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Newspaper
Bombala Times
Location
Bombala, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 08, 1916
Page
2
A satirical recipe mocks medical quackery by listing global foods and potions as a cure for German measles. The spoof includes references to Woolwich powders tincture of iron and a caution against giving pea soup until head swelling subsides, credited to Dr. Gannon in Syren and Shipping.
Dorbes notes shearers returning from the west report extreme sheep losses from maggot fly damage. Wet weather worsens wounds from shearing as dust is absent this year. In Forbes area, a station near Coonamble struggles with 30,000 unshorn sheep and a possible 20,000 fatalities due to floods and inaccessible swamps.
The Ravine blast is recharacterized as a landslide of earth sliding into a gully opening a crack. No oil deposits have been located yet, according to the Adaminaby Advocate.
An Australian home remedy advertises Hean's Essence as a safe cough treatment for children. It notes the product contains no opium or dangerous drugs and claims simple mixing with water yields a pint of medicine affordable for mothers buying from chemists or grocers.
For thirty years Pank Whonenos's Wast Piung held first place as the world’s most effective antidote for indigestion biliousness and all stomach and liver disorders. Tonic invigorating and purifying it is the best remedy extant for old and young alike. Sold in family boxes at chemists. Proprietor Paga Woodcock Lincoln England.
John Bridge and Co urge wool growers to continue despatching wool to Sydney to speed work with the Federal Government. Ample storage exists with capacity for at least 50 000 bales and two large show floors under one roof for expert display and examination by authorities and firm officials. The firm says the position should reassure woolgrowers.
A man named Brown pursued a government pump set over a well used by navvies. After long delays and repeated offers, the department finally accepted a low bid, but Brown did not buy it as rotten timbers caused the pump to fall into the well.
Dyspeptics who take drugs do not cure dyspepsia and may hide the underlying acid problem. Drugs numb stomach nerves, masking pain while acid remains active, risking ulcers. A safer approach is half a teaspoon of bisulated magnesia after meals to neutralise acid, a method used by hospitals nationwide.
An 19th century advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for infants and children claiming it calms pain gums wind colic and diarrhea with dosing for various ages. Separate report notes Albury Banner proprietor Coghlan receiving a prisoner of war letter from Germany revealing a missing tongue after a stamp removal incident.
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