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Newspaper
Wallaroo Times And Mining Journal
Location
Wallaroo, South Australia, Australia
Date
Sep 22, 1869
Page
7
There is no clue yet on the lost Maitland Bank notes. The Agricultural Society Council pushes a grand Intercolonial Exhibition in Sydney on September 18. Power the bushranger robbed Sedwidge's store. the proprietor resisted and Power rode off without his horse after firing at Mrs Sedwidge's cart.
The Moonta Mines Working Men's Saturday evening meeting was held on the 18th with Captain Hancock as President. Burrows and Daria delivered temperance addresses, Rev. Me Simpson spoke on mutual improvement, and Thoms Orsmond performed a recitation "Drunkard's Wife." The Moonta Mines Glee Club and other performers provided music. Meetings will continue Saturdays to counteract beerhouse temptations, with praise for noble efforts and community involvement.
The notice warns Australasian readers not to buy Holloway's Pills and Ointment due to counterfeit English stamps and labels on fake imports from the United States. It urges vigilance, describes deceptive labeling and pricing in English currency, and requests reports to Gordon and Gotvh in Melbourne or London for action. The advisory is signed by Thomas Holloway from London, dated August 1, 1868.
These auterent medicines claim modern chemical discoveries and profess no secrecy while noting worldwide faculty proscription. They boast efficacy in curing many table diseases yet restrict use to a few complaints and reference French academy examinations and government authorization for approved hospital or medical use.
An eighteenth or nineteenth century advertisement touts Doctor Eras liquid phosphate and iron tonics for digestion debility and skin cures. It cites Chloris for stubborn digestion notices and claims universal benefits across delicate constitutions. It mentions Cazenave pills and Saint Louis Hospital Paris as authorities on skin diseases and digestive disorders.
An 19th century patent remedy claims to cure nervous headaches, neuralgia, diarrhea and dysentery with Grimauldt’s syrup from Brazil grown horseradish. It markets as a substitute for cod liver oil and asserts benefits for chest diseases, scrofula, lymphatic disorders, liver and stomach issues, skin diseases, and in children with gland obstructions.
A Victorian advertisement extols Grimaults syrup of hipopusphite of lime and elixir of pepsine for consumption asthma and pregnancy ailments. Claims include rapid relief of cough night sweats and health restoration with cautions on imitations. Notes capsules and Indian cigarettes with Cambia Indica as cures and lists general depots in Paris London Adelaide and Melbourne with distributors in Kadina Wallaroo Moonta Hartley and Kapri.
A pungent advertisement touts a Detergent Ointment claimed to cure wounds ulcers eruptions aches and pains by applying twice daily to neck chest and back. It also endorses Holloway's Pills for amplified effects and asserts instant permanent relief for glandular swellings bronchitis mumps quinsy sore throats and diphtheria in Australian colonies and elsewhere.
An old advertisement claims Holloway's Ointment treats bad legs ulcers and other skin problems. It asserts the ointment penetrates pores to reach the disease, offering local and constitutional effects and urging thorough rubbing for best results.
Advertorial claim cites Holloway's Ointment for numerous pains including lumbago and stiff joints. It advises rubbing the ointment after opening the pores with warm-water fomentations to purify the system and assist the remedy’s effects.
Advice lists many skin irritations as suitable for Holloway's Ointment. Claims include reducing inflammation, improving circulation, cooling heated blood, and checking harsh discharges for conditions like erysipelas scrofulous sores and other enlargements.
The advertisement touts Holloway's Ointment as a universal remedy for childhood skin conditions and rashes, with claims it can relieve whooping cough and croup when rubbed on the throat and chest twice daily. It also suggests adding Holloway's powders to boost efficacy.
An old patent medicine ad promotes ointment and pills for afflictions from gout to boils and wounds. It lists uses for boils, ulcers, nerve pains, corns, sore throats, and swollen joints. Sold at Professor Hoxoway’s establishment in Strand, London, and by general dealers worldwide at varied prices.
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