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Newspaper
Geraldton Guardian
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Dec 14, 1918
Page
2
A sprawling OCR listing advertises Christmas presents and New Year cards across categories including toys, dolls, books, games, watches, musical instruments, crockery, glassware, cameras, cycling gear, and sporting goods. It notes immense variety, with prices shown and mail order service for distant customers.
The text lists church activities across multiple venues including meetings at 3.4 Hall Eleanor Street with Sunday School songs, a prayer meeting Wednesday, and a Home League farewell Thursday. It notes Band Recitals, Trench Comfort Fund lectures, and Christmas charity events, plus memorials and obituary references, with dates and speakers in Northampton and surrounding areas.
A 1918 notice describes a Seventh Day Adventist service at Dewidge Hall Sanford Street with speaker Mr E Behrens. It notes a fatal explosion accident at Bluff Point injuring a boy, and reports on Mr John Bradiey’s funeral and local tennis and social club events including rental disputes and prize gifts.
A midwestern note describes a shorthand expert operating a typewriter to transcribe his own notes. The piece links the president’s messages to mechanized work, mentions historical figures and events, and reflects on Britain’s role amid imperial ties and wartime pressures.
A fragmentary note from Perth records names of travelers and casualties linked to the Gallipoli and war fronts. It mentions Acton, Lith Battation, M Trad, O Flatt, and others, with references to Ashton and a Pasnger group early in the war period. It notes the death of Major Kelly, brother of Beatop Kel, and lists local police and civic figures connected to a contemporary investigation. It also covers a visit by Mr Came’s parents and mentions a departure for Perth around Christmas.
Mewars Dalgety and Co Ltd held a sheep sale at Mahews on Tuesday. Undermentioned lots sold on account of Kobe River Pastoral Co Ondlow 188 ewes at 94, 228 ewes at as. Woolcapt-Walace er Eudamiltla Gascoyne sold 660 ewes at Bs 118 ewes at 6s. Estate of Jute F Grisewood New Fervent Murchison 167 ewes in the -wiral at 16s, 684 aged ewes at Se Gy.
A fragmented recruitment like notice offers to buy furniture and bikes for cash. It mentions a firm handling various articles and urges sellers to contact Johnny Al Sorts at next Spdeey near Bo Urnock, opposite Union Bank. The ad promises profit and accepts any quantity, urging action now.
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