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Act to amend Aftern afternoon amend the law amount April ascending node Bank Bank of England Bart BEECHAM'S PILLS Bill Bishop born Bottle British Captain cent Charles Chemists CHLORODYNE Colonel CORSETS Cure died due south Duke Duke of Cambridge DURATION OF MOONLIGHT duty Earl Edward England expenditure formerly M.P. Frederick FRUIT SALT George GOLD Henry House ILLUSTRATED LONDON increase India inferior conjunction Ireland James John June Jupiter Lady last day late Lieut.-Colonel Liverpool Liverpool Dock Lombard-street London Bridge Lord Major-General March Mars MARS rises medicine Mercury millions minutes after sunset minutes before sunrise Moon morning O'Clock parcels PATENT PILLS planet population Post Office post-free postage Prince Princess Queen Railway Rector Revenue Right rises Robert Saturn Scotland Secretary sets Sold stamps star SUND SUNDAY AFT Syrup Thomas TRINITY United Kingdom Venus Victoria Wales West William
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Page 56 - CAUTION.— Vice-chancellor Sir W. PAGE WOOD stated that Dr. J. COLLIS BROWNE was, undoubtedly, the Inventor of CHLORODYNE ; that the story of the Defendant, FREEMAN, was deliberately untrue, which, he regretted to say, had been sworn to. — See Times, I3th July, 1864. Sold in Bottles at is. lid., 2s. gd. and 43. 6d. each. None is genuine without the words "Dr. J. COLLIS BROWNE'S CHLORODYNE
Page 56 - CHLORODYNE, and which is admitted by the Profession to be the most wonderful and valuable remedy ever discovered.
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Page 62 - Clears the Blood from all impure matter, from whatever cause arising. As this mixture is pleasant to the taste, and warranted free from anything injurious to the most delicate constitution of either sex, the Proprietors solicit sufferers to give it a trial to test its value.
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Page 58 - YEARS they have been used most extensively as a Family Medicine, thousands having found them a simple and safe remedy, and one needful to be kept always at hand. These Pills are purely Vegetable, being entirely free from Mercury or any other Mineral, and those who may not hitherto have proved their efficacy will do well to give them a Trial. Recommended for Disorders of the Head, Chest, Bowels, Liver and Kidneys ; also in Rheumatism, Ulcers, Sores, and all Skin Diseases— these Pills being a direct...