Port Pirie Celebrates Armistice Day With World War Triumph
Port Pirie residents flooded Eben Street on November 14 after reports Germany signed the armistice. Mayor A B Forgan confirmed the news officially at noon, prompting massive crowds, banners, and street concerts as the town rejoiced for peace and honored returning servicemen and allied sacrifices.
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Port Pirie
Germany
A. B. Forgan
Chas. Morgan
Eben Street
Mr. Forgan
Marshal Foch
Ranity
Effen Street
A. DB. Forgan
L. Warren
M. LE. Goode
T. Y. Freeman
Geddes
E. J. Javitch
Harry Jackson
Celebrations in Port Pirie after the war news
A large procession led by Caplan Geo Dev with Lieutenants J B Spells and AR Filler celebrated in Port Pirie during Weater noon. Soldiers, allied groups, and the public joined music and bonfires as the crowd overflowed the main street. The Town Clerk oversaw events at the Town Hall where a German bay was burned amid patriotic speeches.
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Caplan Geo Dev
J.B. Spells
League of Loyal Women Fathers of Sailors’ and Soldiers’ Association
Vervesiackies
Garret
Tle Town Hall
Messrs. CO. Charlesworth
A Degenhardt
Port Pirie
T. A. Rolland
First Line of Defence Against Digestive Ailments
A historic health blurb explains bowel decay and its effects on body strength and appetite. It warns common offenses by children and promotes a tonic pill regime to restore daily bowel movement and restore health, urging prompt action at first distress.
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Germany
Great Britain
Jayne
Lannie
Mick
Nature
Bewaring of Pain and Special Pocerishain Advertiseent
Fragmented advert reads about pain relief and a medicine called Wealond Wonders Wool. It mentions a price of 2/6 and a sales channel through Southouge and Craig Ltd with distribution details and special offers. Readable names include retailer and general product references.
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Praia
Bouthooge & Craig, Ltd
Don’t Neglect Piles Say Mrs Thompson In Waterworkstown
A Port Pirie reader recounts severe itching and protruding piles cured quickly by Doan’s Ointment. She praises the product’s rapid relief, notes no recurrence, and urges others to seek early treatment. Available at chemists for 2/9 per pot or by mail from Foster-McClellan Co. Sydney.
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G. S. Thompson
Cor
Square
Chain Road
Waterworkstown
Port Pirie
Dean
Doan
Duan
Foster-McClellan Co
Pitt Street
Sydney
Hean's Tonic Nerve Nuts Ad Claims Health Boost
An old advertisement promotes Hean's Tonic Nerve Nuts as a tonic for physical fatigue and mental clarity. It promises to restore healthy nerve tissue and blood, relieve lassitude and pains, and offers pricing at per box or six boxes for 17/3 through usual chemists.
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Hean
How to Make a Safe Cough Mixture for Children
An advertisement promotes HEENZO as a non poisonous cough remedy. It urges parents to mix the herbal extract with warm water and sweeten to treat throat troubles. The text claims one bottle yields a pint of ready-to-use mixture and touts lower cost compared with other preparations. It lists G W Hean as the manufacturer at 178 Castlereagh Street, Sydney.
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Hean
Heenzo
G.W. Hean
Castlereagh Street
Sydney
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