Christmas Gift Suggestions for Bath Salts
This note offers affordable homemade bath salts ideas. Use airtight jars, lacquer or frost jars, paint simple designs, add narrow ribbons, and seal lids with cellophane to keep contents fresh.
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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Dec 07, 1939
Page
3
Reliable Sight-Testing Opticians
The Associated Opticians Co. run by G. W Fist at 23-25 Central Arcade Perth offers guaranteed optical service. Established 1908 telephone B3333.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Opticians Co
G. W Fist
Optometrist
Central Arcade
Perth
Bath Salt Recipe With Tea Colouring Method
The text explains making bath salts using fib carbonate of soda crystals strong tea for coloring and scents of sandalwood oil and oil of verbena. It stresses soft water for tea drawing, thorough stirring, and suggests substituting verbena with other perfumes available from chemists.
A Gift of a Friend Poem Reflected in Yuletide Regards
A lyrical reflection on friendship and Yuletide joy. The speaker recalls shared harmony and joyful moments as they send a thoughtful gift to a friend, expressing care and blessings in a tender, intimate verse.
Salad Dressing Formula Instructions
A recipe for salad dressing uses one cup vinegar milk and sugar with salt pepper mustard cornflour and egg. Mix dry ingredients with milk then add egg and vinegar and boil until thick.
Christmas Cake Tips From Gere’s Jolly Hare
An old Christmas guide explains baking a fruit cake and pudding with traditional steps. It covers drying fruit, almond prep, cherry washing, tin lining, oven temperature and test methods, cooling on a rack, and final icing advice for a festive bake.
A Christmas Thought for Peace and Goodwill
A poem imagines trees and birds speaking on Christmas Day about the birth of the Prince two thousand years ago. The verse echoes angelic praise and the universal message of goodwill, peace on earth, and God’s love conquering wrong, shared across the land.
Christmas Pudding Ingredients From A Vintage List
A historical grocery list outlines ingredients for Christmas pudding including flour bread crumbs salt butter brown sugar currants sultanas raisins citron peel eggs brandy nutmeg almonds mixed spice baking soda and a gill of alcohol. The mix reflects traditional ratios and common pantry staples used in festive kitchens of the era.
Almond Icing Recipe Discussed
A historic recipe notes ingredients for almond icing using sugar ground almonds egg yolk sherry or orange and lemon juice. The method describes lifting sugar then mixing in almonds to form a thick paste with beaten yolk.
Maid's Frock Description and Material Suggestion
This dainty frock features shirring at shoulders and waist and is shown in a printed sheer illustration. Material suggestion calls for three yards of fabric on a 36 inch width to fashion the season's high style frock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swanston Street
Melbourne
Australian Journal
Freezair refrigerator offers fresh meat storage for country homes
The Freezair model refriger ator promises healthful fresh mutton for longer in rural households by storing a whole carcase in joints. It features an upright steel cabinet with velain enamel finish and air cooling. The unit uses kerosene lighting and requires minimal operation.
Freesnir Model Fael Construction Refrigerator Spec
The Freesnir model uses fael construction and is used in the fool compartment with a porcelain fining. The cabinet has sealed malware proof insulation and is one complete unit with the cabinet. Capacity 4.3 cubic feet. Exterior height 2 ft, width 2 ft, depth 2 ft. Interior compartment height 20 in, width 6 in.
Traditional Christmas fruit loaf recipe steps
A recipe lists ingredients for a rich fruit loaf including sultanas currants raisins citron peel almonds dates and spices. It gives method details from creaming butter and sugar to beating eggs folding in fruit adding flour and brandy then baking in a hot oven before lowering heat for several hours.
Fruit pudding recipe with long boiling method
Detailed instructions for preparing a fruit pudding with citron peel almonds and brandy. Steps include creaming butter and sugar beating eggs mixing fruit breadcrumbs flour soda nutmeg and spice, filling a greased basin, tying with cloth, boiling 5 6 hours then three more hours, served with custard or wine sauce.
Nervous Mann Succeeds After Pink Pills Cure
A Maclagan resident named A R T reports continual nervousness and headaches eased after using Dr Williams Pink Pills. He says pains in toes and back subsided and energy improved. Advertisers claim the pills boost blood, strengthen nerves, and aid sleepless, worried people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.R.T
Maclagan
Dr. Williams
Mince Meat for Christmas Pies in Home Cooking
Ready homemade mincemeat keeps well and makes festive pies. Mix suet sugar currants raisins candied peel apples spice brandy and lemon juice, then pack tightly in jars. Prepare weeks in advance for best flavor and storage.
Madeira Cake Recipe for Christmas Fare
A plain cake that keeps well and pairs with richer foods. Ingredients include 6 oz flour 4 eggs 4 teaspoonfuls baking powder 3 oz melted butter 6 oz sugar candied peel. Method notes preparing oven and greased tin, beating eggs and sugar.
Stewart Dawsons Finest Yet Lowest-Priced Gifts in Perth
Stewart Dawsons presents a Christmas selection plus wedding and birthday gifts advertised as the finest and most affordable in Perth. The notice markets a broad range of gift ideas for the season and special occasions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart Dawson
Perth
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