22 Jun 1917
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Newspaper
Geraldton Express
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jun 22, 1917
Page
1
The Geraldton Express reports Railway Coffee Palace at Marina Terrace under new management by W. Osborn. The piece notes service and ventilation improvements promised, addressing patron concerns and promising a fair share of public patronage while warning of past lapses.
An old advertisement extols Wise's Post Office Directories covering Western Australia and other colonies, boasting wide circulation in Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Britain, and America. It urges businesses to purchase copies for counting houses and hotels and to circularise to farmers, storekeepers, and households to boost trade with cross-state advertising rates.
Fragmentary OCR text presents unclear references to a Perth voter matter with garbled names and phrases. The available readable items mention a business under personal permission and urged reliance on generic slogans. No coherent event, entities, dates, or outcomes are extractable.
A lawyer questions why three years passed before suing Jones for an insult described as rhinoceros. The client cites a confusing reason referencing a person or event labeled Raver RW and a回应 yesterday with unclear meaning.
Local report notes a trial of Caticura Ointment for eczema. Affected reader claims the red inward eczema healed after three months, with no return. The feature references South Wrights Street in Praeay Vic dated 1915.
London reports Admiralty dispatches about torpedo attacks in the Mediterranean and a possible sinking of an enemy submarine. Lord Robert Cecil announced a Sweden Baltic exit arrangement in the House of Commons. Constantine's fate and postwar refugee moves draw emphasis as Allied powers plan expulsions. Shipping warns on postwar vessel charters. labor and shipbuilding discuss output and armament repairs. In New York, the Root Commission note urges democracy against autocracy and U S aid.
Reports from Capetown Copenhagen and Amsterdam detail anti imperial tensions in South Africa and rising German influence in Europe. Naval losses, drought impacts on harvest, and socialist politics shape a volatile global scene as leaders warn against interference and seek strategic responses.
The Adelaide Advertiser notes for the first time a male undercount in Australia with 2 401 006 males and 2 474 000 females. It discusses marriage odds during war, reasons for many women remaining unmarried, and the impact of enlistments on the gender balance, citing 308 000 in the Expeditionary Forces and local unmarried men in South Australia.
Reading like a patent medicine testimonial, the notice claims Dr Morse's Indian Root Pills cured Mr F Crimina of liver and digestion woes, enabling strong eating and sleep after four bottles, while praising the product's cleansing, stomach and bowel effects. It veers into demographic statistics on marriageability in Australia, then cites education and employment trends for women in New South Wales.
An old advertisement touts Heans Essence as a remedy for children's coughs, with claims it eases colds, croup, sore throats and related ailments. It suggests using two shillings’ worth mixed with water and sweetening, positioning the product as cheaper and more effective than other syrups.
Mail schedule lists closing times for various lines and destinations including Northampton Howatharra Oakogee and Hardingie with specific post times. It notes received mail for Perth lines and other branches with days and times such as Monday Wednesday Saturday and Friday.
A fragmented OCR notice references June with calibrations or calculations about letters and the steady outline of Geraldios. The readable portion suggests a dated time frame and a stylized title style. Further details are unreadable.
Town residents experiencing difficulty obtaining the Ex presa papers can collect them at multiple offices. Named local officials and firms including KR de Lucey J Ryan G Clarke J Rowe B Snell Ges ona Blight Bros Mise Richey and this office are listed as pickup points for the papers.
Fragmentary OCR notes mention a lunar phase event titled Prabes or the Moon with a full moon on the seventh day and a Piret quarter reference. The text is incomplete but implies a calendar or astronomy remark without clear attribution to a source or location.
A directory listing export merchants with goods, shipping lines and sailings by port. Includes provincial trade notices for UK towns and industrial centres, with trade cards and advertisements from The London Directory Co. Abchurch Lane, London EC.
European agency advertises watches photographic and optical goods provisions and caravan stores with trade discounts and special quotations. It lists sample cases from ten pounds and features ambulators and collapsible gig carts for use in trains and trams. W. Wilson stock includes up to date models in wood and wicker with affordable prices.
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