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Newspaper
Geraldton Express
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jan 26, 1917
Page
1
An old businessman starts with a dollar eighty cent ad and turns it into a thriving store on the square. He grows stock and space, builds a plate glass corner, and uses full page ads to draw customers, earning the nickname Merchant Prince for his clever advertising strategy.
EGS announces he has given up the Railway Coffee Palace tenancy to focus on a new lease at Gemanbron Corrice Patsey. Mrs. J. A. Clarke has run the latter for years, and he plans to keep the kitchen under his sole control to retain patrons and attract new customers.
Damaged OCR contains disjointed phrases about healing by treatment labeled cutira trial free, various garbled names, addresses, and scattered references to medicine, beds, and online notes. No coherent event or clear entities emerge beyond scattered mentions of cures and people.
The readable fragments mention multiple personal names, places, and events in a dense, jumbled text. It references individuals such as Mike Poeliy and Hank, with scattered terms suggesting a historical narrative or ledger. The exact events, dates, and locations remain unclear due to the corrupted source.
An OCR fragment lists table items and prices for multiple lines and days. It references Perth Line Yiu Reel Pris 74.9 and several named places and farm entities with inconsistent spellings. The text includes weekday schedules, approximate times, and price figures such as 6.90 and 4.200, but is garbled and only partially readable.
Fragmentary notice lists multiple individuals and firms including TR de Lucey J Ryan Geo Laing JG Charke J Rowe F Sell Geo Roxam Blight Bros Miss Richey and Geraldton Co Ltd Press. Advises obtaining papers from specified town agencies.
Fragmented OCR text discusses calculating sunrise and sunset times for Geraldton, referencing latitude and longitude, meridians, and related terms. The readable portions show garbled phrasing but indicate a table related to solar calculations and geographic coordinates without full coherent details.
Funeral notices published across the district list services for multiple individuals, detailing locations and times. The notices reflect regional rites and include references to local churches and cemeteries.
The London Directory Co Limited advertises an annual directory listing English manufacturers and dealers across goods classes, export merchants and their markets, steamship line sailings by port, provincial trade notices, and advertising options. A copy is available with freight paid on postal order.
European Agency offers wholesale terms at lowest cash prices across a wide range of goods including books, stationery, footwear, hardware, medicines, china, leather, cycles, cars, drapery, jewellery, optics, and more. Includes a 9 percent trade discount and special quotations on demand. William Wilson & Sons, established 1811, 33 Abchurch Lane, London. Also describes rapid development in ambulatoria for rapid progress, with various models and stock.
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