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Newspaper
Sydney Evening News
Location
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 25, 1910
Page
4
An advertisement promotes Antineurastthin as a brain and nerve invigorator endorsed by medical authorities. It claims mental power, nerve strength, vitality, and health, with wide lists of nervous and physical symptoms and a call to order samples and wholesale details in Brisbane and Australia.
A chaotic sea incident near Salisbury involved crewmen and passengers on a vessel as a man fell overboard during a voyage. Rescue efforts followed with two crew members pulled back aboard and one passenger reportedly attacked by a shark. Vincent was among those feared lost but later believed saved.
A lively column notes London tableau virants and Sydney charity balls with Dutch dancers and seasonal costumes. It praises atmosphere over novelty, recalls Bergman style stage gossip, chaperones, and American theatre trends, while hinting at marriage, divorce, and youth in entertainment with Miss Nellie Stewart and Miss Edmunds as focal figures.
The piece surveys William Beckford’s solitary life at Fonthill and his fame from Vathek, then shifts to Prince Rupert’s Restoration role and later naval actions. It mentions Beckford’s mansion and courtly reception, Jerome K Jerome’s The Passing of the Third Floor Back, and a brief anecdote about Mark Twain and an elephant prank, ending with the Bucentaur and its fate under French conquest.
A floating mowing system with knives built into a frame lowers from a boat stern to clear weeds from river bottoms. The device, similar to ordinary mowing machines, has seen success in France and Belgium and operates via the boat’s engine to raise and lower for different depths.
An advertisement touts a weight loss remedy for obesity claiming rapid weight loss and improved digestion. It promotes a mixture of Glycyrrhisa extract, glycerine, Marmola, and peppermint water with a two teaspoon dose after meals. It asserts health benefits and muscular restoration alongside a coughs and colds cure.
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