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Newspaper
Millicent Times
Location
Millicent, South Australia, Australia
Date
Jan 01, 1904
Page
4
A fragmented 19th century ad style narrative describes Mrs asking for Pink Pills for health and strength. The scene includes a cigar shop dispute with a clerk, a police intrusion, and a thwarted request for cigars. The text hints at medical claims and consumer culture of the era.
A jumbled diary style scene unfolds in a tobacconist shop as a nervous customer asks to buy a chain and a cigarette. The clerk responds with irritation while a connected couple debates the scene and a general’s picture hangs nearby.
A garbled excerpt lists ailments described as biliousness and digestive complaints, followed by scattered notes on cleaning the system, sleep, and vitality. It then shifts to diverse items including salaries of a British ambassador in Paris, the Bishop Rock Lighthouse bell, the Venice Campanile collapse, capital punishment age limits in Beitia, and New Zealand smoking laws. It closes with population density in Liverpool, Africa’s heat record in Kooka, and Columbia River salmon catches.
A testimonial from Mr Bain of Mitcham Adelaide extols Beane Bile Beans as a swift cure for indigestion biliousness constipation piles and general weakness caused by a diseased liver. He claims dramatic improvement after two doses and credits the remedy with restored sleep appetite and vitality while warning against other treatments. The ad asserts Beane Beans address a wide range of symptoms from headaches to anemia and skin eruptions.
Reading a fragmented scene of social pressure, a young woman seeks support from Sir Charles and confronts fears about a favored lover and a missing father. The narrative shifts through conversations with Barbara Lambart and others, hinting at class, illness, and a London journey that binds tangled loyalties.
A fragmentary narrative centers Nell Somers and her mother, Sella, amid social pressure and marriage expectations. Nell endures a strained dynamic as her suitors and family debates her future, while Mrs Sonwers navigates shame, duty, and desire for a respectable match.
A patient describes severe neuralgia like pains, throat and mouth distress, and mental torment from nervous illness. He details doctors' failures, ineffectual remedies, and then credits Clemanta Tonic after alarming symptoms subsided, noting long recovery and gratitude.
The article explains how cold water immersion causes shivering and blood vessels to constrict, redirecting blood to internal organs. It warns against staying too long, notes variable safe times, and states practical rules: avoid prolonged exposure and watch for fatigue. Published by Donald Campbell in Millicent, South Australia.
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