27 May 1905
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Newspaper
Millicent Times
Location
Millicent, South Australia, Australia
Date
May 27, 1905
Page
1
A fragmented 19th century advert mixes fur and hide prices for various crossbred wools and skins with an unrelated moral mockup about a child’s injuries. It touts Dr Sheldon’s Magnetic Liniment as a universal remedy, urging mothers to keep it in the house, and endorses Woolseen Peppermi for bronchial coughs via a local agent.
The Times promotes Pratt's Chart of Chords for Piano and Organ as a quick self taught method to play songs. It claims it enables sight playing and strong synthesis, backed by Charles K. Pratt and publisher deals offering the chart at a reduced price with a coronation music piece included.
A subdivided report notes a Swiss built calculating device that posts figures with a bell warning on wrong keys in division tasks. Secretary G T Allen says it halved pencil work from 45 to 20 seconds, with potential for more practice. The item costs about £89. Windsor’s Sevies dessert service, valued around £40,000, was bought by George IV and later passed to the Crown. The piece ends with a series of disjointed lines and poems.
A historical snippet notes Chamberlain's T7"ie Tablets claimed to correct stomach disorders. The passage also describes a Nevada witch-tree of giant size and unusual luminescence, with unrelated lines about chest ailments and a product called Woolf' Great Beppermins Urae priced at 13.60.
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