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Newspaper
Peak Hill Express
Location
Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jan 05, 1906
Page
6
Mr Eoxn Grorce M L A announces plans to spend about a fortnight from Narromine to Peak Hill in early January to gather railway matters. He promises brief reports to the Express and urges district residents to demonstrate unity. He wishes Peak Hill friends a prosperous New Year.
Dungo Dispatch and Glen Innes Examiner commend the Peak Hill Excess and Peak Hill Express Xmas numbers. Sydney firm McCarron Stewart & Co. calls the issue the best country edition of the year. Readers from Moulong and others laud the Christmas edition as outstanding.
A sQUATTER recalls a land reappraisal from five or six years earlier. The land officer sought a higher rate, but through a breakfast ruse and sharp talk the run’s rent was cut from 74d to a halfpenny per acre, sparking the claim that Treasury funds were robbed.
An advertisement touts Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets as cleansing the bowels of poison and irregularities with gentle, painless action. It lists Gibson Bros. Peak Hill and J. W. Luea Tomingley as sellers.
A special report details Mrs Adelaunte Hannah Staughton of Holroyd Read describing a dramatic recovery from persistent indigestion and nervous symptoms after using Clements Tonic. She credits the tonic with ending headaches, tremors, insomnia, and chest discomfort, and urges publicity to help others.
Adelaide Hannah Staughton declares she read a three folio annex, that the content is true and faithful, and grants permission to publish without payment. She signs before J.P. George J. Fitzlayson at Merrylands, New South Wales, on the stated date.
When children suffer minor injuries mothers turn to Dr Sheldon Magnetic Liniment for quick pain relief and quicker recovery. A bottle in the home is urged as essential to comfort and healing, with reassurance from countless mothers who rely on it daily.
A brief note records consignments sorted by value and forwarded accordingly. The action describes consignor handling and redistribution based on assessed worth, with emphasis on orderly returns to the appropriate recipients.
A fragmentary 19th century style letter from a pupil at a school to his mother complains of harsh conditions. He mentions illness fears, unkind peers, worn clothes, poor food, and a tame beetle as a pet. He asks for more money and hints at debts while expressing fatigue and resignation.
The author condemns medical swindles such as the electric belt drink cures and deafness drums. He warns readers to avoid doctors who promise quick fixes for weakness and nervous debility, noting they bilk money through fear and prolonged treatment. He urges wise readers to ignore grandiose diplomas and advertisements and seek truth.
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