Rough Going Food and Energy
The article notes that juice concentrates offer convenience by preserving fruit essence in bottles or tins, saving time and labor, but warns of associated dangers and potential drawbacks in reliance on processed products.
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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Feb 08, 1940
Page
3
The article notes that juice concentrates offer convenience by preserving fruit essence in bottles or tins, saving time and labor, but warns of associated dangers and potential drawbacks in reliance on processed products.
The text extols citrus juice drinks or cocktails but urges recognizing the whole fruit’s value. It highlights the fruit’s benefits for teeth, massage, and digestion through flesh and peel roughage, while warning against overreliance or excessive fruit use.
A mashed old time recipe describes a savory dough made from white Hour rub des and butter with cheese and salt, mixed with milk and water. The dough is rolled on a floured board to half an inch and cut with a small round cutter, baked in a hot oven, buttered while hot, and served with chopped hard boiled egg or an egg and cheese mix with mustard, a parsley sprig as garnish.
A compact old instructional recipe describes making bran scones with bran wheatmeal flour and dates, mixing dry ingredients then adding milk to form a soft dough. It instructs on orange rind, sugar, butter, oven heat and brushing tops with orange glaze before baking into rounds.
A discussion on daily care from diet to skin and hair. The piece notes preferring juices over whole fruits for dental health, skin care via rough towels, and a London doctor asserting daily hearty sneezing aids nasal hygiene to prevent throat and eye trouble.
A buyer from Newport Victoria reports illness with sleeplessness and anemia. After using Pink Pills, energy returns, complexion improves, sleep steadies, and daily work becomes easier. The chemist advertised Pink Pills as a remedy for fatigue and weak vitality, claiming noticeable improvement after two bottles.
The Gorgon sails toward Shark Bay and Dirk Hartog Island with notes on local fisheries and crops at Carnarvon, Port Hedland, and Derby. Reflections include Port Hedland hospitality, banana irrigation efforts, and the ship’s calm Pacific voyage atmosphere.
A set of satirical and opinion items critiques of wartime bombings and fear, noting heat waves in Queensland and alleged air raids on Finnish towns. It mocks the idea of a secret weapon and lampoons public discussions, while mentioning political sparring over defense and a charitable notice about West Australia author and historian E Hammond.
A note recalls Mr. Hammond as energetic and enthusiastic, a friend of public bodies and Aborigines, whose life long involvement with Australia’s earliest inhabitants shaped his writings. Despite mixed views, his work and public service are praised as he neared eighty four in Western Australia.
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