The prevalent use of slang by all classes of the community is as astonishing, as it is lamentable. Primarily, it implies on the part of the speaker a poverty of English proper ; secondly, a wanton preference for the vulgar and the inornate ; lastly, culpable indolence and want of care. You may do this with more or less impunity with language, but you cannot thus-trifle with a cold or cough. For these Woods' Great Peppermint Cure is a tried and sure remedy. Every household should possess it. Sold everywhere at Is 6d to 2s . 6d. 7
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 6593, 19 September 1899, Page 4
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95Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 Star (Christchurch), Issue 6593, 19 September 1899, Page 4
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