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Newspaper
Millicent Times
Location
Millicent, South Australia, Australia
Date
Dec 03, 1904
Page
3
The text outlines a disjointed local gathering with references to a Revered, Millom, and Milestone dates, plus scattered notes on a lecture, a bicycle race, entrants, and a show-room display. It mentions December dates, weather, and community program plans, with numerous garbled names and incomplete actions.
The piece notes late autumn weather and a wool shipment update as Kinters plan weekly wool trips. It also mentions Anglican and Methodist services, Presbyterians, and a debate on church divisions, with a stray anecdote about a woman who stepped on a snake and a bystander’s interruption.
Public reaction shows wide support for a remedy to kidney pain and backache. An elderly resident, Thos Brooks of Nanguls, testifies to relief from kidney troubles after using Doan's Backache Kidney Pills. Advertises price and local pharmacy availability through Fouter McClellan Co. and King William Street advert.
Local government tensions in Millicent surfaced as the Tan tanoola Council faced public scrutiny over rate collection and a Police Court dispute. A magistrate voiced calls for settlement, while discussions consider memorial plans for Dr Thyne and the hospital's future needs, including who should fund cottage hospital wards.
The text includes a jumble of notices about hardware and household goods, sensationalized pandemic-era health debates, and a cricket match between Millicon and Milli cont with Sayers notable for his performance. It cites local officials, postal matters, and parliamentary discourse, with scattered names such as Hale Quinton and White, plus references to public meetings and government actions.
A fragmented 19th century advertisement extols Eucalyptus Extract as a universal remedy. It claims protection against typhus malaria coughs and consumption, touts rapid cures through gargling and inhalation, and urges use of Sander and Sons Pure Volatile Eucalyptus Extract with boiling water to seal and purify.
Proceedings from Beachport district meeting discuss relocating a public boundary line, sending a letter to the widow of Dr. Thyne, and motions concerning preservation work, property damage compensation, and erecting markers. The exchange touches Crown land notices, restrictions on foxes, and local authority actions on graves and caretaker salaries.
Scrambled notes describe tax changes in the House of Representatives, government schemes, and ministerial moves. Adelaide figures, including Mr Cohen as mayor and Mount Gambier’s McDonald, appear amid discussions of dams, ports, and memorial funding, with broad references to policies and elections.
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