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Newspaper
Millicent Times
Location
Millicent, South Australia, Australia
Date
Apr 15, 1899
Page
8
Hot weather brings insomnia and various ailments. Bile Beans, marketed from Detroit, claim to cure insomnia and many other conditions. The ad notes Australian use, and provides orders via the Sydney depot with prices in shillings and pence.
The 40 foot high tree in South Nubia, called the tsofar, whistles in the wind as holes bored by an insect in the branch spires let gum be sucked. The spines act as little flutes producing a flute like sound documented by Dr. Schweinfurth.
Minutes show the council, with Drs Laird Kor ner Kiely McRostie and Lane, debating crossing funding, bank loan legality, and resident work shares. Star thistle control, sparrow poisoning, commonage access, and a tender list for town ship metal and a drain were discussed before accounts were approved.
The Urra District council tabled drain repairs with several sites noted, tenders set for April 22 for drains 89 87 56 564 43 and 54, while discussing fencing and a rabbit issue. Education and Crown Lands updates declared no public urinal on school reserve and Vermin district proclamation, with stockowner returns delayed until September 30.
An address warns that nearly every girl and woman suffers from anemia due to climate, culture, and modern life. Symptoms include dark under eye circles, pale complexion, thin limbs, fatigue, headaches, backaches, and faintness.
An advertisement asserts Dr Williams Pink Pills have cured thousands of anemia sufferers and will cure you. It touts health as beauty and vitality, promises stronger bodies for both women and men, and links improved blood and agreeable temperament to the pills.
In Hill End New South Wales Alderman B Carver J P is praised as a three time mayoral figure and a Mining Conference delegate. His daughter Miss Addie Carver is a noted local vocalist and the narrative highlights cures attributed to Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with multiple case anecdotes from Miss Carver and others.
The Board of Health reported the town in fair sanitary condition. The inspector had given notice to owners to cut boxthorn hedge, and reserves payments were passed for accounts in two parts as an advertisement had been omitted.
Louis de Rougemont recounts fighting a nest of snakes in a decayed stump in Australia. He swung at tails as heads struck back, only surviving as the snakes came one by one in June or July’s cold season. He notes the awkward duration and describes the length and number of the snakes before finally escaping.
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