Northam notes outline auctions plays and military loss
News and notes from Mi. Magnet near Perth cover sales by Elder Shenton and Co in Northam, a freehold at Wengamine, Salvation Army appeal plans, a Paddy's Market at Palace Theatre, a Northam Railway concert for the Railway Board, and poultry show ads. Also report Cowan v Rowland judgment, and Private Algie Withnell killed in action with other Withnell relatives serving in Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
Palace Theatre
Northam
Algie Withnell
Harding Withnell
Warrendine
Millar
Easti Coy
Withnell
Sid
France
Messrs II
H. Withnell
George
John Withnell
Cottesloe
Germany
Douglas Meares
Edgar Meares
England
Red Cross book donations advance to all Australian posts
Postmaster General approves accepting books and magazines without prepayment for distribution to military camps hospitals and troopships. Publications will be tied up by postmasters and sent to the Red Cross Society in Canberra for transfer to the Railway Department for dispatch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Munro Ferguson
British Red Cross Society
Australia
Red Cross Society
Railway Department
Children Hacking Cough at Night Made Peppermint Cure
A report notes a home remedy claim where a peppermint cure soothed a nighttime hacking cough labeled as a historic remedy. Withnell’s class of mould board and Best Flyer Heel appear in scattered references to products or brands in the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Withnell’s
Centenarians Who Died In 1917
The Commonwealth vital statistics for 1917 record 16 men and 6 women dying past 100. Oldest man was a 108 year old Chinese migrant in Mansfield Victoria. Ages range from 100 to 106 in several states with multiple centenarians across New South Wales Victoria and Tasmania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth
Mansfield
Victoria
Marwillombah
New South Wales
Cargo
Devonport
Tasmania
Campbellfield
Yea
Goundswint Jovensland
South Australia
Wongamine Triumphs 74 Point Victory Over Toodyay
In a Sunday match at Wongamine ground Wongamine defeated Toodyay by 74 points to 10 23 Mr Weoth served as central umpire. Upcoming fixtures include Wongamine vs Bolgart at Toodyay and Northam versus York at East Northampton Show Ground with York edging Northam 34 21 in their last meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wongamine
Tooty
Weoth
Ume
Bolgart
Toodyay
East Northam
Northam
York
Gamue
Red Crows Society
Watcom
James
Thompson
White
Lawler
Peake
Taylor
Foreman
Matthews
Gilson Minson
McManus
Blake
Weston
Morison
Jeans
For Bronchial Coughs Woods' Great Peppermint Cure
Advertises Woods' Great Peppermint Cure for bronchial coughs with dosing of le 64 and two ninepence quantities. The promo emphasizes relief and peppermint flavor as a remedy.
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Mortham Bacon Factory
Northam Bacon Factory
Trossell Street
A. W. Byfield
News and Notes
Murchison
Perth
Northam Railway Glee Association
Northam Railway Institute Orchestra
Railway Institute
Northam District Railway
Onan Board
F. A. Hamersley
Plymouth Rocks
Hamersley
B. Krichler
Courier
W. D. Cowan
Nichols
Massey
Shearer
Clarence Smith
Unicorn
Powell
Beat
Earl of Derby
Paris
Britain
Lord Derby
Stanleys
Thomas
Baron Stanley
Henry VII
Greece
Stanley
America
Wall-street
Ream
Sylvia
Bohemia Hotel
Murray Street
Arthur J. Tunney
Lateot,Wagin and Dumbleyung
A. D, Mitchell
J. W. Purslowe
Goe
Laka
Bargr Ota
Ggem
Meckering
Commercial Trav
Jas Morrison
RSC
Stubbs
Brooo
Siviltty
W. J. McGarry
R. V. Gray
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