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Newspaper
Ouyen Mail
Location
Ouyen, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jun 20, 1917
Page
1
Careful notes describe a nighttime coughing episode linked to a recurring ailment affecting Childres and nearby Farnese. The fragment suggests a medical or household remedy and records a specific measure or score of 1-61, indicating a tally or outcome in the event.
Preparations for the new school additions are advancing with proceeds benefiting the British Red Cross. The school committee meets tomorrow night to finalize arrangements as districts mourn more fallen. Across towns the idea grows to plant memory avenues bearing tablets for the fallen, with prompt action urged. A new post office assistant eases workload while PM departs for Ballarat. Blowers from Prahran to chair local affairs. the Mallee will be tested by change.
An Australian War Loan Bond and War Savings Certificate appeal urges citizens to invest. It extols Commonwealth securities, notes strong credit and British naval protection, and calls for self denial at home to fund the war effort while urging broad purchase of War Savings Certificates. It contends victory is achievable and encourages lending money for war purposes.
A reader contribution from Acricola revisits the Bendigo camp and home memories. The poem laments parting, praises mates and officers, and recalls badges, concerts, and hopes of returning to Austral lands in peace and plenty.
A dubious patent medicine claim promises a cure for croup with a printed warning that mothers fear suffocation and urging readers to keep a “Hemedy” in hand. The item touts the remedy as universally successful and sold everywhere, reflecting 19th century sensational advertising.
In a prolonged session at the Ouyen Police Court on Wednesday four cases were heard. Claims included W.T. Manley and D. Wright with modest costs, a disputed stripper purchase at a spring sale, and Thomas Corrie’s wage dispute with Alicea M Queen. The stripper case saw conflicting testimony, the judge dismissed the claim with defendant costs. The Corrie case ended with an order for additional costs to the complainant.
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