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Newspaper
Geraldton Express
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jan 13, 1919
Page
4
The article explains the semi circular canals of the inner ear and their role in balance. It notes these structures guide orientation, even when sight is lost, and that nerve signals from liquid pressure help maintain equilibrium across positions. It mentions cases of steeplejacks losing balance due to impaired canals, affecting their ability to work far from the ground.
Read about baffling reunions including John Lomax recognizing his sister after thirty four years over a dinner tale involving deer stew and a farmer. Also track the elusive Schweringen case where a jam possession aided a claim and a Pullman ride leads to truth. A vanished brothers saga ends with mistaken murder fear and eventual recovery.
A New York millionaire known as Diamond Jim Brady and vice president of the Standard Steel Car Company has recovered from a long illness at St Johns Hospital Baltimore. He plans a gift of 45000 pounds to fund a ward for stomach and kidney patients. He hosted two lavish banquets and celebrated recovery with financiers and railway magnates. He praises doctors and hospital care.
Dalgety Co Ltd in Geraldton announces continued appraisements and new consignments with liberal advances. Emphasizes ample warehouse space accurate weighing prompt returns and careful attention to all wool handling details to protect growers interests.
An OCR fragmented page includes an advertisement for Dalgety and Company selling wool, claiming health boosts and product claims, alongside a Perth RSA branch meeting where Dir J O'Neil attacked governments and employers. The meeting debated Heresy Committee powers, officers’ attendance, and employment issues with heated exchanges and a recorded vote.
The Rev Father John Smyth born 1872 in Dalkey Ireland died at 10 o clock Tuesday night at St John of God Hospital Subiaco heart failure. He served Fremantle as rector of North Fremantle for six years and cleared the church of debt. He directed Sacred Heart Sodality Fremantle and was procurator for the community there. He traveled to the Old Country in 191? and was absent ten months recovering but never fully recovered from his heart condition. He was beloved for his genial personality and constant hard work among people.
A historical note highlights a 30 year record of efficacy for a Linseed Compound used to ease coughs and throat irritation, mentioning old remedies and brands like Le Coughs and Rreohltin in period advertising language.
The Geraldton Express portrays itself as a bold democratic paper serving the Victoria District. It credits decades of advocacy for crown lands access and closer elections, praising its role in promoting mineral wealth and local development, while noting sustained support from both allies and opponents.
The Geraldton Express boasts rising sales and expanding Subscribers List but warns that higher paper costs force stricter credit. It announces quarterly arrears pruning and will remove names from the rolls from those in arrears, with harsher collection measures.
The paper invites letters on public questions written in fair spirit and without malice. Real names must be provided and may be published only if desired. Editors safeguard anonymous writers and will not disclose their identities, with precautions to prevent leakage of names.
Advertisement promotes the Geraldton Express established in 1878 as a stable popular paper with large foreign and interstate advertising. It warns against retrenchment in advertising, states fixed reasonable rates, lists agents for delivery, and notes advance subscription pricing and availability through various branches.
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