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Newspaper
Traralgon Record
Location
Traralgon, Victoria, Australia
Date
Mar 26, 1909
Page
4
Fragmentary betting notes describe the Toongabbie Handicap with weights and penalties for declarations, plus a Flying Handicap rule. The text shifts to a vivid anecdote about a cashier handling cash with rapid exchanges and a display of dexterous counting, detailing a scene of coin counting and a hat tray.
A 18th or 19th century debate features an artist and a writer discussing when women are most pleasing. The artist praises youth under twenty five, while the author values women aged thirty to forty for worldly experience. The piece notes widowhood and a countess in Roxburghe as examples of memory and lasting impression.
The circular, supposedly issued by the Magister of Public Health, urges strict prohibition of corsets among students in educational institutions for young ladies. It argues corsets cause physical impediments and interfere with the proper development of chest organs.
A reader’s note on preventing ingrown toenails by trimming and proper shoe fit is followed by a quirky series of community vignettes. An odd battle at Weston South ends with poultry and a sugar laden schooner misadventure. A New Jersey bound oyster bed dispute adds local oddity.
A jumble of names and phrases describes an inquiry involving Mr Pronk Fauses and Mr James Wite Siow, mentioning Heatd Ele and Clemrnts Toni. The text references pain, a case, and a person nearly killed, with scattered notes on sleep, injury, and personal accounts amid unclear context.
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