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Newspaper
Geraldton Express
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jan 06, 1915
Page
4
A chaotic dialogue update in a late edition features young readers debating smoking at home and in public, a weary traveler being questioned by a journalist, and a parade of characters exchanging quips about manners, work, and daily life. The piece blends social satire with dialogues on customs and curiosity.
A muddled recipe fragment lists cheese balls made with breadcrumbs and egg whites, followed by omelet ideas and a Paris bun with castor sugar and spices. It then shifts to browning gravies, fried fish with white sauce and cheese topped rice, an apple tart with custard, and three ways of making coffee, all written in a garbled 19th or early 20th century kitchen notes style.
The text discusses early methods for poultry management including coop design with top rails to prevent theft, yard size for better egg production, and feeding with scratched manure and garden crops. It also covers breeding choices such as Leghorns, care routines for hens and cockerels, egg handling, and a brief market note with prices for poultry and produce.
A garbled OCR fragment combines bizarre claims about creatures with scattered names and numbers. It mentions Kurogs, Smplon, and Colonel Hensianis Molmer, plus various measurements, places like New York and Wallen, and assorted European names and prices, all unclear and largely unreadable.
Annual London Directory links English manufacturers and dealers across goods classes. Includes export merchants and their markets, steamship lines with ports and sailings, provincial trade notices, and advertising rates. Copies sent freight paid on £1 postal order. agencies can place ads from £1 to £3.
A Perth advertiser cites H V Eaton of the Miners’ Arms Hotel Northampton formerly of the Ship Inn Geraldton praising Doan’s Backache Kidney Pills for curing backache headaches and kidney weakness. The testimonial notes long use, six years of continued benefit, and the product’s availability through Foster McClelan o 313 Murray Street Perth with price 2/6 per bottle and the warning to ensure you get Doan’s.
A revised 1914 notice lists mail cutoffs at Geraldton and numerous regional stations. It details weekly departures on varying days and times from Kojerian to Moonyoonovka, Meekatharra, Northampton, and beyond, including private bags and multiple station stops.
The presentation notes Geraldton College perched on an eminence overlooking the Hay and New South Wales coast, featuring Tudor Tower Gothic turrets and mediaeval style roof gardens. It lists 130 certificates from Adelaide University Royal Academy Trinity College London College of Music and Phonetic Institute Bath 12 distinctions and numerous honors in arithmetic French geography music shorthand typewriting and commercial subjects. It mentions special accommodation for art students private lessons and combined typing shorthand instruction priced per term with further details available from The Reverend Wotter.
European Agency William Wilson and Sons offers wholesale indenta across British and Continental goods. Stocks include books and stationery, footwear, chemicals, glassware, cycles, cars, drapery, millinery, hardware, jewellery, and provisions. Commissions 2-5 percent. Trade discounts available and sample cases from £10 upwards. Consignments of produce sold on account.
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