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Newspaper
Bacchus Marsh Express
Location
Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jun 06, 1868
Page
4
A fragmentary poem depicts a holy old man in a tent near a wall and his family life. The father contemplates faith and sacrifice as he ascends a hill with his son, a moment shadowed by vows and blood in the dawn. The verse blends biblical allusion with rural imagery and moral testing.
In Richfield a neighbor’s jewels valued at five hundred pounds were stolen after thieves entered via the library window and looted Mrs. Goodman's dressing-room. Mr Kraft seeks private detectives while Mr Goodman helps marshal the case leading to the arrest of George Brown and recovery of the property.
The Stord market unveils a splendid assortment of goods named Melhowrna style. Prices are posted for the April season, with Eros proprietors seeking shoppers to visit and buy.
Dr. D Jayne promotes Jaynes Sanative Pills as a mild prompt and effective cathartic. The text claims broad health benefits for digestive disorders, liver and kidney complaints, fevers, nervousness, skin diseases, and bilious affections. It notes benefits of co dosing with Avierative or Sonic Vermifage and lists W Ford & Co as wholesale agents in Victoria.
The ad touts AYNE'S EXPECTORANT as a thirty year standard remedy for pulmonary ailments including coughs colds asthma bronchitis and consumption. It claims rapid relief for dysentery cholera and various stomach and nervous complaints and urges physicians clergy and families to rely on its claimed blood-acting Alterative properties.
An old advertisement describes Jaynes Liniment and Counter Tristant as external applications for a wide range of ailments including sore muscles joints rheumatism gout and nerve pains. It notes use with other remedies and lists W Ford and Co at 87 Swanston Street as the suppliers.
A vintage advertisement touts Jayne's Hair Tonic as an elegant dressing for the hair that imparts a glossy appearance and promotes growth. The tonic is housed in white fin t-glass bottles with glass stoppers and is fully perfumed for the toilet of fastidious users. Sold by Mr. Pearce, Storekeeper, Bagohus Marsh.
A partial historical entry reports items labeled Tore 9s Gd Ga Od fa Ba Gd le Od with prices and fractions, including 18s 6d n 10s Od Fave 4a 5% ny Ta Gd and 108 y 12a Od yw 108 6d n 108 183 6d, all tied to Cobb's Office.
Daily mail departures from Melbourne cover Pantland Hills Bacchus Marsh Green dale Ballard and other towns with varied times and close deadlines. Mails from Coomidai Créole and Dienam routes follow Tuesday Thursday Saturday patterns with noon dispatches and 10 am arrivals.
A period survey lists coach timetables between Bacchus Marsh Melton and Keilor Road with fares, route details, and arrivals. It also records police court sessions, district council meetings in Ballan Gisborne Melton and Wyndham, and institute and lodge activities with secretaries and engineers. Rates for the Bacchus Marsh Express subscription and advertising fees are provided along with local agency contacts.
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