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Newspaper
Northam Courier
Location
Northam, Western Australia, Australia
Date
May 31, 1918
Page
3
Mr D A Davis visited the Western front and reported Australian Y M C A workers near German guns under shellfire. He noted Red Triangle helpers and orderlies serving bravely, huts destroyed, and dugouts smashed by shells while hot drinks were sold without profit nearby.
An enemy machine found on a captured Gotha features a downward facing telescope on gimbals and a bubble level to align the bomb drop. The system calculates release requires a fifteen degree prism tilt when at ten thousand feet and ten thousandths of a mile offset, though air density changes and plane drift cause errors.
Tommy dodged school truancy after a long day of fishing. On returning home he met a friend who asked if he had caught anything. Tommy, aware of his guilt, answered I ain’t been home yet.
A widow seeks contact with her late husband during a séance. The medium admits fault as communications fail and notes the hour as half past eight, recalling that John never arrived until about dawn.
An old advertisement urges taking Woods' Great Peppermint Cure for bronchial coughs with a price of Le 6d and 2s 9d, reflecting period currency and medicinal marketing.
Testimonials claim Doan's Backache Kidney Pills relieve kidney trouble including backache urinary issues and general fatigue. Mrs Cooper of Lockycrave Northam West recounts rapid improvement after two bottles and two years without relapse, with price shown as 9s 6d per bottle and order option via Foster-McClellan Co. Perth.
Irish tenor John McCormack contributes 75 000 dollars to the United States as a tithe on his income from public appearances and phonograph royalties. The piece notes a Red Cross drive with mass parades and a Metropolitan Opera House rally led by President Wilson in white uniformed workers, with H P Davison predicting a critical wartime period and renewed Allied morale.
An advertisement claims Martin's Female Pills are sold by chemists and storekeepers across Australia. It urges women to obtain the genuine product from Martin Pharmaceutical Chemist in Southampton, highlighting the signature as authentication.
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