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Newspaper
Wallaroo Times And Mining Journal
Location
Wallaroo, South Australia, Australia
Date
May 29, 1869
Page
6
A sharp critique argues double voting, misrepresentation and perjury threaten suffrage and democrat supremacy. It attacks a leading party figure for tolerating repeat voting, while describing New York voters as illiterate and untrustworthy yet defending democracy against “aristocracy” and demagogic control.
R Mann faced charges of habitual drunkenness with two prior convictions in the last year. The prisoner claimed remorse and said he could abstain in the bush but not in town. He was ordered jailed for one month with hard labour.
The Daylesford Mercury reports a mock duel last Wednesday at Woods saw-mills between Charles Randall and John Broughton. Seconds arranged, weapons were a wide cup of sawdust and a harmless prank. No one was seriously hurt. the affair ended with laughter after the practical joke was revealed.
Louis L. Smith, Melbourne physician, asserts a treatment for despondency and chronic fatigue, claiming many patients suffer long undiagnosed illnesses. He invites letters and personal visits at his Physiolusical Museum lecture hours and offers medicines across the colonies.
Confidential notice from Florence and Co announcing a new medical establishment in Adelaide at 1 Sultene y Street offering confidential treatment for nervous debility and skin conditions. They promote letter consultations as sufficient in many cases with a ten shilling fee and postal delivery of health guidance from No. 1 Pultenay Street Adelaide.
Harris announces the successful school at Hyan Street Miss Foote in charge aims to win the confidence of Rurenla by diligent child instruction. Piano lessons available with terms on application. School hours between anti and 4 pm. Vacancies for a few pupils.
Advertisement touts Holloway's Pills as universal cures for debility head and heart diseases and female disorders. It lists ailments from indigestion to influenza and dropsy, asserts dramatic effects, and notes prices and availability through London and global outlets.
Advertises Grimaults syrup of iodized horseradish and lime hypophosphite syrup as cures and preventives for cholera and consumption. Claims success in Paris hospitals, with claims of skin, chest and digestive benefits. Also promotes Grimaults elixir of pepsine and capsules, Indian cigarettes for asthma, and De Cazenave pills.
The text advertises new medicines prepared by Grimauld & Co., chemists in Paris, claiming several discoveries based on chemistry and therapeutics. It argues these remedies are superior to secret formulas and suitable for worldwide medical use by the faculty, though the wording is difficult to parse.
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