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Newspaper
Geraldton Express
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jan 10, 1908
Page
4
Readers praise Frootoids for curing head pains indigestion and bilious attacks with testimonials from customers across Victoria New South Wales and New Zealand. They claim rapid relief and pleasant taste with 1s 6d price and requests to local chemists or direct purchase from proprietor W Hearne Geelong.
A reader argues the water scheme is essential to support national assets and urges pushing ahead while opposing large scale immigration. The letter criticizes reliance on foreign labor, warns against overcrowding, and urges government restraint to protect Australian prosperity and local workers.
The annual Northampton Convent bazaar in January drew a crowded hall, praised for its brisk success. Organiser J. Cuntingham led a team including Mrs May and Misses Metwinens and Wittlans, with many volunteers providing stalls and refreshments. A private musical program at Mechanics Hall featured The Holy City and Killarney, drawing a full audience. proceeds supported the Convent and Lazarus charity.
Fragmented ad style text advises begin again and treat the scalp with a Tel-cepherous remedy and Rita's Soap every ten days. Claims include faster hair growth and a shine effect, while warning buyers of bogus imitators and sales pitches. The piece reads like a dubious eighteenth century patent remedy column with numerous misspellings and unclear sources.
Disjointed text describes an estate sale involving Hinentings and Reserve operations. It references Public Works and Lands Department actions, draughtsman needs, and a forthcoming meeting set for February 11 with various officials including engineer Neughar and secretary guidance.
An OCR read shows a sea water baths listing with services and prices, noting attendance and bath house amenities. Proprietors Limpatrick and Nichulab advertise facilities while W. J. Fuller, J.P., Storekeeper, comments on a past illness and a remedy use.
Fragmentary OCR text shows references to a municipal or school matter. Names and places are unclear due to garbling, but hints at a petition or legal notice, an act or ordinance, and a named public body or officials. Reading is insufficient to identify a clear event, date, or outcome.
The passage urges concise writing for telegraphy and stenography. It counsels avoiding moralizing, diving straight into the subject, and striking preface, with an emphasis on capturing ideas in the shortest terms and striking nine tenths of adjectives. It uses a drowsy tone about readers dreaming.
Pale, fragmentary text covers rural and pastoral notes, mining news, public events, marriages and deaths, and public bodies reports. It preserves names and dates unclear, urging proper spelling and correct typography for future submissions.
The notice lists daily operations with mixed Friday and Saturday schedules, opening at 4.25 a.m. and 7.45 a.m. for certain runs, plus a weekly Friday and Thursday pattern. Heraldton to W raves daily at 4 m, Friday and Thursday services noted.
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