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Newspaper
Wallaroo Times And Mining Journal
Location
Wallaroo, South Australia, Australia
Date
Jun 19, 1869
Page
6
A hunter recalls a long chase of an eland, following the herd for six to seven miles. He finally reached the animal at close range and fired three times, the eland staggering forward before falling dead, as described near Broadway.
A rural legend recalls a man and his wife near Rattlesnake Mountain who kept hundreds of rattlesnakes in a log house with a crude yard of loose boards. One night the snakes escape through the garret, sending the couple scrambling to safety as they calm the floor with tongs and rake coals to burn the startled serpents.
A man gathers mysterious river creatures then packs and sells them to showmen, returning home with money. The account notes his uneasy dealings and a raft journey downriver as part of his curious enterprise described in Atlantic Monthly.
An improved tin calcining apparatus by I Oxland and J Mocking has been tested at Wheal Basad. A 30 ft iron tube with fire brick lining revolves slowly inside a shell heated from a side furnace, drying ore then moving it by gravity to discharge hot and arsenic free into a chamber, reducing labor and fuel while speeding processing and yielding ore fit for dressing.
TAN. PILUS Lory period of thirty years. In every country amu cline (not even escepting China and Tartary) these Pills have established for themselves' & lasting renown, such as no medicine ever enjoyed before, ain nowhere, perhaps, have they been more appreciated than by Settlers, Diggers, and Emigrants in the Australian Colonies.
Reports from the Albury Police Court recount Wirtran Mexzies a shepherd charged with lunacy after claiming divine visions and a royal betrothal. Other notes describe bush insanity near Wagga and Tongue, plus a Pleasant Creek News item about a three hundred acre ironstone lease at Deep Leap with promises to sign preventive agreements for mining and market viability concerns.
This fragment describes medicines built on chemistry and therapeutic principles. It warns against confounding them with secret quack remedies and asserts they are scientifically formulated, widely prescribed by professionals worldwide, and capable of addressing numerous diseases with careful use.
A broad 19th century medical advertisement touts Holloway's Pills and ointment as universal remedies for weakness, indigestion, liver and stomach disorders, depression, and female debility. It lists numerous conditions and other preparations from Grimault and Cazenave, claiming restoration of energy, improved digestion, and prevention of numerous diseases with depots in Paris and London.
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