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Newspaper
Millicent Times
Location
Millicent, South Australia, Australia
Date
Apr 22, 1905
Page
1
A Times offer promotes Pratt's Chart of Chords as a ready-made musical education for home piano and organ players. It claims quick learning, broad coverage of hymns and popular tunes, and endorsements by teachers. Readers can buy the chart at a reduced price plus postage, with a free Coronation Musical Folio.
The article cites Mclares Magazine noting murders per million in the United States rising to 44 times the 1891 level. From 1881 to 1908 murders and suicides rose from 1,266 to 8,976, with personal crisis reports up from 605 to 8,597, sparking debate. Some blame moral decline, contrasting Chicago and London murder rates, while others forecast a hopeful moral shift.
An Victorian era advert extols Zam-Buk Balm as a universal healer for baby skin irritations and rashes. It cites a Linchhurdt artist Mr Graham Weatherley praising its soothing effect for a sixteenth month old child and claims effectiveness for cuts burns sores boils and many ailments. The copy promotes a penny stamp free sample pot and lists price details for the family size.
An extensive list details prices for pork skins merino wool crossbred furs hides and skins with varied rates and conditions. The piece closes with an advertisement for Dr Sheldon s New Discovery for coughs colds and consumption promising permanent cures and a guaranteed bottle. Walter Campbell agents Millicent conducts the sale and medical ad.
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