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Newspaper
Geraldton Guardian
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Oct 16, 1917
Page
4
Mrs Anderson presents Javety range and Summer Melliner two in the new show room. Sabre ee is displayed in the window and visitors are invited to see the most beautiful range in Geraldton. Walk right through all are cordially invited to attend Friday next.
The Count, facing ruin, plots a fresh start in South America after evaluating his four thousand pound fortune. He decides to sell securities, disguise his cash, and flee to Buenos Aires, while drafting a report for Scotland Yard on the society of jewel thieves. A police twist reveals Mosco Mossenstall’s confession linking Hasluck’s murder to the stolen jewels.
A doorway confrontation unfolds in a London sitting room as Count Bosal, fleeing Polish politics, faces Henri of the League of Patriots. The pair debate loyalties amid threats of assassination and a potential escape plan with a fifty pound offer from New York. The scene ends with a tense standoff and a hinted continuation.
A fragmentary eyewitness account describes German forces destroying Peronne and its gardens after occupation. Buildings, trees, and household items were hacked or carted away, with front walls left standing and minimal trench damage. The observer notes widespread looting of furniture, shelves, and small valuables as villagers fled and soldiers looted the town.
A wartime note praising the YMCA and Australian YMCA units for distributing hot drinks and morale supplies to Australian forces in France. From a dugout near front lines, Mr E G Chillin oversaw tea and coffee service for exhausted troops, with 88 007 cups served in twenty days and additional rations provided as supplies arrived. The report notes steam, grocer items, and cigarettes, and mentions support from London stores and the National Committee.
In the era of Cardinal Richelieu the Bastile earned its fame as a prison for notable treachery cases. The text recalls lavish confinement for aristocrats and even the comfort provided, from tapestries and portraits to fine meals, perfumes, and barber visits, illustrating the tale of opulent imprisonment.
A boy steps to the helm on a wormy night beside the captain. He heeds directions to steer by a star, gains confidence as the vessel clears its cuprac, and proudly calls to the captain to seek another guiding star after misreading the stern.
Ten riders of the irregular cavalry mounted on mall, wiry Arab-type horses perform a daredevil act. They throw guns into the air and catch them, while two riders attempt threading a needle held above the crowd. One rider gallops 400 yards, then the other charges in, thread held aloft, completing the feat amid cheering.
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