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Newspaper
Horsham Times
Location
Horsham, Victoria, Australia
Date
Dec 08, 1916
Page
2
A dense set of transport schedules shows repeated departure times and routes for Dooen Dinboola Warracknabeal and surrounding areas. Entries include daily and weekly slots such as 11.30 am 11 a.m. 4.15 pm and various morning and evening departures, with several notes on Saturdays and exceptions.
The Horsham rainfall figures show varied totals across the month with multiple measurements recorded. Key values include 2.61 and 1.36 inches among several stations, indicating uneven precipitation patterns.
Livestock market notes show crossbred and merino wethers and ewes sold in a 3300 head sale with about 1000 merino wethers. Prices quoted for crossbred wethers 26/5 to 28/3, ewes 24/0 to 27/0, lambs 25 to 21/6, store cattle and hogs also listed with bids and under hammer.
A garbled historical note describes nonstandard remedies for poor digestion and blood flow. It suggests drinking hot water with egg and recommends various dubious practices to stop fermentation and restore “normal prowess,” mentioning soldiers and front lines in a distant context.
The novelist Samuel Warren speaks to the Duke of Wellington in flattering terms that prompt a formal protest. Warren quips that the duke’s kindness could invite belief in a doomed state while a celestial chorus touts Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as an effective cold treatment. Sold everywhere.
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