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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Aug 16, 1919
Page
4
Overseas cables report Kolchak's regiments in Blberiato nearing collapse from supply shortages. His army of about 100000 men, poorly equipped, is gradually retiring eastward from a position held months earlier against a Bolshevik force of roughly 6000.
A brief note suggests creating a homemade cough mixture to reduce costs. The text references a “Leonuse” and a “Hoan's Tons Nerve Nota” as possible names or products, though wording is garbled and details are unclear.
Fragmented OCR text discusses Leber position in Britain improving, police strikes, Yorkshire wool trade, wool shortage, shipping imports suspension, and price changes in Germany with tariff shifts and 1914 context. It suggests market and labor strain amid wartime conditions with limited readable specifics.
An advertorial note touts Cluny McPharson’s American mixture claimed to cure rheumatism and kidney complaints. It cites testimonials from John Martin of Tucatia River and others, urging readers to buy via Wolf, Wheatley, or mail order for four pence.
Myone found trespassing with or without stock on Bowman property after this date will be present and without exception. William H. Mackay, Jar. October 4, 1918.
An advertisement touts a proprietary ointment for piles promising dramatic relief and permanent cure after few applications. It cites a testimonial from a user named Norman and others, with claims of complete disappearance of symptoms for two years. The copy urges readers to purchase from Poster-McClellan Co or chemists and stores at 2/s0.
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