09 Feb 1920
Page 1
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 4 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Albany Despatch
Location
Albany, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Feb 09, 1920
Page
1
An assortment of home care and fashion notes covers hair care with salts and dyes, ironing tricks, varnish finishes, wedding bouquets with feathers, and grooming. It also notes a London blouse trend, bridal flower choices, a domestic workers club in Edinburgh, and reflections on Lincoln era romance and postwar fashion shifts.
The piece satirically chronicles Sally Jones and Jim Smithers wedding chaos, with Aunt Dorothy and the Puncher’s society notes voice. Misread timings, frenzied guests, modest attire, and comic mishaps frame the event as a humorous slice of local life.
Railway timetable shows Albany connections with Perth on multiple days with arrivals at 10.25 p.m. on Tuesday and Wednesday and 7.55 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Departures to Perth scheduled for Monday 6.45 p.m. and various other days. Denmark line lists Albany to Denmark at 7 a.m. on Monday and Friday and arrivals back from Denmark on Monday and Friday at 3.5 p.m. Alling to Denmark runs on alternate Saturdays at 1.15 p.m. with return to Albany at 6.2 p.m.
The U S District Racing Association fixed dates for the No 2 District from Beverley to Albany pending approval by the W A Turf Club Narrogin with events scheduled in Albany Gnowangerop Dumbleyung Moulyining Wogin and Deneces sale at Ball in February and March The Minister for Repatriation announced last week that over 50 soldiers per week are being reassessed with 3285 receiving qualification certificates and 1895 actually being at stress.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.