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Newspaper
Talbot Leader
Location
Talbot, Victoria, Australia
Date
Oct 21, 1916
Page
4
Recruitment ad seeks fit men aged 18 to 45 for the Australian Expeditionary Forces. Details include enlistment terms at town halls or depots, travel by rail to metropolis for medicals, pay tables before embarkation and on active service, separation allowances for married men, and pensions for widows and dependents.
The article warns that overcrowded studs endanger foals and harm future temperaments. It advocates weeding out excess foals to keep only well nourished, mature animals, arguing cheaper, fewer but better foals yield better returns and reduce risks to the herd. It also includes unrelated notices on music instruction, proverbs, and a blood medicine advertisement.
The article describes greasy heels in horses with symptoms from foot rot to ulceration and deformation, noting damp stables as a key predisposing factor. It advises cleanliness and antiseptic foot care, including coal tar solution, to prevent and treat the condition, and discusses possible noncontagious spread due to shared stable conditions. It also shares village legends about a 27 year old wheat stack in Alsby, Lincolnshire, and comments on moral instruction and practical farming analogies.
A wartime urging to send Dr Morse's Indian Root Pills to brothers at the front. The ad touts health benefits and convenience for soldiers, claiming Army use and international letters praise the pills for weather and daily needs, emphasized as a practical gift.
A district honor list records names of men enlisted since the war from Talbot Riding and the Shire of Lexton. It includes births, wartime service, prisoner and medical discharge notes, and indicates many names from Talbot and surrounding areas with occasional entries of those transferred from other districts.
The essay counsels lovers to avoid excessive frankness before engagement, urging mature restraint and the distinction between confidence and confidences. It warns that sharing every secret may harm harmony and happiness, and cites an Indian proverb about not volunteering agreeable falsehoods nor disagreeable truths.
A lawyer questions a civil engineer witness about his trade and tools. The witness retorts that his principal implements are not the pick and shovel, asserting that brains matter more. The dialogue reveals tension over professional identity and expertise.
An advertisement by Canadian drug sellers promotes a tonic from Wright’s gland folk, claiming success in chronic ailments. It guarantees a full refund if the remedy fails and promises free bottles upon request, including a six bottle trial and a right to indemnity. Local shopkeepers and the proprietors assert a 0 percent failure claim and encourage readers to mail orders with payment.
A muddled blend of anecdotes includes a golfer boasting of playing with worse players, a doctor warning a patient about overindulgence and near death, a noble thief case with a kitchen mystery, a servant’s mistaken police absence, and a quip about the origin of the phrase not in it.
An advertisement touts a medicine for bronchitis cough croup asthma hoarseness and chest pain claiming rapid relief and prevention of chronic cough or consumption. It asserts the remedy strengthens the voice soothes throat irritation and cures upon early use, sold by chemists and medicine vendors.
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