12 Mar 1870
Page 1
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Newspaper
Bacchus Marsh Express
Location
Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, Australia
Date
Mar 12, 1870
Page
1
An old advertisement fragment lists various goods and prices including whiskey, gin, and grain related items. It mentions an agency offering procurement and financing for the crown’s grain, with terms like cash payments and high margins. The text also references millinery, hardware, tools, and farm supplies such as kerosene, scythes, bicycles, oats, flour, bran, pollard, bluestone, and tronmongry in a dense catalog style.
A damaged OCR advertises a medical nostrum promising universal cure and departs into sensational claims. It touts purifying, removing imagined poisons from the body and curing ulcers joints glands and tumors. The piece lists ingredients and a wholesale agent William Ford & Co at 07 Swanson Street Melbourne, offering a catalog and medical almanac.
A garbled advertisement for Holloway's Pills touts health restoration and vitality. It asserts cures for loss of appetite, weakness, and various ailments affecting the stomach liver and nerves, claiming benefits for women entering puberty and general wellbeing. The text lists numerous diseases and urges readers to buy from an London address, noting availability worldwide.
A dense old advertisement from Cookson and Brown and associated merchants lists goods and services in Melbourne and Gisborne. It notes reopens and ongoing business under Storg and Tong established stores, with mentions of grocers, hosiery, clothing, hardware, seeds, and garden supplies. It invites neighborhood support and hints at local tenders and trade activity.
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