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Newspaper
Adelaide Times
Location
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Date
May 08, 1850
Page
1
The Adelaide Daily Times announces mechanical arrangements for its issue pattern. The paper will publish as a full sheet on Mondays and Wednesdays, a partial sheet with ads and shipping news on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and a double sheet with full weekly news on Saturdays. Subscribe now or pay quarterly in advance.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a printing office named The Daily Times General Printing Office. It mentions a proprietor and rivalry with another printers and a nearby Adelaide Commercial Exchange across from the Times Office.
A inventory of ladies wear and fabric items including watered mantillas and shawls, French silks, velvets, delaine dresses, prints, linens, cambrics, laces, ribbons, bonnets, and fancy trimmings. The list names many fabrics and dress pieces with brands Hoyle and Liddiard.
A long list of fabrics and related goods offered including linen and cotton materials, calicoes, superior long cloths, domestic and fine fabrics, flannels, serge, cashmerette, and footwear. The notice mentions numerous named fabrics and a large supply, implying a broad sale or catalog display.
A catalog listing in the Gentlemen's Dress Department describes a broad assortment of apparel including Chesterfield coats, white shirts in boxes, American jackets, cashmere and tweed items, and various fabrics for trousers and outerwear. It enumerates beaver and pilot cloth, plaid and woollen cloth, moleskin, cord, and guernsey garments among others.
M and S Marks urge patrons to visit their establishment to purchase the entire stock. They promise the best assortment of drapery goods and stress an early call to clear stock to make room for new shipments from Arabian, Zuglioni, and others.
An 1848 letter from Oliver Smith Jenkins recounts a 21 year Tad leg pain finally relieved by Holloway’s Pills and Ointment after failure with eminent local doctors. The testimonial supplements a newspaper editorial praising the remedies for various ailments.
Mr Ugh Snell Chauncy a land surveyor announces readiness to survey estates in the country and execute plans with subdivision or suburban property allotments. He invites communication from parties interested in buying or selling land. Dr James Donaldson, rumored arrival from Sydney, is noted in the office report.
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