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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Aug 25, 1938
Page
6
A homemaker praises ARNOTT S FAMOUS MILK ARROWROOT BISCUITS as essential for children and school lunches. The biscuits are said to please picky eaters and make a nutritious addition when paired with buttered bread.
A reflective piece argues that a home alone cannot satisfy life and that the “extra” of good company enriches it. It notes parents sheltering children at home amid limited entertainment breeds boredom, while youth crave learning and seek meaningful social engagement.
A passage argues parents influence family tone more than children. It describes a mother who learns about aviation to engage her son and daughter, fostering closer family bonds. The idea is to cultivate wide shared interests to deepen understanding and happiness at home.
Repair shop advertises wedding cake boxes complete with card and tin for transmission. Mentions postal regulations and sale from Perth office. Describes frames, carved woodwork, rubber bands and drawing pins for repairs to edges and veneers.
Interesting information on the subject offered in Dr S Warrens latest book The Wifes Guide. Free post available. Advertisement notes mailing from A Saunders & Co PTY LTD Flinders Lane with a plate seated wrapper.
To keep cooked beetroot fresh during hot weather, store it with a muslin bag lined with dry mustard next to the beetroot.
The article gives budget friendly planning advice for bazaar stalls. It recommends four wide tables for depth two small end tables for last minute gifts and show boxes on inverted wooden stacks. It advises cohesive color schemes, eye catching displays, and enlisting friends or wholesalers for supplies.
A compact workbag to keep sewing items at hand. Flat material with a wooden handle, one side has large pockets for sewing tools, the other side has divided compartments for cottons and needles. The end is weighed to balance the pockets.
A reflection on apples as a healthful fruit citing the old adage a day keeps the doctor away. The piece outlines a baking recipe with six apples butter pineapple sugar flour and spices, instructing washing coring and stuffing with butter and flavorings then baking until tender.
Practical guidance for a charity bazaar with tips on selling, pricing, and stall layout. Advice covers asking for donations or cash, tidying tins, enamel coating for pantry items, sourcing remnants, arranging higher price items to the back, securing small change, wrapping supplies, bold pricing, and organizing tea service with designated staff and a separate refreshment area.
A period article explains revived Italian inspired embroidery for a tray mat and screen piece. It details materials, colors, and stitches including long and short, double back stitch, hemstitching, and crewel needlework, with transfer patterns and frame recommendations from Woman's World.
The fragment refers to a painful operation and condemns a person or action, noting blindness bleeding itching and medical ignorance. It mentions scientists and chemists, claiming knowledge is lacking and criticizing the handling of a condition described as piles.
A fragmented recipe describes preparing pineapple sauce by draining syrup and heating with juice and thickening. It details piercing apples with sauce, topping with pineapple, baking slowly about 2 minutes until apples glaze, and assembling with gelatine, sponge cake, and lemon juice to form a dessert called Apple Columbine. Other notes reference Orange Custard Pudding with orange rind, biscuits, milk, and baking.
An advertisement offers eight bottles of a nasal antiseptic and internal remedy for coughs colds and influenza at low cost. It promotes HEENZO concentrated solution to be mixed with water and marketed through chemists and stores.
An advertisement touts Dr Williams Pink Pills as a remedy for anaemia, claiming they restore color to lips and cheeks, improve strength and nerves, and rejuvenate appearance. It cites testimonials of pale, low-spirited individuals who recovered vitality after use, selling at 3 shillings per bottle in chemists and stores.
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