17 Dec 1914
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Newspaper
Pingelly Leader
Location
Pingelly, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Dec 17, 1914
Page
1
Nurse Evalyn Nelson of Rozelle NSW writes that Dr Morse's Indian Root Pills greatly helped her chronic indigestion and morning sickness symptoms. She notes lasting relief after a course, praises the medicine for opening bile ducts and restoring digestion, and urges others to use it when needed.
Reports detail a ten round boxing match in New York between Battling Jim Johnson and an unnamed rival amid broader upheavals. Fires devastate Edison Company works at West Orange, New Jersey, with damage estimated at £1,000,000. A coal mine shaft accident in New York kills 18. one miner survives. Adelaide sees W Yrunger commit suicide in a stall with a pistol and shell fragments found. Prices for jam rise in Melbourne amid requests by jam makers. A Narrabri picline shows a man, James Huddleston, shoot himself, with two jesters tied to the revolver. A double drowning near Bluff, Victoria, claims May Day and Edith Devereux, as police cover the deaths.
A German, Frans Hose, in Adelaide on Friday morning killed himself, overwhelmed by news of Britain’s defeat. The report notes morale issues among German troops and references a vodka prohibition edict issued by the Tsar. Several local injuries and accidents are also described, including a worker severing a finger and a man injured harvesting. A US warning to Mexican leaders is mentioned amid broader conflict coverage. An anecdote recounts a butter factory incident where a man’s tongue froze to a refrigerant pipe, delaying the factory’s operations.
An old advertisement extols Dean's Backache Kidney Pills as a universal kidney remedy. It boasts dramatic testimonials of complete cures, urging readers to buy through Foster-MreClellan Co. and lists prices and postal ordering details.
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