28 Dec 1918
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Newspaper
Geraldton Guardian
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Dec 28, 1918
Page
1
The piece outlines wartime merchandising shifts as retailers added services, credits, stamps, coupons, premiums, and discounts to attract customers. It notes rising operating costs, labor cuts, and tighter deliveries as stores reduce perks and push customers toward brand loyalty, with shoppers facing fewer special conveniences.
The Times prints a naval correspondent's account of German surrender details and British ship names the Royal Sovereign Royal Oak Rambler Resolution and Revenge. Turkish battleships renamed Awmcourt and Erin with others nicknamed the hush ships Repulee Courageous and more. The vessels, though massive, feature light draughts for North Sea anchorage and torpedo immunity devices per M Rousseau.
A Connecticut burglar Eddie Perkins rose to notoriety for a daring prison break and thefts at the State prison. He rented rooms in the business district, posed as a violin teacher, and, after an extended operation, scaled an eighteen foot wall and harnessed a horse team through the inner stable. Captured near Saybrook, he was sentenced to ten years, died years later on a rural farm.
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