This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 14 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Bridgetown Advocate
Location
Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Sep 15, 1938
Page
6
Fashion note urges spring boleros to brighten plain frocks in lemon green blue or pink. Suggest contrasting low girdles and floral tones, with pleated tacked or flared styles tailored to the wearer’s figure.
Advice on treating stains from tea coffee or milk by applying water immediately and soaking briefly then brushing out the stain. Emphasizes prompt action to minimize damage and restore fabric or surface appearance.
A garish description praises a gay scarf with summer florals and ornamental touches. It notes floral patterns, vibrant colors, and a tartan option for a Scottish aesthetic, suggesting scarf styles suitable for spring and decorative wear.
A vintage Genoese cake method yields multiple small cakes from a single batter. The text lists three recipes, details creaming butter with sugar, sifting flour with baking powder, and baking in a greased tin for about 25 minutes until a light, firm crumb forms.
A detailed guide outlines pattern cutting for headwear in three sizes, with steps for shaping velvet, rouleaux, and tracing stitches. It covers fabric preparation, seam construction, turning, edge finishing, and fitting, plus decorative tips for dramatic effects and secure linings.
The piece provides step by step instructions to snip half a yard of velvet and assemble a four-piece hat pattern. It covers cutting on the crosswise grain, fabric allowance, lining with half yard silk, pinning sections, and trial fitting before final stitching.
A wartime era kitchen guide describes shaping cake edges with a sharp knife, cutting stale cake into strips for different shapes, and assembling decorative pieces as the icing sets. It covers decorating methods, icing preparation, and adding color and flavor with fruit and chocolate toppings.
An old recipe describes forming two broad strips, spreading almond paste, rolling tightly, dipping in white, and baking into slim almond rolls. The instructions cover slicing into inch wide pieces and finishing with a light meringue glaze.
A testimonial from Miss Wilsa Beighane claims Williams Pink Pills cured headaches and cleared a blotchy sallow skin. She says the pills gave a healthy pink complexion to cheeks lips and feet with lustrous eyes. The advertisement touts mood improvement and urges women to buy a 3 shilling bottle from chemists and stores.
Instructions describe making coffee flavored cakes with icing sugar and coffee flavor. Then the mixture is thickened and iced over small cakes. A decorative garnish of blanched almonds is applied lengthwise to resemble porcupine quills.
An advertisement promotes eight bottles of Heenzo as a single two shilling purchase. A concentrated solution added to water creates a large family supply used as a nasal antiseptic, throat gargle, and internal remedy for coughs, colds, scrofula, bronchitis, and influenza. Dentists and stores sell Heenzo.
The passage describes a step by step kitchen method for a dessert mixture. It mentions four ounces plum, sugar, and other ingredients to be combined in a basin over water, beaten until thick and creamy, then cooled and whisked with butter. The text is fragmented and appears to be an old recipe fragment with unclear terms and measurements.
A scan of a club bulletin page with letters, jokes, and riddles submitted by readers. It notes low participation, weather near Perth, a wireless tower project by the GPO, and names including Ronald Pearce and Eileen Hardacre. It invites pen-friend requests and teases upcoming topics from Uncle Hugh.
The notice lists song requests from Irene Caria Prispent and Eileen Hardacre as well as a competition prize winner among girls, Mary Francis of Northcliffe Group 147. It notes no worthy boys entries and invites readers to color a picture before the closing date Tuesday October.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.