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Newspaper
Talbot Leader
Location
Talbot, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jun 17, 1916
Page
1
A notice asks readers to send any particulars for publication and to address letters to the editor at Lea dat Talbot, urging prompt sending and to write on one side of the paper. It emphasizes reporting from outlying areas and offers to format items for publication.
An old nurse advertises Mra Winalow s Soothing Syrup for teething infants and relief of wind colic and distress. Dosing guides list tiny infants 6 to 10 drops, older babies up to half a teaspoon, with dosing every two to three hours as symptoms change. The ad also touts Blood Purifier claims and various cures, urging readers to buy the medicine everywhere.
On and after 8th May 1916 only specified mails will be dispatched and received at the local post office daily. Despatched to Daisy Hill Dunacam 855 1020 ro.
An OCR fragment outlines new portal postal rates including letters for Commonwealth and Papua with various unit prices. It also repeats an advertisement for Clarke's Blood Mixture claiming cures for scrofula scurvy and other diseases, urging beware of imitations. The text references rates for New Zealand and other dominions and lists postal charges for printed matter and newspapers.
An aged advertisement warns that persistent throat and bronchial irritation should not be ignored and promotes Browns Bronchial Troches. It cites dangers of untreated coughs and lung affections while urging buyers to look for Government Stamp on each box and noting preparations by John Brown and Sons in Boston, United States.
A long OCR fragment catalogs Australian wildlife in parks and gardens with many species named such as emus kangaroos black swans kingfishers thrushes and parrots. It includes notes on months and areas where hunting or fishing is allowed or restricted and lists minimum lengths and weights for fish including crayfish Murray Cod and Murray Brennan with seasonal dates and regional references.
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