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Newspaper
Geraldton Express
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Nov 11, 1918
Page
4
Mrs B Comben of 85 South-street Boud Brenantle testifies that after long kidney pain her husband found relief only after using Deans Backache Kidney Pills. She notes consistent use and ongoing benefit and recommends the remedy as a preventive.
Lucky winners listed from Tattersall's Hobart Melbourne Cup bets with amounts to 25,000 and 21,000 pounds for first and third places across multiple cups. Included are names and addresses such as J. D. Button Coonamble N.B.W. and W Foster South Yarra Vic. Also promotional sample for Minhola Pecan tonic with Nicholas Aspro branding and a mail-in request to Geo T. Nicholas & Co. Melbourne with bids and stamps.
A curious Edison anecdote describes a boy selling papers on American trains who burned his ear and became deaf after a guard’s punishment. Edison later joked by showing a phonograph to a guest, who was startled by a voice predicting eleven and then twelve o clock to die, prompting a comical chase through the hall.
In Berlin, waiters in deer-gardens are careful with tips. A guest tests a waiter who withholds ten-plennig pieces, prompting a waiting clash. Professor Miller observes the scheme and exposes the trick, noting the waiter pockets most coins while still dishing out proper change.
The Geraldton Express publishes three times weekly at one penny, touting war news and local intelligence with strong democratic policy. It highlights district advancement through Crown Lands opening, closer selection battles, mineral health notes, and sustained advocacy shaping public interest and regional growth.
The Geraldton publication boasts growing patronage and rising sales while warning subscribers to pay promptly as paper costs push for shorter credit. It reminds readers it may prune accounts quarterly to curb losses and urges constructive country correspondence free of malice with real names kept confidential.
A practical bake guide explains using sour or sweet milk with soda and cream of tar tar, cream the butter, add sugar gradually, fold eggs and flour, and avoid overmixing. It advises using a wooden spoon, greasing with lard, lining pans with larded paper, and baking at proper heat. Cooling on an inverted stove.
Established in 1878 the Geraldton Express boasts enduring publication and broad paid forwigs interstate advertising. Fixed rates are affordable and trusted, while agents across Geraldton and regional towns distribute among numerous clients to sustain trade.
An advertorial style piece promotes Wean's Nerve Nuts as beneficial for growing girls, asserting the product strengthens the whole system, supports nerves, blood purification, and internal organs. It urges regular consumption, notes supply details, and directs readers to purchase at Sydney stores or pharmacies with claims of health benefits.
Chief Justice McMillan yesterday upheld the Warden's order in the disputed Northampton mineral field case. Frederick William Later sought a trust interest in prospecting area No 80, claiming Vernon Louis Morton held it for him. The court found no such trust and dismissed the appeal with costs after registrational actions affecting mineral lease No 150.
Presentation Convent Greenough announces the opening of a new boys boarding school in January. Conducted by the Presentation nuns the program offers practical and theoretical music instruction in piano and violin, in connection with Trinity and London. The Superioress, Presentation Convent, Greenough.
A short, peculiar fragment describes an elderly woman entering a Little Scotch church carrying a horn trumpet. The sideman eyes her with suspicion as if expecting a seating charge, and tension builds in a quiet, odd scene.
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