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Newspaper
Violet Town Sentinel
Location
Violet Town, Victoria, Australia
Date
Oct 13, 1914
Page
2
We lead in Lace and Embroidery with dainty designs and special neck wear this season. Miss Tobitt presents white and colored fancy work and invites ladies to inspect the assortment. Miss Chessell, from leading Melbourne houses, now heads the Dressmaking Room and will interview clients desiring dresses.
An old script advertising Blackie s Gripe Drench as an instant, effective remedy for Cripes or Colic in horses, with price details and endorsements. Also promotes Potts cleansing drench for cattle, calves, sheep and pigs, praising its use after calving and for red water and feverish symptoms, plus Ports dairy ointment for wounds udders and other ailments.
A regional notice lists stock sale preparations by Turnbull & Co at Violet Town with monthly and fortnightly auctions, depart/arrival times, and connections from Seymour, Shepparton, and other towns. It also covers railway timings, excursion fares, and the schedule for a special train to Shepparton, plus local licenses, church notices, and community events.
A new series will soon start and applications for borrowing and in vealing brimes will not be received. Loans available for purchasing property or for bonding with monthly repayments. Borrowers and creditors share in profits, with £1295 17s profits shown for the past year in Series D. Further participation details available from C. L. DeBoer, Agoul for Euroa, Longwood and Violet Town.
Dr Corack urged stronger policy on Rabbit Destruction Act as representatives backed the motion. Gauge of drought hit Numurkah area with 30 000 acres lammed for rabbits and sheep losses. rainfall in 1902 cited as worst in Goulburn Valley. War publications and local clubs feature in scattered notes amid broad rural concerns.
An elderly testimony from a patient praises Chamberlton's Pills as unmatched for liver and stomach issues. The speaker claims years of suffering with weight and ailment improved by the remedy, noting others failed to help despite various doctors.
The Mechanic Institute hosted a Sunday patriotic service drawing a large crowd from surrounding districts. The Violet Town Patriotic Committee organized it with church cooperation. Guests praised the Euros Town Band, ministerial speakers, and the community's wartime relief efforts amid hard times.
The article notes Enron Show today and tomorrow with many entries, plus Victorian rail stock traffic higher than 1903. It mentions a Mechanics Institute fundraiser next Friday week, school def inition tasks, and Shepparton show on 27th and 23th inst. It reports a patriotic service in Snodoy succeeding and a collection yielding £10 17s 0d. It also covers fashion orders, Harcourt’s reputation, New Season Putters, and West’s suit patterns and sale promotions with Spring displays.
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