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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Jun 02, 1938
Page
6
A collection of sauce and chutney recipes detailing methods to preserve tomato and apple sauces. Includes directions for simmering in a slow oven, sieving tomato pulp, vinegar base, and storage in airtight bottles. Also lists quantities for onion, spice, sultana, and ginger mixtures with stepwise cooking and bottling instructions.
A guide to laundry care from historic period advice emphasizes cleaning iron tubs, wringers, and wooden baskets, plus steps for washing, boiling, starching, bleaching, and drying. It covers irons, blueing, gum water, silk and wool care, stain removal, and safe chemical use.
A cookery and domestic advice entry outlines making apple sauce from peeled sliced apples with sugar butter and water until tender then sieved and reheated. It also covers mint sauce with mint sugar and vinegar prepared a few hours ahead, plus guidance on fabric care including ironing storage and weekly washing for cleanliness and health.
Practical tips suggest tenderizing meat with vinegar cubes and using fresh tomato to rub out fruit stains. Advice also covers seasonal fur care with brushing and shaking during summer storage. The tone resembles concise home care guidance with everyday tasks.
For the Scrap Book note how boiling water over a duck or goose can remove oily flavor. The fragment hints at a recipe trick with orange rind and sugar to enrich apple pie, plus a poetic reflection on gratitude.
A concise portrait honors Jesus of Nazareth as a humble carpenter who never traveled far, never owned a home, and had no formal credentials. Despite mockery and crucifixion, centuries later he stands as the central figure of humanity’s progress, influencing nations, leaders, and laws beyond all rulers.
A fragmented set of antique household instructions covers washing lace Georgette chiffon linen wool and delicate fabrics. It advises pinning lace onto clean cloth, air drying, and avoiding ironing. washing with rum water, stiffening, and ironing along selvedge. Also includes methods for wool dust removal borax lemon malic acid red ink and iron mould treatment with oxalic acid.
The text outlines seven egg roles: aeration to lighten cakes, thickening for custards and sauces, binding to shape meats and vegetables, coating to keep fat from leaching and for texture, separation to clarify mixtures and aid ice cream and candy making, and emulsification especially via the yolk in dishes like mayonnaise and Hollandaise.
The excerpt provides a sequence of cleaning steps for various stains. It mentions damp paint, washing with hot soapy water, using Mirpentine on dry areas, rubbing with benzine, port AR, scraping and applying far and kerosene, Bentley rubbing, washing with dentine and rags, removing suns with earthcylated spirits, and for grease using hot water and soap followed by benzine. For candle grease, a hot iron over blotting paper is advised.
An old advertisement promotes HEENZO as a nasal antiseptic and cough remedy. A two-shilling bottle of concentrate added to water claims to yield eight ordinary bottles of the product. It targets catarrh, colds, sore throat, croup, bronchitis, and influenza with wide retail availability.
Dear Boys and Girls recounts Western Australia winning the King's Cup and its exhibition in a Perth shop window. The cup, two feet high, drew a large crowd. Western Australia has now won four times since the competition began. The piece also notes a London Court arcade clock featuring knights and St George with a dragon, drawing visitors to watch the miniature figures strike hourly. Uncle Hugh signs off, inviting readers to read the rest of the column and mentions new club members.
A comic and notice filled page lists pen friend requests from Enid Wille to Loyd and Moira Holmes, with multiple readers offering to exchange letters, photos, and hobbies. It includes names and addresses across Australia, requests for ages 9 to 17, interests in sport, knitting, stamps, bikes, riding, and a joke section with small puzzles.
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