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Newspaper
Adelaide Times
Location
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Date
May 06, 1850
Page
1
The Adelaide Daily Times issues a notice detailing mechanical arrangements for the D Y issue. It will publish on Monday Wednesday and Friday half sheets advertising shipping news on Tue Thu and a double sheet with full weekly news on Saturday. Subscription is 15s per quarter in advance or 17s 6d on credit.
A fragmentary notice bundles a grand lottery for engravings by eminent artists and a medical patent remedy promotion. It markets a single guinea ticket, mentions a coronation theme, and hawks Holloway’s ointment and Pills with testimonials from soldiers and locals, including references to Waterloo and Peninsular War veterans.
A historical ad recounts Oliver Smith Jenkins describing an extraordinary recovery after using Holloway pills and ointment to avoid toe amputation and resume work. An 1848 India editorial praises Holloway cures, citing a patient reputedly saved from severe skin illness and a dramatic recovery. The advertises Holloway products sold by 244 Strand London and global vendors with varied prices.
A list of fabrics and accessories for ladies appears with rich watered mantillas and silks, Parisian styles, Merinos and shawls, black and coloured velvets, printed cashmeres, delaine dresses, fast colour prints, linens and laces, ribbons, Bonnets, trimmings, and lace edgings.
Linen and cotton bed ticks 36 and 72 inch grey calicoes Horrocks and Millers superior long cloths Croydon domestic and super calicoes Superior 10 4 11 4 12 4 13 4 Witney Clanket ONE HUNDRED BALES Certainine Saxony Welsh and Lancashire flannel White and blue serge Lanes cashmerette lasting and cloth boots patent leather kid and prunella shoes Children Ancan endless variety of other goods too n e particularize.
TeeGentlemen's Dress Department showcases Beaver and pilot cloth Chesterfield coats, superior white shirts in boxes, American jackets, plaid tweed and cloth shooting tins, fanny silk and woollen waist cal, various cloaks, regatta items, blue serge attire, stout blue Guernseys, lambswool and merino shirts and drawers, and extra super drab overcoats.
M. and S. Marks invite patrons and settlers to visit their store as they announce the largest and best assortment of drapery goods in the province. They plan to clear the entire stock to make room for further shipments from Arabia and Taglioni.
An old advertisement lists fine port, brandy, Geneva, in wood and bottle, canned salmon, mustards, jars, rope, sewing twine, and hardware. It mentions oils, turpentine, paints, stones, water purifiers, and various tools. It is from CLARKE & CO, merchants of Adelaide, advertising a broad assortment of items.
A historical notice lists prices for wines and spirits including port sherry Madeira champagne cognac and rum with ranges per dozen bottle and per gallon. The ad also references Cast works of Thous Francis Meagher leaving Ithmondt Prison and urges support for the country.
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