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Newspaper
Geraldton Express
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Dec 17, 1917
Page
1
A fragmentary list advises on grooming and dress care. It warns to brush hair twice daily, avoid cheap boots and gloves, store garments properly, mark laundry items before sending,鞋 etc. It stresses not letting shoes wear down before resoling and to lay bodices flat after use. The text mentions children as anchors in a household.
Market figures show heavy cattle at £12 to £13 with top quotes £14 12s 6d, medium weight steers £10 to £10 10s, cows £8 10s to £9, and light weights £8 to £11. Sheep payments ranged from 15s to 18s for merino wethers, ewes 15s to 18s, lambs up to 17s 6d, with good woollies 16s to 17s and prime runs strong. A special sale at Utakerta featuring 3 000 sheep and cattle drew fair attendance and satisfactory prices, with cattle selling strongly and sheep mostly cleared.
A reflective piece on feminine beauty noting health and good humor sustain attractiveness beyond youth. It argues that gaiety kindness and health outshine costly cosmetics and that a plain girl can retain appeal through inner qualities and care. The author contemplates time and enduring presence of vitality in appearance.
A simple underslip can be made in plain net tup silk or white sateen. For an open Y neck and elbow sleeves the garment suits various lace blouses and styles.
A fashion note explains a dainty low neck sleeveless or full-sleeve gown. With long sleeves it requires 24 yards of 56 inch wide material. The pattern uses net or embroidery edged with lace for decorative effect.
A compact Moroccan style reflective note discusses the fatigue of dealing with constantly virtuous people. It contrasts the ease of anger at nuisances with the hidden strain of overperforming duties. The piece laments how unneeded perfection breeds annoyance, memory overload, and social friction.
The piece warns that fashion weaves attractive traps like a spider’s web, drawing people into costly pursuits. It likens human vanity to a spider’s prey, noting the danger of fleeting trends and the chance to emerge wiser after a stumble.
An advertisement extols Wise's Post Office Directory 1917 as widely circulated in Australia and abroad, listing towns and suburbs in Western Australia and regions across Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Great Britain and America. It urges circularising, selling spaces to farmers, merchants, and households, and requests advertising rate information.
Extracted notice notes steamship lines under the folds to major provincial towns and industrial centres in the United Kingdom. Mentions forwarding a copy of the Allon with receipt order to London Directory Co Limited at Abchurch Lane London F C.
European Agency reports consignments of produce processed by William Wilson & Sons established 1614 at 44 Abenarch Lane London with cable address Anausire London.
Fragmentary 19th century style notice discusses Jerrah Geet woods and furniture making. It mentions W. Somers policy about timber aging and production timing, with references to tables chairs stands and standard finishes. The text is garbled but centers on material sourcing and manufacturing standards.
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