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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jul 01, 1948
Page
14
A classroom exchange explores how lumber becomes newsprint, joking about fish and chip paper as the teacher or a student notes women suffer in silence. The dialogue touches on silence and pain, with a quiet voice remarking on the process from logs to pulp.
An advertisement lists tractor parts and repairs for various makes including Caterpillar 00DS, grease guns, aero pilot seats, and tyre pumps offered at low prices. The page also features a series of humorous, old fashioned vignettes with wit about golf, a reception committee, a sewing machine theft, and a parrot on a roof.
An old ad claims Mahan cones and Mookan ointment relieve hemorrhoids by calming irritation and reducing swelling. It urges readers to ask their chemist for a tube of the product, asserting targeted relief for piles.
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