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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Sep 01, 1938
Page
6
A dated home recipe guide suggests using scraps of cheese by grating them for lunches and various dishes. It emphasizes not using stale cheese, adding salt and cayenne, and outlines methods for dishes like marrows with cheese sauce, cheese baked into marrow rings, and cheese infused pasta and croquette preparations.
Announcement promoting wedding cake supplies available for postal transmission under Commonwealth rules. Priced at 5/6 per dozen, post free. Sold at the newspaper office or United Press Ltd, 971-3 Hay Street, Perth.
A brief item discusses contraception guidance for households, emphasizing accurate methods, safety, and accessing trusted medical sources. It highlights the wife’s role in seeking reliable information to plan family health and prevent unintended pregnancies.
A casual daytime ensemble from Dorothy Lamour's wardrobe is highlighted with a violet blue crepe dress and burgundy short wool jacket with a matching flowered turban. A separate culinary note gives steps to thicken macaroni, bake a cheese-tavored dish, and finalize with tomato rounds in a pie dish.
Instructional guide for crafting a homemade eiderdown cover and filling. Describes using kapok and wool, selecting fabrics, chalking designs, stitching method, and adding patches for wear. Includes tips on matching decor, ensuring washproof and sunproof materials, and repairing worn corners with silk patches.
A recipe draft for small round cheese biscuits served with two mini tomatoes two small gherkins and a pint of cream. Whip cream with salt and cayenne until thick, fold in cheese, chill on ice, then top biscuits with cream and garnishes cut from tomato and gherkin.
A meeting of Primary Producers at Contescucr moved by Met RG Magot and seconded by Mrs Christina Sewell urged Parliament to delete a section that deprived married women of property rights. Mrs Sewell argued the current law allows annulment of sales and forfeiture of money, and subdivision vagueness harms purchasers. The motion was carried without dissent.
Pattern 973 offers a wall hanging or fire screen crafted from the Twenty Third Psalm. Includes color chart and stitch diagrams for four panels, 16 inches square final piece. Request via stamps or postal note with pattern number, name, and address to The United Needlecrafts, PO Box Wor, Sydney NSW.
Fragmentary text describes sewing a bag and filling, then notes a married woman needing her husband’s signature to buy property described as subdivisional find under an act. It mentions distribution of filling, pinning the opening, and a claimed excessive tax or fee.
An Australian reader from Gympie recounts using Dr Williams Pink Pills to cure anaemia and achieve clear rosy skin. The advertisement promises rapid relief from headaches dizziness and facial blemishes, urging young women with anemia to try the treatment at chemists and stores.
The Duchess of Kent promotes nursery rhymes in seven children rugs woven from Scottish wool. Prince Edward and Alexandra rugs feature French inscriptions and La Fontaine themes. Hand made by Pontremoli artisans, each piece carries birth names and ages, with alphabet motifs and animal fables. These heirloom works may enter museums.
An observer writes of soggy August in a bustling town with wind and rain, noting boronia and violets perfuming streets. Vendors cry sweet scents as children imitate gnomes, and a windward bicycle ride turns into a comic struggle. The piece closes with a playful prompt about a local competition and light jokes from readers.
In a compact homemakers guide style notice the product HEENZO is advertised as a versatile remedy. It claims nasal antiseptic effects for catarrh and colds, gargle for sore throats, and internal use for coughs croup bronchitis and influenza, offered at low cost through chemists or stores.
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