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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Apr 15, 1948
Page
13
The article chronicles Grock, the renowned clown, planning retirement after a long career noted for minimal speech, deft mime, and broad appeal. It recalls his early life, stage skill, and international fame with performances before royalty and millions, ending with an emotional Paris crowd.
A collection of vintage style kitchen instructions for desserts and preserves. Recipes include Brown Sugar Nutties Fruit Crumb Custard Cheese Crumb Custard Nougat Tart and Melon Chutney with steps and ingredient lists.
Paris fashion show features Carven returning from Brazil with youthful designs for younger women. Linen dominates, with bands of material and embroidery, fluted jackets with contrasting edgings, and several 16 inch morning skirt lengths. Balconette bodices lift the bust for a wasp waist. Pearls dominate accessories across Jacques Faith and Pierre Balmain collections.
Donahue Chile residents uncover skulls and bones embedded in walls. Investigators report the local brick factory had been sourcing clay from the cemetery, raising questions about safety and sourcing practices.
A reflective piece argues that at age 35 a person has about 17 million minutes left to live. It warns that betting those minutes on risky safety gambles is a poor trade, suggesting prudence and measured risk.
A Chicago business man posts a list titled the Ten Demandments for employees. The rules urge honesty, hard work, debt avoidance, self respect, prudent conduct, and higher earnings tied to profits, warning against dishonesty and personal excess.
A vintage recipe for duck stuffing uses 13 cups soft bread crumbs sour apples 4 ozs prunes 1 tablespoon sugar mixed herbs and salt to taste 1 dessert spoon butter. Soak prunes till soft simmer with sugar cut into pieces. Fry apples till soft then mix all ingredients. Yields enough for 2 medium ducks.
An Edinburgh woman won the £250 first prize in a London organised competition by International Wool Secretariat with Glaumont Bri Theatres and Ealing Studios. Entrants ranked wool virtues by popular vote, listing warmth, chill prevention, perspiration absorption, hard wearing qualities, elasticity, and fire protection as top traits.
The note offers practical tips to improve outdoor step safety using aluminium paint on shadowed edges and improvised holders from tape containers. It also suggests repurposing paper clips into staples and drying varnish by suspending a surface upside down with a cord.
Stanley H. Mueller and his mother filed a complaint in Divorce Court in Minneapolis. The narrative hints at marital estrangement with a conflict over a Dutch war bride and a father, while dialogue mentions theater tickets and urgency about plans for the next night.
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