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Newspaper
Talbot Leader
Location
Talbot, Victoria, Australia
Date
Feb 05, 1916
Page
2
Mrs A Ross of Big Water Talbot celebrates her 101st birthday as Foundation Day and local notices record the death of William Joseph Seera of Splitter's Creek, stock pasturing regulations, school changes, and upcoming meetings, with various local civic and wartime updates.
A recruiting meeting in Lexton at the A N A Hall featured Rev J R Currie and others appealing for recruits. Private L Rasdell returns home wounded from Gallipoli. A church picnic followed with many children and parents enjoying the day despite fewer young men present due to service.
Advert claims Clarke's World Famed Blood Mixture cleanses blood of impurities to cure scrofula scurvy eczema pimples and sores. Sold everywhere at a price, with warnings to avoid substitutes and imitations. Thousands of cures cited, testimonials promised, and medical authorities cited in support.
The Talbot rainfall for January reached 103 points with 95 in the last four days, versus 52 points for January last year. A comparative table for 1918 1913 shows varied figures. Lexton recorded 111 points in January, compared with 105 points in January 1915.
In Melbourne at the forthcoming Methodist Church of Australasia conference a memorial service will honor Methodist soldiers who died for God, King and Country. A list of names and next of kin is being compiled and requests local readers to send full names ranks and addresses to Stanley Humphrey Talbot Parsonage by February 12.
In a letter to the editor a Talbot resident questions the progress of the wartime recruiting effort. The paper notes officials will not release detailed war card replies and weighs public meetings versus employing a recruiting sergeant, with editorial uncertainty about local plans.
A dated advertisement extols Zam-Buk for fast painless wound healing and antiseptic cleansing. It features Mrs R Winefield of Darlington Sydney’s account of a child ankle injury and multiple other cures, claiming rapid recovery from cuts, burns, eczema, and hemorrhoids, with prices per pot listed.
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