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Newspaper
Bacchus Marsh Express
Location
Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, Australia
Date
Apr 11, 1868
Page
4
Fragmentary verse describes a river scene with sunset light and a sinking sun. Imagery centers on a fading day, distant hill, and radiant atmosphere. The readable lines evoke calm, natural beauty and a lingering golden glow.
A night coach journey to Mount Alexander ends with a dead passenger found beneath a seat, his neck wrapped in a heavy cloth. Gardner and Ned uncover the body as Medway learns of Black Douglas, a bushranger link, and the driver heads toward a rural inn where friends gather amid storm and rumor.
The excerpt describes a still moment broken by a sudden wild cry in darkness and storm. A faint girl is helped past a window toward a new life in a distant land, as Gardner remains silent during a train journey through intermediate stations toward Forest Creek.
An advertisement for Jayne's Sanative Pills claims the medicine is a mild, prompt cure for numerous ailments including dyspepsia liver and kidney issues fever nervousness and skin diseases. It touts ease of use with meals and asserts superiority over other remedies with claims of gentle yet thorough cleansing of the alimentary canal. Sold by chemists and by W Ford & Co at 67 Boneton Street.
A verbose advert touts Dr Jayne's Alterative as a universal remedy for pulmonary issues and related ailments. It lists asthma, bronchitis, dyspepsia, liver complaints, blood disorders, and various stomach and nervous complaints as treatable. The copy emphasizes safety, tonic and disinfectant properties, and claims of vast consumer and expert endorsements.
Historical advertisement fragment lists Jayne’s Liniment as an external remedy to aid other preparations for spring ailments bruises sore throat quinsy pains and numbness in limbs and joints swelling tumors rheumatism gout neuralgia and various skin and nerve conditions with multiple misspellings and archaic terms.
Simpalmsms and other counter irritants referenced. Wholesale agents for Dy Jays medicines listed as W Ford and Co at 67 Swanston street Melbourne.
A fragmentary OCR line lists abbreviations and numbers including Ba Bd Oa and Gd with associated values 8d 8s 16s. The readable text is sparse and does not provide a clear event person or organization.
Daily mail routes and timings for Bacoura Maysu Lenya Pentland Hills Greendale Ballan Ballarat with departures from Melbourne and arrivals to various towns. Timings include 9 am starts, 1 pm returns, and noon despatches, plus other listed lines and occasional inconsistencies in place names.
A dense listing outlines Melbourne train departures to various destinations with daily services, times, and arrivals plus note on late letter handling at General Post Office and railway stations. It includes money order and postage fee details for late mail and mail delivered after cutoffs.
Timetable extracts list Melbourne arrivals and departures for English mail in 1808 with dates from March to December and multiple Thursday arrivals. It also details coach routes from Bacchus Marsh to Melton and Keilor Road, with fares and times, plus numerous local courts, shire meetings, and institute secretaries across Melton Ballan Gisborne Myrnong and surrounding towns.
Notice lists subscription rates and ad prices for Bacchus Marsh Express. Single copy sixpence. Quarterly in advance four shillings sixpence. 5 credit five shillings by post six shillings. Advertisements one inch two shillings sixpence. each additional inch two pence. Double column ads one half more. Longer period ads by agreement. Notices of births marriages or deaths one shilling each. Agents named in various towns. Published by the Proprietor Coastopier Casy and Gronan Lawn at Express Printing Office Church Street Bacch Mish in the Colony of Vices.
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