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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jul 07, 1938
Page
6
Feverishness signals conditions in healthy people with evening temperatures higher than morning. Fever breaks into ranges from under 101 to 103 and up to 105 degrees. The brain regulates temperature. children are more sensitive. A mother should use a thermometer, take readings under tongue or arm for three minutes, record the time and value, and reseat the device. If elevated, seek the cause and act accordingly.
The text notes that children often recover quickly from illness, with temperatures dropping suddenly and vigor returning within hours. It warns of warnings like hot dry flushed skin, headaches, nausea, extreme tiredness, backache, and a dry furred tongue. It emphasizes vigilance for fever patterns and shivering.
The piece lists common causes of stomach or bowel upset in children such as poor diet, overfeeding, teething, chills, and feverish illnesses. It advises bed rest in a warm room, withholding solids while encouraging fluids, light laxatives if needed, tepid sponge baths, and careful monitoring for new symptoms. It stresses avoiding chills, ensuring sleep, rest, fresh air, and addressing fears or nervous triggers with a calmer routine.
A fragment discusses cheese origins from an Arab herdsman who drank fermented milk, then provides a recipe note blending dates parsley and pr prika with a cheese sauce. It mentions potato cheese soup and European cheese in soup, ending mid description.
The speaker imagines one final day with full power to act. He would seek friends and seek forgiveness, shun selfish deeds, and devote time to spiritual labor. As he nears departure, he envisions shedding vanity and becoming the person he has long wished to be.
A herder cuts open milk to test changes, discovers the curdled white mass becomes cheese, shared with fellow herdsmen, leading to widespread adoption. Cheese is noted as a rich protein source with vitamins A and D, calcium, and iron, supplying energy. Recipes for cheese soup and gingerbread highlight its culinary versatility and nutritional value.
Cheese enhances salads and desserts and doubles the appeal of potatoes. The recipe outlines baking six potatoes, scooping, mashing the flesh, and sautéing onion in butter with ham for a flavorful filling.
A collage of club notes, rhyme verses, puzzles and pen‑friend ads from genç readers. Emily Carr and Thelma Jones enter club contests while Bruce Whisson and Gwen Stirling receive warm welcomes. Many want pen pals aged 9 to 16 across Australia and New Zealand, with interests in riding, sport, stamps, and farm life.
A routine for beauty urges women to spend minutes daily on teeth, skin, hair, and cleansing. It prescribes nightly and morning steps including cleaning teeth, facial cleansing, cold cream massage, and rinsing with tepid water, plus brushing hair and applying a chosen face cream. It suggests consulting an expert for defects and notes a facial mask with egg as a treatment option.
Instructions describe a home method to create cleansing cream using mineral oil white wax spermaceti rose water borax and perfumed oil in two pans. It covers heating blending pouring cooling and packaging into jars with variations using almond or olive oil cocoa butter for heavier massage cream and notes a skin tonic formula with cold water and alcohol.
A two shilling bottle of concentrated HEENZO added to water claims to equal eight ordinary remedies for nasal antiseptic catarrh and head colds, throat gargle for sore throats, and internal use for coughs croup bronchitis and related ailments for adults and children.
A partial cooking note outlines boiling a medium cabbage, draining, and frying onion in butter. It then instructs layering a dish with breadcrumbs and adding the cabbage and cheese mixture, forming a simple baked cabbage dish.
Layer a thin tomato layer over cabbage, season with pepper and salt, repeat to fill. Top with generous bread crumbs and a thick grated cheese layer. Dot with butter, bake in a hot oven until brown, serving hot.
A simple routine to strengthen the back and reduce round shoulders. Sit on a stool with legs apart, hands on hips, head tilted back while inhaling, then raise to upright exhaling. Repeat three minutes, rest three minutes. Relaxation is urged for over tired or ailing women to improve wellbeing.
This guide explains treating extremely dry hair by rubbing warm oil into the scalp before washing, massaging overnight, and using a light oil or tonic if needed. For oily hair, it advises regular washing with a tonic shampoo to keep the scalp clean and balanced.
A reader writes about suggestions for upcoming painting competitions and notes the current entry pile from Western Australia. The letter praises nieces and nephews reading the page miles apart and reflects on the second Test match, applauding the Australian effort to force a draw through untiring play.
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