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Newspaper
Geraldton Express
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Dec 23, 1908
Page
4
Christmas Day service notices list multiple holy communions and prayers with names such as VETIONIST CURCH and Rev J in a garbled text. It mentions 7 a.m. and 8 a.m. Holy Communion, morning and evening prayers, carols, and devotions led by Saunders and other clergy.
A sprawling 92 column Christmas publication from Corabbon highlights local and overseas talent. Includes the Christmas Stories in adult and juvenile divisions and the notable piece The Dead Fingers or an Epistle of the Murchisan Colatiality by Mourgeois. Also features historical reminiscences such as Destry west and a dialogue titled The Question Settled.
The notice lists several vessels and their planned departures across December and January. Paroa leaves Cerakton for Pre mantle and Fremantine for Get auton. Minilya departs Fremantle for Gur aliton and Muailya sails from Cerakiton to Nor Wrelands Singapore. Riverina Waves schedules movements to Sydney Melbourne Adelaide Albany and Fremantie transit to Gerablton with multiple port calls.
A list of Xmas contest entries and authors appears, featuring titles such as Esperance by Archue G Nash and Muggins Christmas by Mrs MM Gram, plus The Reincarnation of Jimmie by R W Patrick and A Miner's Right by I Gy Wilcox. Other works include A Mate's Sacrifice, Prom Geraldton to Cue into Early Nineties, Story by Geeinle Raynes, and pieces by Dorothy Whitfield and Doris Brownrigg with various local attributions.
On November dish at Geea'd ton the wife of Wanrax C. Jove of w too Beith and Adelaide pacts plate copy.
Mr E Pope J P warned W Martin for drunkenness with fine or prison option. Perth races track forecast with 2 pm start and wireless race results planned. Lodge officers elected and installed including Warwicker GW, Jno Mars, and Kenrick RR. News of local officials, illness of Resident Magistrate Wharton, and Geraldton studies to continue. Walton’s beverage advert WOLFA’S APPA noted.
The item expresses a desire to give readers warm holiday cheer despite recent depressions. It notes a brighter outlook with approaching warm weather and community resilience, mentioning local trade, sickness, and a hoped for festive spirit as Christmas approaches.
A garbled digest of urban events includes lectures on the White Australia doctrine, a Mechanics Institute program with a steam engine display, and a Goallan Pur Brigade demonstration. Community groups discuss women’s suffrage debates, with multiple opinions on Victorian rights and parliamentary roles.
A quirky missive salutes various figures including Dicky Tynes Stratwant and Cap'n San, weaving playful praise and mock reverence. The piece blends affectionate jabs with grandiose praise, noting Parliament, Novi Hamptons, and informal titles, in a toast-like tone.
A jumbled, error-filled recollection describes a wife suffering eczema and a husband’s claims of cures and remedies. The narrator cites Cuticura remedies and various detours through medical advice, with scattered mentions of doctors, products, and dubious home treatments. The text breaks into garbled names, places, and dates, reflecting an OCR dump rather than coherent reportage.
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