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Newspaper
Kyneton Guardian
Location
Kyneton, Victoria, Australia
Date
Dec 05, 1914
Page
4
The advertisement promotes Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment for cleansing and treating skin issues. It claims benefits such as clearing clogged pores, reducing pimples, redness, and various skin conditions. The notice presents the products as effective at improving complexion.
The Kyneton market on Thursday recorded 225 cattle and 3860 sheep penned. Prices shown for sheep and cattle varied with stronger demand for store cattle and crossbred lambs, while fat cattle and ewes sold at improved rates. detailed quotes list numerous weights and classes, indicating brisk buying and higher bids across several categories.
A fragmented 19th century advertisement offers various medical and patent remedy pitches. It includes testimonials for Dean's Backache, Kinney Pills, and other tonics, claiming relief from back pain, kidney issues, and headaches. The text mimics sensational, speculative endorsements with questionable provenance.
The Malmsbury Borough Council held its monthly meeting in Tinsbay county. Reports covered tramways ownership, municipal rights, public health checks, road maintenance, insurance payments, and a wind-down of local depot work. Notable items included a survey decision, land resumption inquiries, and a drowning horse incident.
The Daily Mail reports on British soldiers in trenches and reserve caves, rationing biscuits and tea, and the morale boost from bacon and cheese as families note changes at home. Seventy four members of the Hickman family across Navy and Army are on active service, including a colonel and several grandchildren, underscoring the war’s reach into civilian life.
At a synodal clerical meeting Archbishop Cary read letters from Austrian and Belgian convents describing dire conditions. The reports recount German occupiers forcing women and children to kneel, executions, wounds, and refugees seeking aid in Bruges and Leyden.
An account details a French private, Alain Berger, aiding wounded under heavy fire during bombardment as a German officer briefly aided him. Berger risks life to rescue an English officer, with a Red Cross nurse present and praise from the English prisoner. The incident stands as a rare moment of light in the war.
A comic London despatch claims Emperor Wilhelm II, in white uniform, was ducked by hooded pranksters at headquarters. He muttered the line He did not do it as generals asked about his health, while a grotesque scene unfolded with a bold sabre gesture and a distant, uneasy crowd.
A garbled 19th century advertisement touts Hean's Essence as a home made cough remedy. It promises to save money by mixing sugar, vinegar, water, and Hean's Essence, claiming rapid cough relief and suitability for children, grandparents, and various cough types.
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