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Newspaper
Geraldton Express
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Feb 05, 1919
Page
1
A fragmented directory item outlines manufacturers and dealers in colonial and foreign markets. It mentions export merchants, provincial trade notices, and a courtesy edition for subscribers. The text references steamship lines, provincial towns, and mapuladorera merchants within the United kingdom trading context.
Experienced teachers conduct a special speed class at Presentation College Craftton. Tuition may be free for those with ordinary ability, with a one week term starting any time. Classes run from 7 to 8 p.m. and cover one subject per term aimed at commercial purposes.
An old notice promotes lodging with family friendly care for visitors. It advertises board and residence at 255, single meals, beds, and weekly rates in single rooms. Proprintress B. Moxon appears as the proprietor or printer.
Sydney Fowg and Co grocers wine and spirit merchants appear in a duplicated OCR fragment. The item references a Sydney firm dealing in wines and spirits, indicating a local trade notice or advertisement portion with repetitive company name. No further readable context or dates are present.
A brief line notes a published Special Arrangement with the Proprietors of the Copyright. The fragment references Two Pants as part of the note, indicating a contractual or rights-related matter within a literary work.
A Paris memoir tale by William Le Quix, set in the Quartier Latin and the Ambigu scene. Narrator, a student painter, watches a dramatic couple through a neighboring window, meets Suzette Mouler, and begins a fragile friendship amid late nineteenth century bohemian life.
Times reports manager Mr Godfrey of the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company notes 4M ships equipped with Marconi apparatus now versus 1,500 before the war. Wireless telegraphy cut submarine carges. portable wireless devices on battlefields saved tens of thousands of lives. A wireless telephone apparatus is on aircraft, with Marconi having telephoned 350 miles and soon to cross the Atlantic. During the war Marconi developed a device to track enemy airships and aircraft by their wireless usage.
Messrs Charles Watson and I report prize allocations from Pattersall s Hobart Tas with No 1 Hobart Cup items and cash awards totaling £500 for first £1 801 for second and £1 000 for third alongside similar listings for No 2 Hobart Cup with entries from J Fartington Horsham Vic £6000 and other placements in Sydney and Vancouver prize series.
The Northampton report covers a successful cricket ball at King's Hall on Monday night with music by Willie Lucas and Mrs Jensen, and MC Nepler. It notes prizes won by Washing-up Set and Teams Set with a vote margin of one. The Gallipoli Strollers entertained Northampton soldiers with a variety show. Local business news mentions Mr Glance's ornate Hampton Road tailoring addition nearing completion and plans of a Jewess bride in matrimony. Weather is described as variable with heat waves and limited rainfall since last October.
The note lists moon phase timings and sunrise sunset data. It mentions New Moon on February 2, First Quarter on February 9, Full Moon on February 15, and Last Quarter on February 23. Also references Geraldton and a general timetable for lunar phases.
An OCR fragment from a period advertisement warns readers about nerve strain and drug use. It promotes medical supervision and cautions against self treatment. The text references tonics for nerves and a chemist selling a remedy for respiratory illnesses and coughs.
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