Bon Marche Promotes Summer Hat Selection
The Bon Marche urges shoppers to select their summer hats at the Lowert Parca location. Store displays feature a range of light, breathable styles ideal for warm weather and sunny days.
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Newspaper
Geraldton Guardian
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Oct 01, 1918
Page
4
The Bon Marche urges shoppers to select their summer hats at the Lowert Parca location. Store displays feature a range of light, breathable styles ideal for warm weather and sunny days.
Rupert deere tenth baron oldbury travels from London to Dutton Moss after learning his lordship’s murder inquiry. He prepares, contemplates family ties to the Muncaster line, and heads toward Muncaster as the case begins. The tone reflects a Victorian mystery setup with aristocratic names and a distant threat.
A narrator tours Dutton Moss with Superintendent Marshall as they seek the murder site. They pass Dun Cow, Market Street shops, and Deepwater Abbey vicinity while noting Lord Oldbury, Deepwater Grange, Green Lane, and Green-lane paths. The guide describes clues, including a valet’s movements and the butler’s statement, as they approach Dutton Moss Hall and river paths.
A detective and companion trace a route past Deepwater Abbey to a hidden body found near a rustic seat. They note the high road between Dutton Moss and Cassington and discuss a late night death, with a doctor reporting the time of death and an unresolved culprit.
A dialogue unfolds with Perey and his father arguing over a lost fight and a boy’s injury. The father presses Perey to learn from defeat and to apply a self made system to the next challenge. The boy’s quarrelsome streak is noted as a warning to improve.
H Picketts & Co advertise mechanical phonographs and other devices at Price Leaer, claiming free repairs and improved efficiency. The notice blends garbled text with product claims and pricing hints, reflecting a dense old-time catalog style.
A garbled historical column notes varied items from 9 stiriliegig dam projects to wage changes, rail and tramway tensions, and public works in Victoria New South Wales and Tasmania. It mentions My Wiel, Dr Alexander Hy, and a South Australia agitation, with references to ports Port Albert and Melbourne area, plus wartime production and water supply efforts.
A garbled report describes Her Excellency the Governor visiting Northampton. She inspected a girls school and a mine, spoke to local workers, and viewed machinery. Lady Filisom Marailley and Mrs King accompanied, with a reception to farmers and a social afternoon ending with cheers for Her Excellency.
A damaged report describes sleep walking and somnambulism patterns in children, noting heightened susceptibility to bodily conditions and nocturnal episodes. It cites varied behaviors such as eye closure, balance disruption, and unfamiliar movements, with occasional mention of awakening without memory of events and possible nervous effects.
An officer recounts a brutal trench skirmish with a sniper during which he describes grappling, striking, and subduing the foe. He recalls fellow soldiers, weapon handling, and a broader World War I view touching London life, German naval power, and French missions as the conversation veers toward war aims and liberty.
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