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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Aug 24, 1939
Page
3
A rustic guide describes simmering meat with vegetables for seven hours then serving the meat separate from the soup. It suggests tomato rings, onions, pepper, and a thickened cheese flavored sauce, with butter, and a rich stock with bacon and cabbage as optional accompaniments.
An odd historic fragment mixes fashion and food as it discusses a Newen novelty accessory a fishnet turban and lobstery motif then shifts to kitchen lore. It mentions soup ideas meat courses and a beef and beer pot meal with methods and timing hints.
A 1920s style guide urges women to maintain smart hair at home when salons are far away. It promotes the permanent wave as a solution for fine straight hair and offers tips like rolling curls with pins, using mini curlers, and dampening strands with a saucer of warm water to set waves. The piece emphasizes time, care, and simple tools a woman can use herself.
A historical, imperfectly transcribed notice offers Pattern 1718 for a spring bedspread and related embroidery tensors. It lists transfer patterns with dimensions, illustrations, a chart, and material details, inviting readers to send a postal order and their name and address to United Needlecraft, POL Kox 490%, Sedney.
A fragmented instructive passage offers old fashioned hair care guidance. It mentions regular nightly brushing, scalp massage, curling techniques, and the use of silk wraps and hair nets to secure pins. The text references improving waves and aiming for a lasting style.
A poetic meditation on inland rain that lingers over desolate plains and fading hopes. The narrator chronicles storm, drought, and renewal as rain steadies weary laborers and marks time along rivers and ridges.
Readable portion discusses DIY home sewing curtains and tips on keeping hair neat and short for a tidy appearance. Mentions sewing technique, selvedge edges, and machine use. Includes stray phrases about maintaining style, care ideas, and the impact of fabric choices on overall look.
A fragmented health notes item discusses various medical terms and conditions, mentioning streams of health thoughts, misdiagnosis ideas, and unidentified instruments. Names and places are unclear, with garbled phrases and partial sentences reducing coherence.
A lively fashion page notes a turn toward tailored wrecked winter looks giving way to slim wool suits, knee-length skirts, and refined footwear. It forecasts brisk demand for dresses and outfits, urging mothers to approve the trend and urging a chic, frilly blouse to complete the spring shift.
A playful rhyme notes Mary kept a hen that once stopped laying when eggs fell in price. She installed electric light and now the hen lays regularly day and night, signaling progress and clever adaptation.
An analysis argues youth is not the true age of happiness. It contrasts the restless, unsure teen years with the later years when people seek stability and true satisfaction. The piece reflects on how society views youth and the emancipation of women affecting fashion and identity.
This entry details how a baby's motions reflect diet and digestion, describing normal stool characteristics such as color, consistency, and odor, and listing abnormalities like greenish yellow stools and mucus. It covers factors influencing stool, indications of illness, and urges maternal consultation with Sister Nichol, Infant Health Correspondence Nurse in Perth.
A historical recipe describes turning an ancient oT jay into a dish. Simmer the meat until bones separate, remove bones, mince, and season with pepper salt cayenne nutmeg and grated lemon. Return to stewpan with broth, simmer briefly, strain into a plain mould, cool, garnish with parsley, and add gelatine if needed.
A historical ad states Eno contains no sugar and argues sugar harms the blood. It claims Eno’s Fruit Salt neutralises acid purifies the blood and cleanses the system of waste with a daily drink.
The text argues that as people age they gain real happiness through independence and self direction. Middle age brings more money, travel, and personal freedom, outweighing youthful boldness and strict supervision from teachers guardians or employers.
Instructions describe beating yolks with pepper salt and butter, folding in cooked fish and anchovy sauce or lemon juice parsley and minced herbs. Whip egg whites to stiff peaks, mix into fish, cook in omelet pan until light brown, then finish under grill or hot oven.
A vintage ad promotes a two shilling pint of HEENZO for chest nose and throat ailments. It claims internal use for coughs colds croup bronchitis and throat relief and states it can be diluted in water for home use as a nasal antiseptic or gargle to relieve sore throats.
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