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Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Sep 01, 1949
Page
14
A new lip color gadget arrives in Sydney featuring two gold tubes linked by a thin chain. The product includes a thin outline pencil called Thin for outlining and a Thick fill lipstick, both in the same color, designed by French perfumer Goya.
At Ellacombe Torquay the vicar awards choirboys boxes of chocolates for best summaries of his sermons highlighting teaching and praise in a local church program.
A 26 year old former arts student Samuel Maugham leads a team of five to ghost write love letters poems and lectures for clients unable or unwilling to write themselves They claim to craft love letters 20 minute groom speeches and even technical lectures with prices from about 5s 6d to £5 depending on time involved
John and Adolph David, brothers of Le Center Minnesota, shared a house. Adolph, aged 64, failed to appear for breakfast for 36 days, leading John to fear death. Sheriff inquiry found Adolph dead inside his room after weeks of isolation.
In a fragmentary rural scene a vicar’s arrival is speculated, a parrot locked in a coal shed becomes a comic focal point, and a family banters about money for a cap and coat while an efficiency expert jokes about doctors racing to a case. A Woods Peppermint Cure ad closes the piece.
New Australian made swimwear features fabric cover at the lower edges of shoulder blades with strapless backs held by elastic panels. The range includes a matching skirt to convert the swimsuit into a sun dress. In Devon Silverton the County Council now oversees fire services and a parish council plans to sell its 1836 fire engine.
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