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Newspaper
Millicent Times
Location
Millicent, South Australia, Australia
Date
Sep 28, 1901
Page
4
Fragment from a dramatic scene shows a distressed mother and daughter negotiating a betrothal amid hardship. A lover named Lar and a noble suitor discuss duty, danger, and a proposed union as community and kin navigate social tension, parental consent, and looming separation.
A soldier describes severe influenza like illness with fever headache and weakness, credits Williams pink pills with restoring health after using two boxes, and promotes them for influenza typhoid pneumonia and a range of ailments. The letter touts pills as blood builders nerve tonic and safe with no poison, sold widely.
The act features a 19th century pistol illusion where a revolver fires blank rounds as cigars vanish and glass balls are shattered. A performer extinguishes numbered candles by blowing them out through a hole while spectators call out the order.
An account describes a stage feat where a revolver fires with a blindfolded shooter. The performer uses a mirror to view the stage while a hidden assistant manipulates a hammer to drop a vase, creating a dramatic display of precision and misdirection. The method relies on a reflected light path and coordinated timing to extinguish a lamp and impress the audience.
Fragmented ad copy touts cures for headache backache and nervousness. It credits Dr Moree’s Pills with relief of kidney and liver complaints and promotes a tonic-pill line linked to A Mekonee in Willunhoven Victoria.
Council discusses rent payments to Crown Lands Commissioner for commonage blocks with options to reduce rents. Tenders to be invited for metal work as drainage issues and fencing enforcement arise. Decisions include tabling a difference return on commonage revenue and proceeding with a special meeting to finalize easement and related documents.
A Pan American Exposition note touts a large yellow diamond owned by Stern Brothers and Co, weighing over 106 carats rough and cut to 64 facets, with mentions of the Koh-i-noor and a 1893 Paris find. The piece also warns readers about nicotine in tobacco products and hazards of smoking, followed by a Manhattan Beach cycling stunt tale ending with a scene at a late hour involving a lady of the bar.
Selwyn of Mulga-at-rows Macquarie, New South Wales, credits Bite Beans with curing Suduenen Weakness and influenza like symptoms that plagued his health for years. He reports rapid relief after starting the beans and urges others to try them for biliousness, dyspepsia, liver and kidney concerns, piles, and general weakness.
A Broken Hill resident corpses appear in the text as a single wounded individual saved by prompt medical action. Government consults and legal proceedings loom, while observers describe a tense public atmosphere surrounding the incident.
A garbled 19th century column contains a theatre actor-manager leaving hospital mid performance, cheery gossip about Millicent Ob and Honey T. Crook, dubious patent medicine claims about Pain Bala, and stray tips on bathing and reading. It also mentions a Norwegian married couple traveling by railway and odd health advice on wrist and eye care amid a noisy mix of mis-spellings and partial names.
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