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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Dec 22, 1916
Page
4
Fragment fromBR Ad recounts Patrick Maggill chronicling London Irish soldiers in France. It highlights soldiers’ nerves, fatigue, and the craving for tobacco as a solace amid bombardment, with a vivid night of horror where men beg for a cigarette and light.
An Australian reader recounts severe itching and protruding piles and credits Doan's Ointment with rapid relief after failed remedies. The letter includes praise from a Port Pirie West resident and notes the product sells for 20d per pot through Foater Fellon Co. in Sydney with a warning to buy genuine Doan's.
Parents and friends attended Brightwood School visiting day to view the daecen at drill and recitations under new teacher Miss Carrack. Finished student work impressed observers and lunch gave a half holiday. pupils aided by parents sent a large parcel of saleable goods to the Exhibition Building Adelaide for the Wonderland Fete on Repatriation Day.
Port Pirie mourns Corporal Roy Flett killed in action on November 5. A cabinet maker by trade, he had strong lacrosse and cricket ties locally and in Adelaide. He enlisted in 1915, left Australia in January, and died at age 26 after a noted sports career and service beside Port Pirie friends. The town extends deep sympathy to his family as three other lacrosse players are also listed among war losses.
The article promotes Dr Morse's Indian Root Pills as a corrective for blood, stomach, liver, and kidney disorders. It claims the pills purify the blood, improve digestion, stimulate the liver and kidneys, and prevent common ailments when taken to keep the system in order. It cites use in thousands of homes across Australasia and urges early treatment to avert illness.
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