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Newspaper
Geraldton Express
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
May 09, 1917
Page
1
W Zimpel advertises oak walnut and jarrah bedroom suites in special designs with matching bedsteads. Dining and drawing room suites offered in various woods and leathers, plus hall and kitchen furniture. Country clients invited to provide designs. largest factory in the state can manufacture class lines or clients own designs at manufacturer’s profit.
The Wises Roan Post Office Directory is published and sold across Western Australia with extensive sales in Victoria New South Wales Queensland South Australia Tasmania and New Zealand and in Great Britain and America It lists every town township and street directory for Perth and suburbs Diamantia Walgoorlia Boulder City Coolgardie Northam and more It promotes circularising all businesses to farmers squatter grazier dairyman poultry keeper manufacturers storekeepers shopkeepers and households and advertises rates and offices in Perth Sydney and Melbourne.
WAIRDRESSER and TOBACCOMIST EGS declares completion of extensive assertions about his Perth and Fremantle salon. The notice claims the establishment is second to none and runs under personal supervision. Patrons rely on cleanlines and attention as the business is conducted in Geraldton area.
The piece discusses how eyes convey personality, noting blue and brown hues, eyelid shapes, and gaze steadiness as clues to temperament. It adds a brief, odd canto on gaze affecting perception and mentions a Geraldton Express listing with local agents, ending with an unrelated advert for Wolfe’s Schnapps.
Fragmented OCR letters describe a soldier's journey from a railway depot to London England, detailing travel by train and shipboard life, conversations with family, and reflections on longing for home. He mentions living conditions, equipment, and the emotional toll of distant front experiences, with hopes for peace and recollection of comrades.
A scrambled report from Paris and Washington details German front actions, Allied positions, and censorship measures. Mentioned are Russian advances, artillery salvos, and a note on the German front’s partial closures as war efforts intensify and authorities plan May day responses.
A narrator recalls an eight day stretch marked by heat and rough field duties. The text hints at camp life, digging, and idle moments including smoking cigarettes and sleep. Strong entities are implied but specifics are sparse. The piece reads as a diary fragment from a distant vantage point with unfinished continuation indicated.
A collection of droll exchanges and social quips set in a bustling town. Snippets include a judge’s sharp reply to a persistent suitor, witty remarks about dress and money, a baby mishap, smoking habits, a tramway incident, and quick banter from busier social scenes.
A damaged OCR item claims a New Remedy can cure deafness and related noises, accusing a Mrs Bowe of Portland or nearby and listing an address 10 Mit Tr Yiewwatling St Dartford. The piece describes supposed cures for preteen victims and urges readers to write for more details.
Postal service notice lists Geraldton Poet Office closing times for specified destinations with revised schedule effective January 1917.
Calculated solar times for Geraldton and nearby locations include sunrise and sunset patterns across multiple towns and rail and mail stations. The data lists dates and times for Meekatharra, Wongan Hills, Sandstone, Northampton, and East Chapman among others, with mixed weekday and weekend schedules and several irregular train arrivals and mail runs.
London Directory announces trade notices for manufacturers merchants and industrial centres in the United Kingdom. It references steamship lines arranged under certain ports and notes postal orders and card issues, with the London Directory Co Ltd based at 12 Great Smith Street and related addresses.
The text lists moon phases for May including full moon on May 7, last quarter around May 2, new moon on May 7, first quarter on May 2, and minor typos suggest a study of lunar phases across the month.
Town residents unable to obtain the Express from salesmen may pick up papers at listed town agencies. Names include W. R. de Lucey, J. Ryan, Geo Laing, G. Clarke, J. Rowe, E. Snell, Josam & Coy Blight Bros., Mist Richey, and GARALDTON EXPRESS CO LTD offers.
European Agency notes cash prices for continental goods including books stationery jewellery clocks and watches. Hillixm Wilson & Sons advertised large and collapsible furniture models with springs upholstered cushions and child friendly designs.
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