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Newspaper
Millicent Times
Location
Millicent, South Australia, Australia
Date
Mar 18, 1899
Page
8
A Newcastle woman recounts severe illness with violent vomiting headaches and exhaustion. After doctors and patent medicines failed she tried Bile Beans and reports dramatic, lasting improvement over 20 years. She attributes her recovery and renewed appetite to the remedy.
Mayurra District Council met Monday chaired by Presant-Cre Osman with Harris Hogan Hart and Hann. Correspondence included cooperation with Narracoortea Council on the New Local Government Bill and a related Association meeting at Penola. Union Bank guarantee dispute. council to have chairman and Hert handle. Hospitals and schools items discussed. Millicent School Board rejected public urinal near school. council to appeal to Education Department and plant trees. General business showed revenue from commonage and expenditures.
Council discusses renewal of recreation reserve, road works to Somerset Hotel drain, and enforcing hotel license duties. Health Act registration steps, mail service at Kelangadoo, and Indies bathing shed halted due to cost. Rates collection and March 27 meeting set, tenders opened for maintenance works, and police callouts funded by government debated.
The Inspector noted four scarlet fever cases to the Board of Health. A report from Dr Thyne on the scarlet fever cases was read and received without comment.
An extract from Gentleman's Magazine recounts Governor Morton of Nebraska inspiring Arbor Day in January 1894. The idea followed a treeless prairie and severe winters and springs, prompting a state board to declare the second Wednesday in April as a day of general tree planting each year.
Arbor Day led to the planting of over ten million trees and more than a hundred thousand acres of forest land in Nebraska. The initiative, praised for climate and agricultural benefits, influenced 17 states, Canada, and New Zealand to adopt similar tree planting days nationwide. The effort credited Governor Morton and reflected a rapid spread amid timber resource concerns.
The meeting featured several races with favorites winning by narrow margins. Meteovenr and other runners led to half length and half head finishes, times ranging from 1 min 40 sec to over six minutes for longer distances. Participants included Uneeseen Two Year Orp Haxnicar Shell Puace Haxprcar Relic Grillo Heretic Domino Evanston N Z Strathroy Lee Metford Majestic and Symmetry among others, with shells and safety placing in close contention.
Fragmentary report notes storms and blizzards in eastern North America with heavy floods in unnamed districts. It mentions 25 000 people affected in Ohio and Mississippi, plus references to New South Wales and other regions. The text is garbled and lacks verifiable specifics.
An old advertisement touts Dr Williams Pink Pills for many disorders including paralysis rheumatism nervous complaints and indigestion. It claims to enrich blood and cure a range of conditions with a call to write for a free sample from Dr Williams Medicine Company Adelaide.
A Hampshire mother named Mrs Wareham and her husband describe complete recovery from long standing illness after using Dr Williams Pink Pills. Mrs Wareham, who suffered seven years with anemia and blood loss, reports her symptoms resolved after two boxes. She notes no harm to her nursing baby. Her Rheumatic husband also found relief after the first dose.
Mr O H Rogers who led drainage works in the South West as Surveyor and Engineer has been moved to supervise Barossa Waterworks. He shifted to his new role in Isbour this week.
A dubious ad praises VITADATIO as a universal cure negating centuries of medical practice. It taunts eminent doctors in London Melbourne and Adelaide while promising relief from cancer hydatid disease consumption and indigestion. The message urges readers to trust testimonials from a resident of Adelsie and to ignore traditional medical limits.
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