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