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Newspaper
Millicent Times
Location
Millicent, South Australia, Australia
Date
May 25, 1901
Page
4
Fragmentary narrative reveals Amy’s disappearance and later discovery living with the Gar family. Oscar Meredith learns Amy has been staying with Wollerton and enters a women’s seminary for education. The tale centers on forgiveness, family estrangement, and reconciliation potential between Amy and her betrothed, Hergen Singleton.
Amy Jones confronts her past at Mra Wollerton’s after a journey through hardship and poverty. She reunites with Dave Deane, who vows support while she contemplates independence from her mother’s relatives. Mrs Wollerton arranges Amy’s entry to Madame B’s seminary, with funds and wardrobe care provided, amid Amy’s gratitude and lingering worry.
In a lavish ceremony at The Castle, Edith Singleton married Hermes, grandson of Hermon Lagranando, amid lavish displays and well-wishers. The father spared no expense. Edith’s flirtations and bold crowd scenes drew laughter and whispers as the bride’s future unfolded. After the ceremony a rift emerged as a jealous moment and a party guest departed, leaving questions about fidelity and devotion as the newlyweds began their life together.
A torn wedding scene unfolds as Edith learns her father Owen Meredith lies near death from apoplexy after receiving a telegram summoning the family. Edith, Celeste, and others hasten to the Windsor Hotel and his chamber, where a once cheerful household confronts tragedy and the bride faces a mournful future.
Chapter XX shows Mr. Meredith recognizing visitors and urging Oscar to act. He asks about Alice's child and hints at a past cruelty and a walnut secret. The scene hints at justice and a pivotal act to follow.
The fragment cites Mrs Elett Custer of Liltop Road Hilton describing illness after birth. She notes weight loss and chest pain from constipation and claims doctors cured her with care and a tonic, leading to better sleep and health.
War correspondent Me Donald McDonald visits a Ceylon camp holding about 30 Boer prisoners. He describes crowded, rough barrack rooms, shared cooking, and mixed rations. Prisoners gripe about monotony, homesickness, and officers’ comforts, yet show resigned endurance in the harsh camp life.
In a stark wartime camp described by a narrator, elderly men with gray beards read and mourn the loss of normal life. Younger prisoners build a recreation hall for bodily exercise and a revival of religious fervor grows into a mania, prompting doctors to remove the obsessed from the group. The camp’s old guard resists secular distractions as the Cornwalls’ band returns at night, but the younger inmates drift toward frivolity, breaking the renewed devotions.
A seventeenth century Australian testimonial extols Bile Beans as a cure for indigestion and biliousness. Mr. A. Corraill of Mowpt Torrena reports relief after months of misery, with repeated use preserving health. claims the remedy strengthens liver and blood. Boxes sold at chemists for 1s 4d.
An Agricultural Bureau talk by Mr Campbell advocates using charcoal for pigs to aid digestion and improve growth. He notes pigs ingest charcoal from burnt logs and ash, and claims it can relieve stomach issues, improve appetite, and support healthier, faster fattening under proper digestive function.
A writer notes pigs eagerly consume charcoal stored in a corn sacre for about twenty four hours. Regular feeding appears beneficial, with pigs showing a preference for charcoal burned from red gum limber over other fuels. Some observers ridicule the practice as cheaper than wheat, yet it can supply nourishment.
A long excerpt warns about methylated spirit containing 48 percent alcohol, 62 proof, with naptha and petroleum oil added to deter drinking. It notes drinkers separate the oil with water and obtain high alcohol intake for little cost. The piece criticizes the habit, describes effects of quick intoxication, and mentions dubious patent medicines and misleading claims, including Morse's Indian Root Pills, with fashionably confident misstatements and a Sydney depot reference.
Mr B H Black of Sullivan County New York reports his five year old child with repeated croup attacks improved after using Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. He notes the medicine is safe for adults as well and claims rapid relief when given in small repeated doses during croppy symptoms. Walter Campbell, Agent.
Fragmented reader text hints at a tonic promising restoration of health. The faded notes mention Clements Tonic and a claimed recovery, with confused lines referencing medical relief and personal testimonials.
A garbled snippet mentions Eddyvtown Lighthouse as the smallest inhabited island, noting a thirty foot diameter at low water. It references old testaments, German principalities, and hollow steel spheres in a Sweden connection, with unclear phrases about coins and unique services.
A letter requests donations to the Nicolaon Institute in London to fund artificial ker dams to help deaf people. The author offers up to £3,000 and urges contributions from those unable to afford treatment. Provides address for the institute in Long Eaton, Gun nepiberg, London W.
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