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Newspaper
Geraldton Express
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jun 15, 1908
Page
4
An advertisement extols Frootoids for headache indigestion constipation and visions. It claims rapid relief and superior cleansing action versus ordinary aperients, noting tested success and urging use at bedtime with 72 doses per bottle to curb dependence on standard laxatives.
For sale by leading chemists and storekeepers at retail price 1/6. If not available locally ask your chemist to obtain or send direct to W. G. Hearne proprietor chemist Geelong Victoria. Notice The material in Froot Olds is of very best quality and not consist of only active principle of five different medical fruits and roots combined in a particular way for better results than ordinary approaches.
A Camberwell school survey of boys at London County Council School in Leeds Street asks what they think of girls. Responses portray girls as both gentle and bold, with comments on hair, manners, marriage, and appearance. Some praise girls while others mock or stereotype them.
A jumbled historical piece blends questions about why the long legged birds save short tails, discuss the purpose of doublets and uniforms, and roam through geography and empire. It references cardinals, Catholics, and ancient places, with scattered facts about Malta, the central Mediterranean, and various islands, interspersed with curious anecdotes and names.
Reports from Wood Brook and surrounding stations show varied rainfall and cattle activity across the district. Notable movements include sales of fat Devon cattle, interest in pure bred stock, and remarks from Sir Shipson on pastoral transport and the region’s stock potential amid recent weather impacts.
Fragmentary OCR advertises Chamberlain's Tablets claiming quick relief for digestion and stomach invigoration. It mentions bowel benefits and sale through stores, with garbled brand names and misspelled terms. This item reads as a 19th or early 20th century patent medicine pitch.
Advertisement extols Warner's Lite Cure as a remedy for kidney disease. It claims relief from symptoms such as back pain, dizziness, eyelid tremor, headaches, vomiting, skin hardness, urine irregularity, and color changes. The notice promotes free samples and lists Warner's Safe Cure bottles priced 2 shillings 9 pence, with Australasian distribution by Walbot Co. Ltd.
A fragmented text discusses a remedy labeled Router's Little Pile as containing a mix of vegetables said to meet a specific request. The passage is garbled and ends mid thought with a stray line about agreeing to a tie.
A fragment notes churchmen are urged not to offer more than a hundredweight of fried fish at a time from the Co-op. Stores as fish is in Lent. It lists Cod strips at 8d per pound in patent medicines priced at patent prices, claiming exclusive pricing. It emphasizes no others can touch their prices.
The text notes thrifty living by minimal meals and simple staples like milk and cheese, claiming Hittite households practice frugal diets. It claims France is empirelike and that prevailing fashion in dress endures across generations, with domestic cookery seen as plain and lacking novelty, urging frugality to avoid misery.
A Portland orchard once overgrown and diseased is revived by J. Smith with publicity. A four year restoration includes thinning, pruning, and spray treatments using lamp oil and sulfur to combat aphids and woolly aphids. New growth responds, fruit yields rise, and the garden shows significant improvements under systematic pruning and care.
A fragment notes life insurance as a metaphor for keeping Bonnington's Irish Moss on hand for immediate use. It promotes Bonnington's as a standard cough and cold cure, pleasant and reliable, and suggests Woods' Great Peppermint Cure for bronchial coughs.
A report on the NorWest tracks meeting of the Port Scotland Progress Committee highlights proposed wharf, lighterage, and transshipment charges at Fremantle and other ports. Government plans to impose higher rates, with detailed examples from the Tanjong Pagar Duck Ltd showing per ton and haulage costs and variations between sheds and ships.
A letter to the editor questions Mr Moxon and the Sipping Combine over high charges between Fremantle and Nor West ports. It accuses the Adelatte Steamsip Company of profiteering, waterless rebates, and heavy dividends, while Fremantle traders seek relief. The writer requests explanations of subsidies, penalties, and private arrangements affecting Fremantle trade.
In Fremantle a debate raged over the Melbourne chipping combine and its influence on government decisions. The fight centers on port trade diversions to Singapore and a potential subsidy to a line of traders, viewed by some as “greasing the fat pig.” Mr Moxon was urged to explain why his company resists diverting a £600,000 annual volume of trade from Fremantle to Singapore, amid calls to aid idle West Australian smelters and ore shipments from the North West.
Satirical verse lampoons a miserly figure who avoids advertising and bank accounts. It critiques wealth and status with mock grave lines and a mock epitaph praising restraint against self-promotion and commercial schemes.
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