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Newspaper
Geraldton Guardian
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Aug 08, 1918
Page
4
A garbled domestic guide offers cooking and cleaning tips including rabbit stews with onions and celery, pork and potato dishes, stovetop tea and milk simmering notes, and methods for softening vegetables, preparing starches, and wool or fabric care. The fragment mixes recipes with household maintenance pointers and improvised cautions.
A fragment from M McDonall Dodkin’s Recollections of am Irish Ludge discusses a young applicant, aged twenty five, deemed too young for a high office. The defense parries with examples of prodigious youths such as Alexander the Great and Napoleon, arguing against age-based judgments.
A damaged OCR fragment depicts a wartime letter about a wife bearing arms and domestic strain. It mentions a Tommy, a noisy protest, and a speaker who claims endurance amid peril. The text is garbled and names are unclear, but the tone suggests personal sacrifice and tension at home during conflict.
A brief survey of writers and artists affected by tuberculosis the white plague, noting how illness shaped works from Hood to Emerson and Bronte. It highlights Stevenson Browning Chopin and Watts as figures whose careers and legacies were intertwined with their declining health.
A small boy studies Beattlah history and the Battle of Bannockburn. He reads aloud a distorted passage about English strength, daring, and the Scottish spirit, while the teacher notices confusion and mocks the students with a crude remark about whisky.
A Lancet backed report describes H Kemp Prosser advocating blue ceilings and greenish yellow walls to boost recovery, especially for shell shock patients. He details a scheme with blue ceiling frieze, green walls, yellowish floors, mauve inner curtains, pale yellow outer drapes, yellow furniture, silver radiators, and pale yellow mantels to avoid obtrusive tones. The aim is to remove the impression of despair and create a cheerful, nature-inspired environment.
In Kilgoblin, a blaze erupted at Sullivan's shop drawing a large quiet crowd. A fire brigade misstep and a flood of water from a hose entertained bystanders ended with Sullivan returning from Limersick to declare no alcohol on the premises despite gallons of fuel.
A patient, 76 year old Thomas Winsluts of Borden reports dramatic hearing improvement after trying the Orlene product from Orlene Co. West Creydon. He notes his life feels more normal and others are surprised by his restored hearing.
Witnesses describe the Western Australia Wheat Marketing Commission debate on weevil damage to 1916-17 crops. Sub agents and farmers associations push sampling standards and local inspector roles to safeguard quality, with emphasis on Geraldton and Fremantle wheat handling.
The proceedings review pest management techniques for wheat storage and weevil prevention. Witnesses describe stacks, drying trays, and dewarrages as effective, with emphasis on keeping weevils out of grain and inspecting sub-agents. Authority figures note reduced wheat due to shortened storage and discuss inspector roles and operational cooperation with head office.
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