08 Nov 1918
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Newspaper
Geraldton Express
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Nov 08, 1918
Page
1
A Bay City writer details tricks used to swindle clergy, including a mourning woman demanding alms and a tale of a supposed memorial fund. The piece catalogs common ruses, notes clergy overburdened by fraud, and urges vigilance to protect parish resources.
An old advertisement touts a tonic claiming to nourish the nervous system and relieve headaches neuralgia backache loss of appetite anemia insomnia rheumatism and other nervous ailments. It warns against dangerous remedies and promotes a digestive liver and kidney stabilizer. The ad suggests a home cough cold and throat mix with Hoonzo added to sweet water, costing a shilling to one pound.
The Presentation Convent Greenough announces the opening of a boarding school in January 1918 offering Christian doctrine, a course in government, shorthand, typewriting, business letters, civil service, piano and violin, with attentive teachers and a focus on practical instruction for pupils. The Superioress notes Linseed Compound for coughs and colds as an accompanying remedy.
A Frenchman traveling from Marrakesh to Morocco is captured by brigands who find a bottle of creme de menthe. The “medicine” cures colic, leading to a surge of demand from tribal women, then the bottle runs dry and the captive is released. Separate Paris thefts involve a moving bicycle gang and a motorcar theft. Other items report Burglar alarm parrots, royal family jewel loans, a Portuguese regiment mutiny in Halle, and archaeological finds at Domitian Palace and a forest fire in Portugal.
A notice announces a special speed class for commercial purposes. It offers terms: two guineas for one subject, three for two, and four for three subjects. Classes run 11 weeks starting at 7 to 8 pm, taught by experienced instructors.
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