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Newspaper
Colac Herald
Location
Colac, Victoria, Australia
Date
Aug 14, 1912
Page
6
Passenger timetable details issued for May 1st cover services on the South Western lines linking Melbourne and surroundings. It lists depots and daily runs to Burregurra Olrest Toba and other stations with departure times and week day patterns.
Reports detail a major quake near Cape Chora and Charka, with 15,000 feared homeless. Casualties include dozens killed in Myrigphite, Udjomakereh, and Charkenl. fires and collapsed public buildings follow. Vali of Adrianople notes losses and hospitals treat about a thousand injured in Constantinople.
A historic local ad touts De Sheldon's New Discovery for Coughs and Colds as a miracle cure. It claims unprecedented interest and relief in hopeless cases after other remedies failed, with price options and Walter Stephens in Colac as the supplier.
A historic ad claims indigestion caused severe pains and low mood and was removed by Morse's Indian Root Pills, presenting a period medical patent remedy claim and its advertised effects.
The article lists various mail delivery routes and times across districts including Geelong Lorne Mortlake Terang and Winchelsea with daily and specific day schedules. It closes with thanks to readers for support and confidence and includes a long list of local product endorsements and remedies.
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