12 Feb 1870
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Newspaper
Bacchus Marsh Express
Location
Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, Australia
Date
Feb 12, 1870
Page
1
A damaged OCR shows garbled lists of goods and prices including whiskey scotch gin and various agricultural items. Mentions goods such as machine oil kerosene oil scythes sickles oats maize flour bran pollard potatoes and blue stone with scattered vendor notes and numbers. The text hints at trade notices or catalog style pricing but is largely incomprehensible.
A garbled 19th century advert text extols Holloway's Pills as a universal remedy for numerous ailments affecting heart lungs liver and digestion. It claims improving vitality, preventing disease, aiding digestion and female disorders, with instructions for use in children and warnings about general health benefits.
Long, imperfect OCR lists offerings from Cookson and Brown and related traders. H. W. Simmons promotes a general store with cloths, hosiery, boots, clothing, and drapery. James Balfour and Gisborne are named as tailor and clothier figures in the same notice.
An old patent remedy advertises hoarsely that its expectorant quickly relieves coughs, pleuritic pains, and consumption while promising relief for asthma and whooping cough. It cites broad world usage, asserts safety, and pitches Ford and Go as distributors with medical authority and calendrical endorsements.
Fragmentary OCR passage promotes a general tonic for blood purification and disease relief. It touts effects on circulation, skin, joints, and toxins, claiming salvation from numerous ills though content quality is poor and non-specific.
A damaged entry advertises Jaynote Medical Almanac and Guides to Heald containing a catalog for wholesale agents with Ford & Co visible at 87 Swanntanstvovt Melbourne. The page lists medical remedies and cosmetics and promotes their wholesale distribution through a Melbourne address.
Thomas Pearce and A. McDonald advertise as agents to inform residents of Bacchus Marsh about a forthcoming public housing scheme. They pledge to provide quality accommodation at moderate prices, with a focus on affordable options for local buyers and tenants.
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