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Newspaper
Colac Herald
Location
Colac, Victoria, Australia
Date
Mar 07, 1917
Page
3
A wartime editorial calls on women to support the war by encouraging men to enlist and fight abroad. It argues women must overcome fears, promote male strength, and ensure decisive action against the enemy, urging collective responsibility for victory.
An aged advertisement for a Colac Geelong area clinic promotes private consultations and a “Free Consultation” daily from 1 a.m. It claims a patient suffered a skin disease causing facial deformity and vision loss, treated in six weeks by a provider named Mr A Nv Halls who purportedly cured skin disease and eye defects.
A survey of new cloaks, fur trimmed coats, and simplified baby dress designs. It describes loose slip-on liners, knitted singlets for infants, and the growing use of bows and sun hats, plus home dining aids like the sluggard’s warmer, with tips for practical motherhood and wartime practicality.
A pasted notice provides household advice on health pains and home remedies for backache and soap making. It includes DIY recipes using beeswax, turpentine, washing soda, lemon and salt for copper polish, and kitchen tips for soap jelly and cloudy ammonia. It also shares simple recipes for rice with tomatoes, rabbit with brown sauce, and a beef steak dish with seasoned breadcrumb filling.
Mrs. Conway endorses Dean's Backache Kidney Pills claiming lasting relief for her husband. The advert touts cures for backache and kidney issues, offers bottles at 2/9, and notes agents and insurance affiliations in Sydney and Colar.
A noisy pool of errors, but Alvie defeated Pomborneit 5 sets to 3 in a lively Saturday match at Alvie Court. Spall and L Lingeen won 10 2 over Baker Purbrick. Linsen Buckle beat Marlock Vaughan 16 3. Vaughan McGarne beat Kilpatrick Lineen 4 7. Hay Buckle beat Baker Lineen 15 1. Lineen Inelis beat Purhriek Mellwryie 7 4. Kilpacock Lineen beat Head Maleer 4 14.
The Commonwealth Government undertakes testing of all samples and hires chemist R Nichols in Melbourne to produce pure Aspirin for Australian sufferers from neuralgia neuritis headaches rheumatism insomnia and related maladies. Aspirin or substitutes such as Sicholax or Aspino are offered at 2 shillings 6 pence per bottle through Gee Nichola Co at 25 Flinders Lane Melbourne.
A partially legible wartime diary fragment describes a nighttime march through dark streets, a crashed plane, and distant sounds from a chateau. It lists scattered place names, leaves, and travel details with many unreadable sections.
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