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Newspaper
Peak Hill Express
Location
Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 16, 1905
Page
5
Sports notes report G. H. Horder securing victory in the five mile bicycle handicap at Cooma. Other items note closures of 34 hotels in South Melbourne under Local Option Law and various regional happenings from Molong and Forbes.
An agent reports that canned meat is scarce in Alaska while canned goods are common. In Sitka a mission event drew natives to a phonograph playing the Lord's Prayer, culminating in an elder calling it a “canned missionary.”
An advertisement extols Zam-Buk as an effective treatment for chilblains and various ailments. A testimonial from William Bacon of Goulburn NSW describes relief after winter frostbite symptoms and promotes Zam-Buk for piles eczema boils running sores rheumatism lumbago and as a household balm. Available from medicine vendors or Zam-Buk Co Sydney with a free sample offer.
An excerpt promotes Woods' Great Point and Shes for coughs and fatigue. It urges readers with weak voices from exertion to try Bonnington's Irish Moss, claiming marvelous effects.
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