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Newspaper
The Areas Express
Location
Booyoolee, Victoria, Australia
Date
Nov 14, 1919
Page
4
District officials wrestled over enforcement and tax funds as a Prohibition debate heated a city meeting. Speakers cited Seattle and Denver experiences while urging restraint and scrutiny of grants to temperance campaigns amid calls for broader reform.
A heated discussion on prohibition features medical warnings about constipation and blood toxins, with Dr Moree's Indian Root Pills urged as a gentle remedy. The dialogue touches alcohol, public virtue, and societal costs, noting varied opinions from speakers about moral and health impacts.
Forty years ago on October 29 1879 a cricket match between Enjoyee of the contractors and a loanl team was played. Gladstone players Prous Kearney Trambath H Catt Leak William Sampson Batterfeld Watson Coleman and Hubbard featured in the 72 run innings with 12 runs in the first. On November 1 1879 officials Hon S G Hawker and H G Mals visited Gladstone to inspect works. Tender for Jamestown to Yongala railway construction was accepted on November 8 1878. Redhill races in early November included maiden and hurdle events plus a Hog race and a handicapped race won by Baccencer.
An advertisement touts a health tonic claimed to cure headaches backache and neuralgia by purifying blood and nourishing the nervous system. It asserts a formula created by an eminent chemist and promotes nerve nuts produced by a Melbourne chemist with 25 years’ experience. It urges readers to buy a 12 day supply and ghosts a home mix using Vicenzo for sore throats and general ailments.
Lieut Neale MC of the 27th Battalion arrived back in Port Pirie with Mrs Neale after leaving Australia in 1916. He was welcomed by the Mayor and locals at the jetty and transport to the city. An accident at Bymmock Hill involved a number of people and was investigated by the Broken Hill Proprietary Company authorities. Salvation Army events and Port Pirie pioneers meeting referenced with community notes on leadership and charity work.
A quirky ad praises Doan's Backache Kidney Pills priced at 3/8 per bottle with six bottles for 16/3, urging readers to ensure genuine Doan's from Foster-McClellan Co. It collages with scattered dialogue and fragments about society, manners, and travel, reflecting a chaotic page with ads, gossip, and social anecdotes.
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