Prisoner’s harrowing war memoir from captivity in Germany
A released prisoner of war writes to his sisters detailing life aboard a ship during the voyage to the U boat peril, then the brutal confinement at Rubleben and the squalid conditions of a German camp. He describes near starvation, disease, beatings, and eventual repatriation with reflections on wartime cruelty and relief at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Parsinson
Loci
Germany
Jars Higgins
Autumn Sue
Toxbhaven
Lubie
Ty Gan
Tory
Nee
Gulag
Lee
Sluliou
Peru
Briel Meter
Bruggut
Rubleben
Tastig
Lambert
Reynolde
London
Dr Morse's Indian Root Pills Offer Corrective Health Aid
The advertisement claims Dr Morse's Indian Root Pills are a corrective for blood, stomach, liver, and kidney disorders, not a cure-all. It asserts blood purification, stomach cleansing, liver strengthening, and kidney support, with testimony from families in Australasia and warnings about neglecting early signs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse
Australasia
Early Stock Clearout Urges Shoppers to Act Now
A local ad notes a continuing sale through the month on Ladies' Wear with Polycot fabrics. It urges buyers to come early for a speedy clearance as stock remains strong and limited quantities will soon sell out.
How To Make A Good Non PULONGOS Cough MIntuke
Instructions promote DIY family cough mixture using HEEL2 Hoams Essence a non opium extract based remedy. It claims warm water and sweetening create a chest and throat throat relief with an affordable pint size formula sold by W Hean Manufacturing in Sydney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Hean Manufacturing
Hemi
Cuetlereleh-street
Sydmey
Heans Tonic Nerve Nuts Ad for Nervous Ailments
An old advertisement touts Hean's Tonic Nerve Nuts as a tonic for physical cage and brain fog. It promises restored nerve health and vitality, claiming the Nuts ease aches and pains, sold by chemists and stores at four pence per box or six boxes for 17 sixpence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King & Tourse
HEAN
Sis
A Blessing to Women Offers Nature Home Treatment
A Colac notice promotes a women’s health service by Mrs D M Clifford visiting on Thursday. The ad touts cures for headaches nerve and liver troubles indigestion piles and catarrh using Nature Home Treatment. It invites free public inspection at the Victorian free Paulee and offers no obligation on visits with cases accepted only if beneficial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. M Clifford
Colac
Honne
Naval Ladies and the War The Sailor’s Wife Life
A London Daily Mail piece describes the wartime life of sailors wives stationed at home ports. It contrasts the sailor wife’s active access to naval bases and social world with the soldier wife awaiting front line news, detailing sewing parties, entertainments, and wardroom gatherings as the navy’s “shiny side” of war life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London, Daily Mail
Wien
Tacitien
Willyouily
Red Cross
Gwen
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Geo
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Mukra
Colag
Ehapa
National Library of Australia
Gellibrand Steer
Late Beast
Lawn
Hancot
Ford Co
Rlun Mab
Hearn
Tours
Advienein
M Pimblett & Sons Coach Builders
Ham Sts
Kaa Gmesky Af
Jinhes, A
Rome
Naulon
Erin
Walstern
Wimmera
Mallee
Larhly
Colax
Colac Supply Stores
P. HL Wathiness
Bilson
Newton, Peake & Co
Cole
Stuart Al-Weel
Sun Algio
Mia
Guineus
Bilsons Pty., Ltd
Nla.gov
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