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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
May 20, 1919
Page
1
Sir Malcolm Morrie led a discussion on influenza origins and prevention. Speakers considered climate, crowding, food, and vaccines, urging hygiene, inoculation, and public fitness as key defenses.
A narrator recounts meeting a West country farmer who toils with a team and plough, dreaming of harvest while weather and drought threaten. The farmer sings of "putting it in" and facing dust, rain needs, and stubborn soil as he tends his crop, with humorous dialect and stubborn hope.
An advertisement touts Heat’s Tonle Nerve Nuts as nerve and brain boosters. It claims to purify blood, relieve headaches insomnia and lassitude without opiates, offering 12 day packs for 17 shillings and sixpence. G W Mean of Sydney is named for orders.
Alderman E A Austen received a warm welcome from the Mayor and fellow Aldermen at Forbes Council. The session noted quorum issues, Austen pledged impartial service and readiness to share workload, and expressed intent to forget differences after meetings while serving the town.
Prepared stocks ready to supply Cyprusine in rough and dressed forms. Full quantities and lengths available with pricing on polivation to be determined.
A brief item reports treatments for chest complaints using Woods Great Peppermint Cure with figures 1/0 and 2/9 cited. The note mirrors patent medicine ads common to late 19th century newspapers.
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